Which peg do you weight?

[misti]

Some people say you should weight the inside peg and others say the outside. Which peg do you weight and why?

Misti

[bananaman]

Originally Posted by misti

Some people say you should weight the inside peg and others say the outside. Which peg do you weight and why?

Misti

cant say i consciously weight either peg? outside leg is firm from 'locking in' to the tank, but feet? really cant say/remember... AHA ! GOTTIT ! Weight outside peg to pick it up after you lose the front, yes?

[Lee1200r]

I weight the inside peg, not to turn the bike but to lower the center of gravity which makes it easier to turn and with less lean angle.

[Hawkeye]

The outside leg is on the tank and inside is laid out. The weight would go to the inside peg.

[AMRRA12]

I only weight the out side peg
( in a turn} if the rear is stepping out! other then that there is no need to worry about where you weight on your foot, is it's far more important to have a good anchor point on your tank with you knee

Now for turn in I weight both begs to lower the c.g for a faster transition

[dc92974]

Going into the turn I use my outside foot (and inside leg) to get into position and help put pressure on the bars to initiate the turn. That probably has a side effect of putting more weight on the outside peg going into the turn. Once i the turn though I'm not trying to weight either peg... not sure it matters?

[QCD]

Misti:

Which peg do YOU weight and why

[akjitsu]

I’ve been to Code’s school a few times, the most recent of which was last November. CSBS doesn’t advocate “weighting” the outside peg. What they’re talking about is using the push of your outside leg on the peg to transmit more thrust across your body and to your inside arm against the inside bar. “X-steering” if you will. And yes, CSBS most definitely recommends keeping the balls of your feet on the pegs to enhance both feedback and rider mobility on the bike.

Another source of confusion re; “weighting the outside peg” is the practice they teach of using your calf muscle to drive your outside knee into the fuel tank. Thus locking your lower torso onto the bike and leaving your arms free to be very light on the bars. Now this works! Practice this technique and you’ll be amazed at how easily and accurately you can use bar input to make the bike go precisely where you want.

Good luck and never stop learning.

AK

[TDA]

Originally Posted by akjitsu

I’ve been to Code’s school a few times, the most recent of which was last November. CSBS doesn’t advocate “weighting” the outside peg. What they’re talking about is using the push of your outside leg on the peg to transmit more thrust across your body and to your inside arm against the inside bar. “X-steering” if you will. And yes, CSBS most definitely recommends keeping the balls of your feet on the pegs to enhance both feedback and rider mobility on the bike.

Another source of confusion re; “weighting the outside peg” is the practice they teach of using your calf muscle to drive your outside knee into the fuel tank. Thus locking your lower torso onto the bike and leaving your arms free to be very light on the bars. Now this works! Practice this technique and you’ll be amazed at how easily and accurately you can use bar input to make the bike go precisely where you want.

Good luck and never stop learning.

AK

Now that makes sense! I was sitting in my garage last night trying different positions for my feet. The most stable I felt was as AK describes. I was on the ball of my foot and slightly pushing my leg into the tank. I felt very secure on the bike and was able to switch back and forth quickly and fluidly by using my legs only. No bar pressure whatsoever. I'm looking forward to weather getting better so I can actually go out an apply it.

Thanks for the input.

[akjitsu]

OK TDA. You’re doing static practice to build muscle memory. That’s a very good thing (especially for those of us who aren’t very coordinated). As long as you’re at it, let’s take it a step further. Let’s say you’re in a situation where you want to switch your body weight from one side to the other as quickly as possible. (Chicane on the track or; you’ve initiated a left turn on the street and a cage out of nowhere is suddenly coming at you in the opposite lane and you need to turn back right RFN.)

Let’s assume that you’re hanging off in a right turn with your left knee buried in the tank, your right knee dragging the pavement, and you now want to go left. As long as your left knee is already against the tank, may as well use it for a fulcrum. Bring your right knee back against the tank and use your left knee to lever your touchas off the left side of the saddle. Now swing your upper body off to the left of the tank, apply pressure to your right knee (which is already against the tank) and voila! You’re there.

Practice this very slowly and precisely at first as it gets a little busy. Once you’ve got it down, you’ll be able to leave one side of the bike and arrive at the other in an extremely short amount of time, in exactly position you wanted to be in, and with no moment of instability in between. And most importantly you won’t be using the bars to haul yourself across the bike.

Hang in there (so to speak).

AK