[When In Lean I Am Putting My Weight On The Inside Peg !]

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If you took all four levels then you need to dig deep to recall what you learned in level III. There you learned how to lock in your OUTSIDE knee against the tank and then you drop your torso down to the inside of the turn with your inside elbow pointed as straight down as you could point it. Yes..I recollect that..the fish hook shape that your inside elbow makes gives it the name "Hook turn". I am not having trouble pushing the outside peg to dig in my outside knee into the tank just at the moment I am about to initiate a hook turn(or any turn for that matter) I remember an excercise that Andy made me do while sitting on a chair. Press the right leg into the floor to push him away from me with my left hand. I could muster more strength to push him away that way as compared to when I would try pushing him with my left hand by diggin my left foot in the ground. (all this while seated in a chair)

I understood this to be how the pivot steering also works. So while initiating a turn I pivot steer..but it is midcorner that I feel like I am squatting on the inside peg. Feels like I am getting ready to jump off a diving board. It is here in mid corner where If I attempt to put any pressure on the right peg(without letting any input go into to the bars) I feel like I am gonna fall off the bike( is it because it makes me lighter on the bike and hence just get a feeling of falling but wont actually fall off ?) I consulted many riders here...some of them even race...but as is the case with sports riding the opinions seem divided.

To do that the majority of your weight is on your outside leg as that's where you have your leverage to manuver your torso because that portion of your body stays static until you have picked up the pike on your drive out (or your transition to turning the other way).

 

As you described in your first post, you place a good deal of your weight on the inside such that your inside calf touches your inside thigh as you "squatted" on the inside peg. I have seen that technique used many times but I don't know how you unload that inside peg when it transitions to an outside peg without upsetting the stability of the bike. Others here will disagree with me but that's what I took from Level III.

 

Rain

Agree with Kevin 100% that most the "weight" is on outside peg. The fact of putting the weight on outside peg is not for adding weight on the bike though the outside peg, but as the means to apply outside knee force on the tank to anchor the bike with the help of the outside peg. This allows a relax grip at handle bar and efficient counter-steering with inner arm. Imagine pushing the handle bar with inner arm while pushing the outside foot only (with no "weight" on inner peg), which is very effective for steering input.

Pivot steering yeah...but by midcorner I am not expected to do any steering corrections at all...and it is in this phase of the corner that I try weighing the outside peg to prepare for either a chicane or a to pick the bike up...I am not having any issues with being light on the bars (unless when panicking) and I am totally confused whether its even requiered to have some weight on the outside peg when in mid corner. I am aware that I am being repetative but thats because I am constantly struggling with trying to express what my real problem is. I wish I could be more pellucid. TBH why am I bothering ? Someone somehwere told me with excess weight on the inside peg the bike will slide out from underneath you in a corner. I have had a low side which I have not been able to decipher and have begun wondering if this was the cause ? Can this even be the cause ? I am finicky when it comes to buying advices from ppl on the streets.

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Thanks a ton guys for taking the effort to explain this as I am at my wits end. Ever since I have this problem riding a superbike good is seeming to be rocket science to me as I just cant get it right lol

[When In Lean I Am Putting My Weight On The Inside Peg !]

Thanks Kane.

 

I am not sure I understood what you said though.

 

If putting pressure on the right footpeg when in lean in a left turn is benefecial how the F do I effect any pressure on the outside peg ? Everytime I try doing that I feel I am gonna fall off the bike. I feel like such a noob (and am one)

 

I have taken all four levels but either wasnt paying attention or am just plain stupid.

 

I posted a few of my lean pics on one of the R1 forums out there and they said I should try going lighter on the inside peg. Ever since then (about 4 months) I have been trying to do that but all in vain.

 

I want to take CSS levels again so bad its not even funny. I even got the money ready for it. A bunch of 5 riders and I are awaiting the return of Gary, Jet, Adam and Andy to my country. I cant forget the lessons I had with Andy Ibbott. But untill these guys fly to my country again I am gonna have to learn by asking questions here

[When In Lean I Am Putting My Weight On The Inside Peg !]

Hey guys,

 

so when I am in a corner in a lean I find it very comfortable to do the hook turn to tighten the line but everytime I do this I find it helps to put a lot of weight onto the inside footpeg ! It feels like I am almost squating down on the inside peg. (feels)

My calves touch the back of my thigh when I do it.

Am I totally wrong in doing this ? Should the weight rather be on the outside peg ?

 

This question has been harassing me sinc e awhile now. Help a fellow CSS student out