Wee - got toe down

[Mikkel]

I was quite surprised when I managed to scrape my boot on the tarmac commuting home today...

Was going uphill through a fairly tight left hand corner about 500 meters from my house. I wasn't pushing hard or anything, just sat comfortably with my feet flat on the pegs. Laid the bike down going pretty wide into the corner since the inside of the surface is slightly corrugated. Thought "WTF was that?" and realised I had just scraped the toe of my boot going through the corner - weird feeling...

Just had to share!

[jrandom]

It's good, isn't it?

How big are your rear chicken strips now?

[Mom]

I was quite surprised when I managed to scrape my boot on the tarmac commuting home today...

Was going uphill through a fairly tight left hand corner about 500 meters from my house. I wasn't pushing hard or anything, just sat comfortably with my feet flat on the pegs. Laid the bike down going pretty wide into the corner since the inside of the surface is slightly corrugated. Thought "WTF was that?" and realised I had just scraped the toe of my boot going through the corner - weird feeling...

Just had to share!

Well done, I think?.........LOL

Try tucking your feet back up on the pegs, ride on the "balls" of your feet, saves boot leather, gives you a heap more leanability before the boots touch, and allows you the option of changing your centre of gravity quickly should things start to go haywire!

[MidnightMike]

Mint, knee next.

I had to put little bits of tape on my nice new sidi's after doing the same thing without sliders. Feck it

ps. have you scraped your pegs previous to you toe? If not, you might want to move your feet up a bit.

[hXc]

I need to slow down. I don't hang my feet off the pegs at all, yet I seem to be just about through the soles of my boots.

[jrandom]

I need to slow down.

Do you corner with the balls of your feet up on the pegs?

I don't like catching my boots on the road, so it's become habit to shift the feet up as I tip in.

Toes on pegs makes it easier to stick a knee out and impress the girls, too.

[hXc]

Do you corner with the balls of your feet up on the pegs?

I don't like catching my boots on the road, so it's become habit to shift the feet up as I tip in.

Toes on pegs makes it easier to stick a knee out and impress the girls, too.

My boots are shit, so I have them as far up on the pegs as I can. Not quite the balls, but I don't hang 'em off like a kid on the monkey bars.

[jrandom]

My boots are shit, so I have them as far up on the pegs as I can. Not quite the balls, but I don't hang 'em off like a kid on the monkey bars.

You need a proper sprotsbike with high pegs sir.

When are you getting your full licence?

[hXc]

You need a proper sprotsbike with high pegs sir.

When are you getting your full licence?

I won't be getting a bigger bike 'til I get back from yonder, probably not for a long time after that anyway.
I can go for it now, but I haven't really got the money.

[xwhatsit]

I've had a couple of Australian friends over staying with me just after uni exams finished. They came at different times, so I pillioned both of them. The 90kg 6'+ dude made the 250RS go like a small moped and handle like a large truck, so we only did that once (and for a short distance), but having the 45kg girl on the back was a much more pleasant experience.

Still retained a decent amount of performance, and handling didn't suffer very much at all. So much so that I forgot about her and went through the St Helier's GP at `normal' speed. The RS has a decent amount of ground clearance before the pegs start scraping, and the engine is mounted low in the frame, so I can often afford to be lazy and put my feet in the `wrong' position (i.e. balls of feet in front of the pegs), and with a pillion pushing your arse further up the seat it's more comfortable. Was quite shocked when the additional weight of the pillion contributed to a very scary moment when my foot got caught between the road and the peg. Didn't do that again -- but had a ball scraping the pegs the rest of the outing anyway.

Need harder shocks, methinks

[jrandom]

Need harder shocks, methinks

Sounds like almost running your foot over with the peg was quite enough of a shock!

Sigh.

Ba-dum, tish.

Sorry.

[Blimp1]

I was going around a left turning corner on a downhill slope and hit a small depression in the middle and the kickstand mount made a shit load of noise and was scraping all over the road, it sort of hit then bounced up and hit again fairly quickly. I'm assuming i need to get the rear suspension stiffened up?Also if i dont have the specific tool which is used to do that is there any other way or will i have to go back to the shop to get it done?

[DUCATI*HARD]

learner guy

[Mom]

Do you corner with the balls of your feet up on the pegs?

I don't like catching my boots on the road, so it's become habit to shift the feet up as I tip in.

Toes on pegs makes it easier to stick a knee out and impress the girls, too.

I did a lot of off road riding in my youth, the balls of feet on pegs thing is instinctive for me. I ride behind lots of very fast and extremely competent riders on the road, and always look at where their feet are on the pegs. Some are flat footed, and have toe sliders grazed, some are open footed and are missing half their boots, some are tucked up and have shiney boot sliders.......they all go shit loads faster than me.

One of the first things I re-learned getting back on two wheels AC (after children) was just how important your weighting of the pegs was when taking a corner at the wrong speed, wrong line etc.

I would not say toes on pegs, but certainly not flat footed on the pegs. As far as the knee down thang..........wheelies impress me more

[xwhatsit]

Balls on pegs definitely helps you put your weight down through your feet appropriately. Makes a big difference to my cornering at least (that's why even if I'm lazy with my feet around town, as soon as I get into any decent corners they're back up where they should be); counter-steering is just one way to make the bike point where you want it.