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Originally Posted by zunkus
I've been reading Keith Code's book, 'A twist of the wrist II' and he mentions weighing the outside pegs in order to turn faster. I am not a racer but as all of us here am after improving my riding technique or if anything trying to understand what makes for a more controlled ride.
I'm not really sure of what he means by weighing the peg. Does this mean pushing it down, you certainly cannot put your weight on it when your body is on the inside of the turn. In practice, on my supermoto I've tried to push down on the outside peg and is effective although concentrating on doing so is distracting me from keeping a relaxed grip and posture. OK, I'm sure by time things will improve but doing the same on the SV is harder still having higher and further back pegs.
Can anyone shed more light on the subject?
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I think he means that you carry your weight on the outside leg. Your knee/thigh gets wedged into into the tank and in order to do this, you push down on the outside peg. It's not so much about transferring weight; more carrying your body weight on that leg and through the tank, so that you aren't pushing yourself up on the inside peg.
If you watch the motogp guys when they lose the front - like that Colin Edwards clip recently (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1UlEQtdUGc) As soon as they lose grip with their outside leg - the body drops and their weight that was being held on the tank transfers to the inside leg.