[Truesday]

I timidly took off to the twisties today and it was a blast. I uturned after finishing the road and did it again till my fuel gauge showed 1 bar remaining.

So i took a yurn and scraped the foot peg. first reaction was "WTF!?" Second was, "Cooooool!"

Then at home i inspected the oem foot pegs and noticed these little nubs thst stick out downwards at a 45* angle. What are they for ?

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[learner]

OEM tyres?

 

[DaveTheCanuck]

Then at home i inspected the oem foot pegs and noticed these little nubs thst stick out downwards at a 45* angle. What are they for ?

Peg heroes. They're there for exactly that reason, so you don't actually scrape the peg.

 

[JerzKawiKid]

Pretty sure they're like "feelers" so you can be warned when your foot pegs are getting close to the road. Kinda like the bumps on the shoulder of a highway, warns you that you're close to the divider.

 

[DaveTheCanuck]

Pretty sure they're like "feelers" so you can be warned when your foot pegs are getting close to the road. Kinda like the bumps on the shoulder of a highway, warns you that you're close to the divider.

Feelers! I knew heroes wasn't right... lol

 

[cruizin]

been known as "hero lugs" since Noah was a boy

 

[Truesday]

Still running OEM tires. Mainly using this bike as a commuter so I'm going to run it till it's time, then upgrade.

Upon some research, yeah I scrapped the Feelers and not the pegs itself. I guess I need to work on body position to reduce grinding that thing down too much.

 

[JerzKawiKid]

Feelers! I knew heroes wasn't right... lol

Haha ya same thing. Apparently you'd be right over in Australia lol

 

[cruizin]

Upon some research, yeah I scrapped the Feelers and not the pegs itself. I guess I need to work on body position to reduce grinding that thing down too much.

you know you can buy replacement hero lugs after you wear these ones down

 

[DaveTheCanuck]

Still running OEM tires. Mainly using this bike as a commuter so I'm going to run it till it's time, then upgrade.

Upon some research, yeah I scrapped the Feelers and not the pegs itself. I guess I need to work on body position to reduce grinding that thing down too much.

Hang off more. You should be scraping knee before you scrape peg

 

[Woomba]

Just take note when leaning over while shifting your body: When you do this, you are increasing the overall combined lean angle of your bike + body. This allows you to pull more G's in a corner, letting you take the same radius at a greater speed. However, you better be sure your tires can handle it.

So just be careful with those stock tires

 

[Truesday]

Just take note when leaning over while shifting your body: When you do this, you are increasing the overall combined lean angle of your bike + body. This allows you to pull more G's in a corner, letting you take the same radius at a greater speed. However, you better be sure your tires can handle it.

So just be careful with those stock tires

No kidding. I'm still fairly new so I'm not going to be draggin too many knees right now. ESPECIALLY on these stock tires.

 

[bryce]

I don't ever plan on dragging knees or pegs. That's asking for trouble to me.


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[airin21]

I don't ever plan on dragging knees or pegs. That's asking for trouble to me.


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Whaa?

 

[Torchsport]

Hang off more. You should be scraping knee before you scrape peg

^^This^^
Proper body positioning will keep the bike more upright, and a larger contact patch of the tires on the pavement.

 

[icon1k]

putting pirelli rosso 2s like on my 650 I cant wait

 

[Torchsport]

I don't ever plan on dragging knees or pegs. That's asking for trouble to me.

No. That's asking for FUN! Learning to ride the bike to its potential is the part of motorcycling that I enjoy the MOST.

 

[Truesday]

^^This^^
Proper body positioning will keep the bike more upright, and a larger contact patch of the tires on the pavement.

What seemed to happen to me was the following:

Approach corner,
Set up line,
Scoot respective butt cheek off the seat,
Turn in (Gradually throttle on),
Push handles more to adjust line

So, if I hang off more, are you saying I shouldn't have to push the handles as much? Thus keeping the bike more upright while taking the same corner.

It was my first outting to actual twisties and I'm sure I looked very timid through the corners if someone was watching. Heck, I was afraid I'd hang off too much and fall off~

**Side note: should I really be dragging knee without knee-sliders? I'm just wearing commuter textile.

 

[JerzKawiKid]

What seemed to happen to me was the

**Side note: should I really be dragging knee without knee-sliders? I'm just wearing commuter textile.

I'd say that would be a big NO. You'd go through a pair of pants a week hah

 

[Mawren]

Do not drag knees without knee pads


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