I encountered another rather nasty effect of weighting the inside peg while attending Level 1 at the new Miller Motor Sports Park (a fantastic experience by the way-just do it!).
Before taking the off-track steering drill, where they show you the correct way to turn and lean, I had been weighting the inside peg (I thought I was lowering the center of gravity, yada yada). During an early track session, while using this technique, I had to make a mid-turn correction, causing me to lean the bike more to get around the turn (I had turned in too early), and my boot made contact with the track. Since I had so much weight on that inside foot, it really dug into the track, bouncing my bike back up and sending me wide (really NOT what I wanted), instigating a pretty intense panic response.
Later in the day, after the steering drill (thanks Jos?), and with my weight more 'on the bike', my boot made contact again (not a mid-corner adjustment this time--Keith had shown us how to avoid those by this time--just a really fast corner!). But this time, since all my weight wasn't on that inside foot, there was almost no resistance upon contact, and the bike wasn't upset at all. Just a little skim along the track to let me know that I need to work on keeping my toe out of the way
The effect the second time was more thrilling as opposed to terrifying. (More grin, less panic. Why? More stability!)
