Got my peg down for first time

**howdamnhard** · 20th September 2007, 01:44

It was a nice sunny day and my first day off.I hadn'nt ridden for a while and wanted to check the bike over and get some practice in before I started commuting to work again.After checking the bike over I headed off to the countryside (Clevedon) and up Twilight Rd.Instead of trying to ride fast I just relaxed and decided to enjoy myself.So I was pleasantly surprised when I actually Got my right peg down and found myself going quicker than I can remember.

.Felt the peg rub and thought alright thats a first.
Altogether a thoroughly enjoyable ride out in the sun.Lesson learned:don't try force it,just ride for the sheer enjoyment of it!

**Romeo** · 20th September 2007, 02:13

Try this on your GN next time, atleast now you know it's possible ;P.
[YOUTUBE]DtPggxYCT0U[/YOUTUBE]
Wait for it, it's a bit long.

**Drum** · 20th September 2007, 05:19

Originally Posted by howdamnhard

.....Lesson learned:don't try force it,just ride for the sheer enjoyment of it!

Ahhh you have discovered the secret, grasshopper.

**ZeroIndex** · 20th September 2007, 06:47

Originally Posted by Romeo

Try this on your GN next time, atleast now you know it's possible ;P.
[youtube]DtPggxYCT0U[/youtube]
Wait for it, it's a bit long.

Knee down doesn't mean you're gonna corner any faster, and it doesn't make you a better rider

**deanohit** · 20th September 2007, 07:10

Hey, nice one HDH,

great when you relax and all of a sudden relise your actually going pretty fast aye.

You can also do this on a GN, thought it was pretty funny.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__eyBk-H1cE&mode=related&search=[/YOUTUBE]

**Dodger** · 20th September 2007, 11:18

Originally Posted by deanohit

You can also do this on a GN, thought it was pretty funny.
[youtube]__eyBk-H1cE[/youtube]

BuckBuckNo1 did that on his GN once

**McDuck** · 20th September 2007, 11:26

pissing myself at the gn falling over backwards...

**LilSel** · 20th September 2007, 11:43

Fireball & I got peg down on my bike last night... I was a little like 'oh... oook... that was me peg...' was actually trying NOT to keep touching down on the way home!!

**fireball** · 20th September 2007, 11:48

Originally Posted by LilSel

Fireball & I got peg down on my bike last night... I was a little like 'oh... oook... that was me peg...' was actually trying NOT to keep touching down on the way home!!

im still trying to work that one out as we werent that far over, it was just a nice smooth turn scrape oh hello peg on the ground

**LilSel** · 20th September 2007, 11:54

Originally Posted by fireball

im still trying to work that one out as we werent that far over, it was just a nice smooth turn scrape oh hello peg on the ground

Yeah I know... It def touched down tho... I felt/heard it... I thought the corner beforehand we were over further than that... (left hand turn into the st mine is off...) but then the righthand turn into my street... scrape scrape... maybe cuz bike more tourer than sport?... *shrugs*...

any inputs on ZZR anyone?? peg down easy?? low pegs etc? *shrugs*

**bert_is_evil** · 20th September 2007, 12:08

Originally Posted by ZeroIndex

Knee down doesn't mean you're gonna corner any faster, and it doesn't make you a better rider

True, however it does allow you to corner at the same speed with less lean angle, and therefore corner faster without reaching maximum lean angle.

**phoenixgtr** · 20th September 2007, 12:30

Originally Posted by fireball

im still trying to work that one out as we werent that far over, it was just a nice smooth turn scrape oh hello peg on the ground

Were you 2 up? The extra weight would drop the bike bringing the peg closer to the road. ZZRs have reasonably low pegs anyway.

When you scrape a peg on the FXR I'll be impressed. It's not impossible either...I've done it

**LilSel** · 20th September 2007, 12:42

Originally Posted by phoenixgtr

Were you 2 up? The extra weight would drop the bike bringing the peg closer to the road. ZZRs have reasonably low pegs anyway.

When you scrape a peg on the FXR I'll be impressed. It's not impossible either...I've done it

yeah we were 2 up... I thought prob cuz low pegged & with the extra weight... (not that FB is much 'weight' lol!)...

FXR.... hehehe... *wants to try scrape peg now!!*... I felt like I was riding a broomstick on it tho... I is too big for the fxr I think lol!!

**Dodger** · 20th September 2007, 12:50

I haven't scraped a peg on my naked Hyosung yet, although I have scraped the side stand and now that I've fitted a centre stand I keep scraping that.

**fireball** · 20th September 2007, 13:24

Originally Posted by LilSel

yeah we were 2 up... I thought prob cuz low pegged & with the extra weight... (not that FB is much 'weight' lol!)...

FXR.... hehehe... *wants to try scrape peg now!!*... I felt like I was riding a broomstick on it tho... I is too big for the fxr I think lol!!

you can be on the back.... once its all put back together we can try get the peg down the bike is munted anyway wont matter if we fall off!