Weighting the inside peg in corners.............

COMEBACK · Mar 13, 2006

..............what's your thought on this?

On of the testers in Superbike magazine said something like this: "............so there I was, riding on nice french roads, weighting the inside peg and really enjoying myself."

I always used to weigh the outside ped while pushing on the inside handle bar while cornering.
This weekend I tried the above described technique and found it to really work well on the K5.
Found that putting weight on the inside peg once leaned over kind of positioned my body more correctly and made for a more confident feeling while negotiating the turn.

What you guys think?

RookWV · Mar 13, 2006

I've seen many photos of riders with their outside leg waving in the air and their inside arm/hand flippin the bird.....

ZukiRider · Mar 13, 2006

Well there is no one correct way to weight the pegs, but I like Keith Codes method of weighting the outside pegs during a corner. Putting the weight on the inside feels comfortable and helps the bike turn in quicker, but the forces you are putting through the bike are opposite of what you really want. I found I felt more feedback from putting more force on the outside pegs especially coming out of the corners.

Suzuki Duke · Mar 13, 2006

I have to agree on the "no one way" theory. It depends on the situation. Most of the time I think I'm just fine with weight on the inside peg. But if you're leaning hard enough to where you'd drag that peg, I think you'll want to have it unweighted and be ready to lift that foot as it folds up.

TheGeek · Mar 13, 2006

I think the theory is that the force is trying to pull your body back on and over your bike. Pushing on the inside peg doesn't counter this force. Pushing on the outside peg does.

.... Shouldn't this be in the Riding Tech forum?

CASINO · Mar 13, 2006

Personally I've never purposely weighted the inside peg. As I understand it the purpose of weighting the outside peg is keep the bike in a more upright position to allow a better drive out of the corner. The only time I think you would want to load the inside peg is under late braking for a harder turn in... but thats pure speculation on my part.

2ndgixer · Mar 13, 2006

I read about this technique years ago and tried it out much like I tried out counter steering, trail braking, and pushing on the gas tank with either knee, just a bit at low speeds. It worked, so now I use them all. I always counter steer, but to tighten up a turn, I'll weigh the inside peg, and if I'm going in too hot (which is rare), I'll press my outside knee into the tank and trail brake. Trail braking is the technique I have the most difficulty with. Oh yeah, there's also good body positioning...

CASINO · Mar 13, 2006

I read about this technique years ago and tried it out much like I tried out counter steering, trail braking, and pushing on the gas tank with either knee, just a bit at low speeds. It worked, so now I use them all. I always counter steer, but to tighten up a turn, I'll weigh the inside peg, and if I'm going in too hot (which is rare), I'll press my outside knee into the tank and trail brake. Trail braking is the technique I have the most difficulty with. Oh yeah, there's also good body positioning...

You're right.. I take it back I do weight the inside peg from time to time but its not a concious effort, its the by product of not conciously weighting the outside peg.

Jon no h · Mar 13, 2006

Doesn't weighting the outside peg also lower your center of gravity?

Minor Threat · Mar 13, 2006

I weight the inside peg to get more of my body off in the corner to lift the bike up for more clearance/speed.

Spencers school teaches the inside technique too.
Nick Ienastch has a good book on fundamentals of riding. He's a instructor there.

RussZTT · Mar 13, 2006

I do the inside peg and push the oppisite way of the handlebars. My other knee is higher then my shoulders in a turn so there is no way I have have pressure on that peg.

FreeflyKC · Mar 13, 2006

I do the inside peg and push the oppisite way of the handlebars. My other knee is higher then my shoulders in a turn so there is no way I have have pressure on that peg.

That's how I do it. I was loosing grip on my outside knee on the tank last time I was out, so I picked up some stompgrip traction pads. Those are pretty bad ass, once you set your knee on the side of the tank it just stays where you put it. They're also a tremendous help under hard braking, just plant your knees against both sides and jam into the corner as you hang your inside knee out. Love 'em.

Anyway, I've never put pressure on the outside peg. I keep my three control points simple and straight forward by weighting only the inside peg, light pressure on the inside grip, and my outside knee against the tank to help stabilize my upper body position. That way has always kept me very loose and relaxed. I generally keep a nice tight line doing it that way, so it works for me.

COMEBACK · Mar 13, 2006

Thanks for the input so far folks

The few anwers I got over at racers forum seems to indicate the outside peg is more used.

This inside peg thing was a kind of an eye opener for me and as I said it just seemed to work right.

I think it's time to blow the dust of the book by Nick Ieanatsch again

ballistic04_750 · Mar 13, 2006

Weighting the inside peg helps during corner entry by adding steering to the rear wheel (to tighten line). Weighting the outside peg helps at the exit, standing the bike up quicker thereby helping to prevent rear steer from occuring (on-throttle slides) preserving the best drive and to prevent running too wide. This is my understanding of the topic.

Blaise · Mar 13, 2006

I point my inside toes the direction I want to go and try to get my head further out than my headlight.
I go into za corner like zese.

Weighting the inside peg in corners.............

COMEBACK

RookWV

ZukiRider

Suzuki Duke

TheGeek

CASINO

2ndgixer

CASINO

Jon no h

Minor Threat

RussZTT

FreeflyKC

COMEBACK

ballistic04_750

Blaise

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