I'm just curious as to why they do this. Is it another way to gauge lean? Or a completely different reason?
Rossi started it and everyone wants to win like him. Its like hanging off for the brakes from what i have read.
Just another technique that most have tried...some think it work them for whatever reason, some don't. Whatever trips your trigger IMO Don't think there is anyone here that is qualified to critisize.
Here let me criticize it... For trackdays. Don't do it. At a trackday. moving a leg off may signal other riders you are slowing or have problems. Anything that might be misinterpreted by another rider may put you both in a bad situation. -X
I don't plan on doing it but I was watching the races at Qatar and saw a few guys doing it and was just curious as to why they do it. Stephen81-I've read the same thing but never figured out how it would work. The only other time I've seen guys do it is when they are on a dirt bike. Obviously two different kinds of riding though.
As I understand it, it's done to counteract the rear end waggling under heavy braking. They use it like an out rigger to stabilize themselves. Though I would have to imagine there is some adjustment in ridding style. Since their foot is out well past the turn in point as I've seen, they're doing a majority of their counter steering with the bars and not with their weight on the inside peg. Who knows, maybe we'll all be doing this someday.
I had the impression that the leg hanging off was another way to make sure they weight the outside peg and once they're in the turn they already have the weight where they want it. So they can just place the inside leg on the peg in the turn and get ready for the next turn.
:amen: I had a guy do this in Intermediate as I was in the process of passing him. We were a mile from the turn-in point and he was going half my speed, when suddenly he sits up and throws a leg out! I was way too committed to cancel my pass but once through the corner I was up in the saddle and looking all around to see if there was a red flag or if the rest of the group was slowing down. IMO, you stick your leg out and I'll feel no guilt running it over.
^^This. Its done to HELP (not aviod) prevent lowsiding by keeping weight on the outside peg. Notice how its always the "inside" leg that comes off before the corner.
Maybe, we can get Trevor to tell us the story of him on the Dr-Z while leading his Novice group. He was riding "motard" foot style.... -X
chris.mcvay- what part of socal are you in? I didn't know STT was out there. I moved back from Ventura last year and rode with a few different trackday organizations and never saw STT.
You don't have to take a leg off the bike to weight a peg. And at corner entry you want to move your butt to the inside and put weight on the inside leg. Weighting the inside peg helps the bike turn in and initiate corner entry. Taking the leg off actually started as taking the leg off to reset the foot and leverage the inside peg. I'm guessing while doing this someone noticed the bike settled a bit during that process and heavy breaking.
Weighting pegs? I just go into the corner with both feet off of them that way I don't have to worry about what one should have the weight on it.