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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you lean more, you must still maintain the same steering input to maintain the turn radius. All the leaning more does is pick up your bike a bit so your peg isn't likely to scrape. However, you could steer tighter into the turn at that same speed after leaning, thus increasing your overall lean angle again. The steering input and your speed causes the lean. Not the other way around.
Leaning just lets you steer more aggressively without scraping pegs.
No prob mate. A lot of this stuff, like leaning and counter steering, comes naturally. But it's better to understand exactly how it works so you can be a better rider. So I read and watch a lot of vids so I don't lay in bed trying to figure stuff out, all the while losing sleep
On public roads you really shouldn't need to lean so hard you're scraping knees. Get a race suit with proper sliders and yourself to the track. My $0.02
the hard lean was a result of having the wrong visor at night. Took a curve too fast because i couldn't see it with my visor. Packing it with me from now on.
i would really like to see what it looked like. I bet it looked sweet. Felt like an idiot.
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