Weighting in a turn?

[Bengi]

Weighting in a turn?

As a percentage how much weight do you distribute where in a turn?

Example: 50% in inside peg, 10% outside peg, and 40% on seat or squeezing tank with thighs.
Yes I purposely left off the bars under the assumption useless forced by breaking hard you should have a light touch on the bars

My question may seem odd and Im sure it can be over analyzed. Track, Street, bumpy, smooth, fast, slow and so on.

Im not looking for specifics to try to determine optimal weighting for every variable. Rather, Im trying to understand where you place your weight and why.

Thanks

[bananaman]

Good question, not really thought too deep....i think if your committed to a corner (track) its probably all on the inside (not peg) outer thigh locked into the tank, very little on the bars because the lean angle is set on turn in, with centrafugal forces keeping you on the bike (100%?) Cant be much less than that when you see gp boys with elbow scraping and outer foot some times off the peg............ I cant remember feeling weighted anywhere in particular, just comfortable.........

[markjenn]

This is one of those things that is debated back and forth. Code says to practice "pivot steering" - weighing the outside peg to push your weight to the inside of the turn and down. Certainly the current style of "foot dangling" to the inside of the turn used by the top racers indicates that they are not weighting the inside peg since their inside feet are not on the peg.

I think foot-to-foot weight distribution is probably not very important provided you get your body weight low and to the inside of the turn (i.e., hanging off properly) and you're light on the bars, not using them as grab handles. These are the important things - everything else is just what feels correct for you.

Personally, I wouldn't even be able to estimate now much weight I'm distributing between the seat/tank and the pegs.

- Mark

[AMRRA12]

There is no way to give you a exact % # on how much to weight the inside or the outside peg but it is a very useful tool in certain circumstances. I will weigh the outside peg at times coming hard out of a turn when I know the rear is going to spin up during exit, this adds vertical weight over the tires and helps to increase grip.

[misti]

Originally Posted by markjenn

This is one of those things that is debated back and forth. Code says to practice "pivot steering" - weighing the outside peg to push your weight to the inside of the turn and down. Certainly the current style of "foot dangling" to the inside of the turn used by the top racers indicates that they are not weighting the inside peg since their inside feet are not on the peg.

I think foot-to-foot weight distribution is probably not very important provided you get your body weight low and to the inside of the turn (i.e., hanging off properly) and you're light on the bars, not using them as grab handles. These are the important things - everything else is just what feels correct for you.

Personally, I wouldn't even be able to estimate now much weight I'm distributing between the seat/tank and the pegs.

- Mark

Yes Code teaches "Pivot Steering" which is weighting the outside peg. The purpose of this being to help you become really stable on the bike with your lower body and to therefore get more power in your steering input.

It is also a very useful technique for bumpy roads or section of track, can anyone think why?

Good question from the OP

Misti