Where do put your feet when you ride?

**Freakshow** · 24th May 2006, 21:18

On my old ladies GN80 I use the pillion pegs.. makes it real eassy to do wheelies!!!!!

**dawnrazor** · 24th May 2006, 21:49

balls (of my feet) on the pegs, I find the grips on the soles of boots have an interesting grippy sensation that my arches don't have

**grego** · 24th May 2006, 22:27

now I will be driving constantly trying to observe how I place my feet and probably loose concentration and crash my bike.
I will send you the bill.............................lol

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**beyond** · 25th May 2006, 08:53

Originally Posted by Ham

I thought i was the only dickhead that did this... they are my "hiway pegs"

Does anyone else put their feet on the back pegs? thats my drag mode

Yep, been known to do that on the long boring straights when at speed, or when cold.

**Pwalo** · 25th May 2006, 11:18

Originally Posted by grego

now I will be driving constantly trying to observe how I place my feet and probably loose concentration and crash my bike.
I will send you the bill.............................lol

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Yeah right. How are you finding the Kwak? I was looking at getting a ride on one as a possible upgrade.

Can be a pain when you actually try and look at how you physically ride a bike. I'm sure that you can iron out a lot of bad habits/technique if you pay a bit of attention to what you're doing.

**grego** · 25th May 2006, 15:11

the problem is that the older you get the more difficult it becomes to iron out bad habits should you actually notice them..........
I love the kwaka, its the ultimate "Grinn on the dial bike" for people like me who havent got the guts anymore to ride a fullsize grunter nor the strenght the get the bloddy thing in and out of the garage. It is so light and easy to manouver its a real joy. I saw in the biky mag an article about a geeser by the name of "Wiggles" (me thinks) who races a ER 6n stock standard in one of the NZ classes. He reckons down the Phukehohe straight he got 215 km/h out of the thingy.

Just thinking of that speed (and the couple of sheep that always want to cross the road when you got the wick fully turned up ) makes me nearly piss in my pants.................

P.S. I actually traded my Suzuki GS 500 in against the ER6n over at Masterton . Chris will give you a demo ride on a ER6 but probably won't trade the Suzi as he has got 2 allready.

**Maha** · 25th May 2006, 15:27

I ride on my balls, any other way feels kinda weird, have tried other posistions but i become very conscious of it and my mind needs to be on the task at hand, not... does this feel right does that feel right?.... should have things sorted before i mount up, always been like that, good policy....

**Motu** · 25th May 2006, 16:02

So all you lot who ride on the balls of your feet - you have to take your feet off the pegs to shift and brake?

**James Deuce** · 25th May 2006, 16:05

I've got Size 13s and if I didn't ride on the balls of my feet I'd go through a pair of boots every couple of weeks.

**Quasievil** · 25th May 2006, 16:11

I usually put my feet on the pegs but as I written in previous posts they occasionally end up in cages wing mirrors, doors etc, they have even been up the rear of a few arses around town.
But hey what ever works

**Pwalo** · 25th May 2006, 16:31

Originally Posted by Motu

So all you lot who ride on the balls of your feet - you have to take your feet off the pegs to shift and brake?

Just slide them forward. I don't tend to use the rear brake a lot except when I'm filtering, or to steady the bike when I'm cornering. Most of the time the twin has more than enough engine breaking if you're awake to what's going on.

Probably don't need to change gear as much as on an inline four either.

**Pwalo** · 25th May 2006, 16:34

Originally Posted by grego

the problem is that the older you get the more difficult it becomes to iron out bad habits should you actually notice them..........
I love the kwaka, its the ultimate "Grinn on the dial bike" for people like me who havent got the guts anymore to ride a fullsize grunter nor the strenght the get the bloddy thing in and out of the garage. It is so light and easy to manouver its a real joy. I saw in the biky mag an article about a geeser by the name of "Wiggles" (me thinks) who races a ER 6n stock standard in one of the NZ classes. He reckons down the Phukehohe straight he got 215 km/h out of the thingy.

Just thinking of that speed (and the couple of sheep that always want to cross the road when you got the wick fully turned up ) makes me nearly piss in my pants.................

P.S. I actually traded my Suzuki GS 500 in against the ER6n over at Masterton . Chris will give you a demo ride on a ER6 but probably won't trade the Suzi as he has got 2 allready.

Thanks mate. I like the GS' size and weight as well. If only I could persuade Mr Suzuki to cut a GSXR 1000 engine in half and stick it in the GS frame.

**Lou Girardin** · 25th May 2006, 16:41

Originally Posted by Motu

So all you lot who ride on the balls of your feet - you have to take your feet off the pegs to shift and brake?

It seems so. I have enough trouble with up to shift up and down to shift down, without having to do a soft shoe shuffle as well.

**Ixion** · 25th May 2006, 17:08

Originally Posted by Motu

So all you lot who ride on the balls of your feet - you have to take your feet off the pegs to shift and brake?

The balls of feet thing is really only applicable to sprotsbikes. Where, when seated (or planked, as it should be termed) the lower leg is angled at about 45 degrees, and the foot is pointed downward . With arches on the peg the front of the foot sticks out well below the peg.And moving the foot back so the ball is on the peg is no more uncomfortable than having the arch on the peg.

But on an off road bike, or a tourer (admittedly, not many of those around now), the pegs are positioned so that when seated the lower leg is vertical.

Whether the ball is on the peg, or the arch, makes no difference to clearances. And moving the ball of the foot onto the peg forces the leg back inot an unnatural flexed position.

And, you just try standing up on bumpy ground with the ball of your foot on the pegs.And of course, on gravel quick access to the rear brake is essential.
Those who say they never use the rear brake must never ride on metal roads.

**Motu** · 25th May 2006, 17:20

Yeah,the controls are designed to work by pivoting on your ankle....set your controls so you don't have to move your feet at all.Standing up off road there's no time to fart around bringing your foot off the peg,coming forward to shift or brake,then moving them back.Although I remember some expert trials rider giving us a lesson once,and he was experimenting with standing on the balls of his feet....we ignored him.