Rding Style
I just wanted to get everyones opinion on something. It seems that this year i have been getting lower and lower on the bike. But about 2 weeks ago taking a typical nj highway exit, I put the bike into the turn and my foot scraped the road. It scared the living hell out of me. Got a little squirley but held it together.
So this past monday lorenzo and i were out and it happened to me about 3 times. So at that point i realized i need to put my toes on the pegs and ride into turns. It took a while to get use to but i think i got it down. But my question is proper riding style with your toes on the pegs? Or should i be looking at getting new rear sets? How do you guys ride hard into turns on the street or the track? |
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Hope this helps. |
Yeah, what Cakes said is pretty much right on. I scraped my toe slider, on my boots ,at the track, this past weekend, with pegs under balls of feet, and it also scared the hell out of me. When I came off the track and told the other guys about, I thought they would be like yeah, good job on getting so low, but, they actually told me I was leaning too far, and that I should hang off more instead.
Other advice I have received in terms of how far to lean is to think about it like a $10 bill. You always wanna have some change left over, just in case you need it. Hope that helps. Dude, come do a trackday, if you like leaning that far over on the street and really make that bike handle, you'll love the track. |
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Question...do you still have your peg feelers on? If so, take them off ASAP. You really don't need them and if you happen to catch it while leaned over you'll loop it. |
always on the balls of my feet. dragging hard parts is bad, very bad, so get your ass off the seat
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yes I"m an ass...but back to the topic at hand...you definately need to hang more lean less....I was dragging pegs all last year till I changed my riding style and now I can go faster through the twist but do not have the bike leaned hard over unless I really need to
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Dude you have been riding with me all season. You know that i hang my ass off that seat. If i didn't the bike wouldn't come down as much. I'm just a wittle guy at 130lbs. So i need all the help i can get throwing it around. :roflmao: |
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nick you've already been chopped short at the knees whats wrong with cutting a few inches off of the toes , jk buddy ill see you
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I've learned that with a lot of things, it always feels like your doing more than you are.. If you feel like your leaning ALOT your not leaning as much as you think. If you took a picture you'd be like.. oh thats it? In order to lean properly though you NEED to wear some proper pants with sliders.
I always thought that i leaned so much on the street, then when i went to the track, it was a whole nother world. Looking back at my pictures from my first track day and my more recent ones, theres a huge difference. (lemme see if i can find the pics) My first trackday: I remember thinking MAN I"M LEANING SO FAR OVER!!! and i felt like i was hanging off the bike like crazy!! lol nope! as you see in the first picture below http://www.ezpunkx.com/track2.jpg The next season: http://www.ezpunkx.com/albums/pocono/5C7B5933.sized.jpg http://www.ezpunkx.com/albums/pocono/5C7B6214.sized.jpg |
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