| Author | Message | ||
     Gofastalot99 |
Where do you guys put your feet when cornering? Under the brake pedal, over the brake pedal? Under the shifter, over? Just asking because I scraped my right shoe yesterday even though I thought I had it tucked in enough. | ||
| 99buellx1 |
Always the toes on the foot pegs. | ||
| Levor |
Balls of feet, insides of feet as flush against the bike as possible. You should have to reach for your brake or shifter while in the twisties (unless you need to be covering the brake for some reason..) | ||
| Badlionsfan |
You wanna have the peg across the bottom of your toes. I actually curl my toes in the boot as if I'm trying to hold the peg. If you're doing more aggressive cornering, as you hang off the bike and extend your knee out and down, you wanna roll your foot out so the sole of your boot is facing the bike. I recommend ya read Total Control by Lee Parks, and take the Total Control riding course if you ever get the chance. All these details and more not taught in msf classes are covered. | ||
| Dannybuell |
balls of feet on pegs as though ready to stand. hands 'at the ready' over the controls and looking through the turn. | ||
| Drawkward |
"I recommend ya read Total Control by Lee Parks" I'd still like to pick that up. I can also recommend getting Twist of the Wrist II. And the DVD. What everyone in here is saying is spot on. | ||
| Mountainstorm |
Lee Parks Total Control. I've been riding since 1983 and just learned by doing...I read the book and realized I only had some of it right. I started practicing the methods and my riding improved right away. I've got a ways to go, but I am far more confident and comfortable in the twisties. Having a system, any system, allows you to concentrate on the fundamentals and get them learned into your muscles so they become second nature. No one rides around like a GP racer ass up in the air, full tuck, balls of the feet on the pegs all the time, but at least you'll know why GP racers do that and when you might best be doing it to avoid burning off your boots  | ||
| Badlionsfan |
If you like the Total Control book, you'd love the class. | ||
| Brumbear |
always on the balls of my feet | ||
| Mountainstorm |
But I've been told repeatedly I have no class? | ||
| Boogiman1981 |
until i read it here i never kept the balls of my feet on the pegs but i have been some. i do a lot of traffic riding so i tend to keep my toes on the shifter and brake levers. i havent had the R in anything that curves really. so when you guys are in traffic where are your feet? | ||
| 99buellx1 |
I'm still generally on the balls of my feet, I only move them to shift or brake. Seems more comfortable to me. | ||
| Cowboytutt |
I don't have the track days and book experience that you guys have, but have heard many times over the years that racers put the "balls of their feet" on the pegs. I found that the harder I rode my 09 CR, that I naturally found myself moving to the balls of my feet and applying pressure with my feet to steer the bike. I adjusted the front toe pegs on both sides of the bike to the shortest distance for my medium sized feet (size 9) so I don't have to move the balls of my feet very far at all to shift or brake. There is little time to move your feet or hand positions so you really should cover the brakes and hand controls at all times and be ready for quick action. Once you learn to coordinate all these small actions at once by covering them, such as brakes x2, throttle and shifter, you are there. Just my two cents. -Tutt (Message edited by CowboyTutt on August 31, 2010) | ||
| Jng1226 |
Lots of good info here already. I vote for balls of the feet on the cornering side, center of the sole on the non-cornering side. Keith Code's (Twist of the Wrist I & II author, owner/founder of California Superbike School) method is to generally apply pressure to the outside peg when cornering which can have a stabilizing effect on cornering. If you follow racing, you'll have heard that racers such as Casey Stoner can go through a brand new set of boots in a race weekend because of all the moving around they do on the bike with their feet on grippy footpegs. Here's a video on my XB9SX through Deal's Gap that shows the technique I employ. I have yet to drag a boot on the street even while getting fairly heeled over and on my knee a lot: | ||
| Cowboytutt |
Intersting post and video Jng! You do indeed move your feet around a lot! Some of it is most likely because you are rotating your hips and shoulders into the turn, I'm guessing. Anyhow, very interesting and thanks for sharing! -Tutt | ||
| Gofastalot99 |
Thanks for all the responses. I guess I will need to try moving my feet back a little. | ||
| Jackgraves |
Total Control is a very good book. | ||
| Gofastalot99 |
I will look for Lee Parks Total Control. I have TOTW 1 and 2 and they have some info for the street but I think they are geared more for the track. Not saying they don't overlap some but they are distinct riding environments. |
