Inside peg or outside peg?

[scorry]

sorry if this is a repost but i am useless at finding stuff on here.

Just had a thought that i might be doing this wrong, so why not check.

When cornering at speed:

do you put your weight on your outside peg and therefore can get your toes out of the way and also stick your knee out easier

or

slide off the side of the bike and put your weight on the inside peg.

If you have a look at the photo attached, i have slid off the bike a little with most of my weight on the inside peg.

also by putting your weight on the inside peg would this be easier to cause a low side?
The biggest issue i have is ground clearance cos of my um muscly frame lol and my trail bike suspension, by putting more weight on the outside, would this help stand the bike up?

thanks

[boomer]

You weight teh outside peg for more grip when leaned over.

[vtec]

Motarding, definitely put your weight on the outside peg, but lean the bike over till the pegs are nipping at the ground, if it is a high speed sweeper then lean your head and shoulders over too, and use your knee to guide your ground clearance and save any little slides. Or in the tighter corners, brake super late, put your foot out like a MXer, and drift the back into the corner, point it in the right direction and shoot out.

I remember Shaun Harris telling my mate Texmo to stomp the inside peg. But both Shaun and Texmo are ruthless and drop bikes. Maybe they meant do that just to tip it over, because mid-corner I have my weight on the outside peg so that I can use my inside knee to guide my ground clearance accurately.

[scorry]

ok so i am doing it wrong / different then, hmm looks like i need more practise time.
thanks heaps for the advice.

[dipshit]

Why does it have to be one or the other?

I sometimes weight the inside peg when entering and apexing to help the bike to corner - then transfer weight to the outside peg when accelerating out to help give traction for drive.

Its both for this kid.

[bungbung]

Also, when your bike is right over and the peg is folding up, you don't really want much weight on it.

[scorry]

Also, when your bike is right over and the peg is folding up, you don't really want much weight on it.

yeah i found that out the hard way last time at levels

[NordieBoy]

Weight the inside if you want to lowside.
Weight the outside if you don't.

[phoenixgtr]

The outside peg is also an excellent pivot point. If you're pushing down on the outside peg and forward on the inside handle bar then you are using alot of your body strength to turn the bike effectively

[Motu]

Going at at a walking pace - stand up on the pegs....now weight each side in turn.What happens?

In trials,where we do the slowest tightest turns possible - weight is fully on the outside peg.

[dipshit]

Weight the inside if you want to lowside.

On a dry sealed road with tyres up to temperature, you shouldn't have a problem of lowsiding going into a corner. Wet roads/cold tyres maybe. Cornering in the wet i would weight the outside peg for the entire corner. Otherwise...

See this...

http://www.sportrider.com/ride/146_0...ues/index.html

"While pushing forward on the inside bar, weighting the inside footpeg and pulling the outside thigh toward the inside of the corner might sound complex, in actual practice you'll likely find that you've already been doing it to some degree. When focusing on using the upper and lower body to steer the bike more effectively, most riders feel that someone's installed power steering on their bike. It turns in much easier with less effort, and with a little practice it becomes second nature. The added stability of this light-on-the-bars technique is ever more important as bikes get lighter, shorter and more powerful.

From the apex of the corner on, weighting the outside footpeg gives a couple of advantages. First, it helps stand the bike up off the edge of the tire to generate a larger contact patch and allow the rider to accelerate. Second, it helps transfer the rider's weight through the rear contact patch to the ground, increasing traction."

[pritch]

From the apex of the corner on, weighting the outside footpeg gives a couple of advantages. First, it helps stand the bike up off the edge of the tire to generate a larger contact patch and allow the rider to accelerate. Second, it helps transfer the rider's weight through the rear contact patch to the ground, increasing traction." [/I]

I read an interview, Colin Edwards from memory, and he was saying that he would weight the inside peg on exit if he wanted to assist the back end break away. Can't remember why he was doing that, presumably to tighten his line.

Me, I just weight the outside peg, there's enough things to think about already KISS and all that...

[dipshit]

I read an interview, Colin Edwards from memory, and he was saying that he would weight the inside peg on exit if he wanted to assist the back end break away. Can't remember why he was doing that, presumably to tighten his line.

Yeah, a lot of GP500 riders did that too. Inside peg when accelerating out to provoke slide, then shift weigh to the outside peg to get the rear to hook up when almost out of the corner.

[puddytat]

Yeah, a lot of GP500 riders did that too. Inside peg when accelerating out to provoke slide, then shift weigh to the outside peg to get the rear to hook up when almost out of the corner.

Yeah I do it all the time......

[fridayflash]

yep, outside for traction ,inside to break it...