Pegs Down - good or bad?

Extra ground clearance for free..............eventually. 12st an' hangin' off.

Originally Posted by fastdruid

Generally though if you're getting your pegs down you're not hanging off enough. I've touched a hero blob twice on my VFR in 40k and I don't exactly hang about...

Before I learned how to hang off and keep the bike more upright I owned a 1989 VFR750, and I ground the pegs on that so far that I was down to the rubber bits. After that the fairing lowers started to scrape so I put new footrests on so I could gauge how far over I was. I sold the VFR and bought a GSXR750L, I fell off that at about 40mph because I kept leaning and leaning expecting the pegs to touch down, but I ended up running off the edge of the rear tyre tread and on my ar5e before that happened. It wasn't like I was a new rider either, I'd had a license 13 years when that happened.

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

not done it on the SV on the road, but not done a trackday yet...

done it on the KTM on track many times, fitted nylon sliders to stop them digging into the surface, but i've just fitted ti sliders to me MX boots so call me sparky marky

Hello Sparky Marky

On track peg and knee down is normal on the SV, as your foot starts to hinge upwards it's time to stop leaning any further

A pic Robchester took of me at Croft going round Hawthorn, a typical corner where the SV runs out of clearance, even with a little hanging off:

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Hello Sparky Marky

hey...

'sup?

I refuse to hang off the Dullsville. Do you realise how stupid that looks.

I'll bet it looks mighty sexy.

Originally Posted by BigApe

I refuse to hang off the Dullsville. Do you realise how stupid that looks.

You're riding a Dullsville! How much stupider could it get!??

[Mr Speirs]

I had an issue the other day. For the first time I had my toes scraping along the floor but not where the toes sliders are.

It is actually the front of my boot only happens on my left because I position my boot under the gear lever so when exciting the corner I can change gear out.

I never realised I did this until my boot started scraping now I think I may be doing it all wrong. Also I must sit with my toe out quite a way for the front of my boot to scrape.

Originally Posted by ArtyLady

Here we go again! surely all of these antics are best left for the track and totally uncessary on the (often badly maintained) roads - you never see a police rider get his knee down etc - they'd still leave most of us for dust though!

I know a cop who can get his knee down on a police bike He said its all confidence.......but he is a fast rider.