Roberts Posted August 25, 2019 Report Share Posted August 25, 2019 Do you sit on the seat and pilot your bike around the track, or do you crouch with your weight on the pegs at all times? Keith makes reference to weighting the outside peg in TOTW II. This is what you do? For the advanced racers: Do you have a home position on your bike that you always return to, or are you constantly moving your body, or at least your weight distribution, while you ride? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Colibri Posted August 25, 2019 Report Share Posted August 25, 2019 It’s not necessarily an either/or, it’s both seat and pegs and depends on what stage of the corner I’d say. Weighting the outside peg to setup body position early for the turn (pushing off the outside peg to move my butt and create a good lock on the bike between ball of foot/toe to knee locked into tank) allows me to absorb braking forces with the lower body. Mid corner there is some weight on the seat from the thigh and one buttock (I’m not lifting my midsection off the bike with the pegs), but majority of weight and force is being supported by the outside peg to knee locked on tank connection. Once the corner ends (i.e. I can go WOT), I’ll support the majority of my weight and acceleration forces with my butt on the seat and back of seat, but I still have my legs/feet supported by the pegs (I’m never 100% weight on the seat either). I’ll stay on the right of the bike if I’ve got another right hander quickly ahead. If at corner exit, I’ve got a long straight ahead, I’ll go to “home position” as you call it, (most aerodynamic). If I’ve got a quick series of alternating turns, there’s no time to stay in home position, it’s knee to knee and side to side time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotfoot Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Trying to "crouch with your weight on the pegs at all times" would be very physically demanding. There are times when getting some weight off the seat is beneficial, like when riding over bumps, or to facilitate shifting across the seat (hip flick, from Level 3) but generally it is too exhausting to try never to put weight in the seat. You can find a lot of prior discussion on this topic if you do a search of the forum. Here is one thread to have a look at: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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