Tip of the day

[bigguy]

When you drag your pegs, (and you know you do.) keep you foot out from under the peg.

I didn't go down, but I thought I was going to. Hurt like a booger. Ruined a good pair of boots too. Sprained my ankle and I've been limping for a couple of days. I've got it wrapped in an ace bandage. I was on the Magna, not the Valk. All in all, I got pretty lucky.

[Jess from VA]

That's one of the reasons I prefer floorboards.... but the small one's for valk rider will not really hold your whole foot/boot, and in hard leans I have had the road catch the outside of my boot and drag it off the board.  No harm to boot or foot, but have twisted my knee pretty good a couple times.

Yours look like an old pair of Corcoran jump boots with the toecaps.

[Ferris Leets]

How do you get your foot under the peg?   When I am riding hard I keep my feet pulled in tight to the motor.  Did you put your foot down on a hard corner?

[Daniel Meyer]

 

[Rocketman]

I've done that.  My foot wasn't under the peg, but my toe was pointed down.  It caught, and the next thing you know, my foot was trapped.  Every time I tried to pull my foot out, it pushed the bike harder into the turn.  As I was getting closer to the curb, I decided to get the bike out of the turn, which meant initially leaning harder (thus hurting the foot more). 
I didn't break anything in the foot, and I didn't go down, but it was a close one.  Pay attention to the toes as you're turning tightly.

Mark

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Keep yer balls on yer pegs. 

[chip]

Keep yer balls on yer pegs. 

I'm think'n thats going to hurt more than dragging your feet.

[The Anvil]

Growing up on sportbikes and motocross it becomes second nature to ride with the ball of the foot on the peg.

[Chrisj CMA]

Keep yer balls on yer pegs.  

Britman.......I stopped preaching this one.........so many got mad at me, because "Im not comfortable riding like that" so they dangle their toes and then they get bit.

Cruising down mainstreet at 15mph is one thing.......cutting a line on a mountain road, not the same.........there are proper riding skills for a reason

The first thing I do whenever I get a new bike or new pegs is find out what touches down first and where my feet need to be to NOT touch the ground.  

If your boots are the first thing that hits, change your footing (position) make a habit and get used to it, or someday you will pay with an injury or a crash

[Rowdy]

  yep I can recall that hapening a few times  - but my foot just got dragged off the peg was not stuck  and yes I have learned to change the position of my foot over the years 

[Walküre]

Wow, wonder how that woulda looked with flip-flops, shorts, tank-top, and turned-back ball cap? Oh yeah, a little blondie on back, in short-shorts, t-top, sneakers, and helmet??

Good on ya, for as little damage as happened - good fast action to accept a little pain immediately, than much more eventual pain, in getting out of the turn. I've known riders to catch a foot, then toss themselves over the top, ripping it out from under.

I concur with the balls of the feet, but that's from years of crotch rockets.

R

[BigAl]

MOtocross and Enduro Racing for years, taught me the same thing to protect my knees.

Balls on the pegs in the turns and in ruts and toes pointed inwards to keep the foot from grabbing a root or something along the trail and

twisiting a knee severely.

Happend to me once and the knee hurt for weeks.

No surgery though

[bigguy]

Had my toes hanging over the front of the peg. I've been warned about that, but had a hard time breaking the habit. I'll bet it's broken now.
I couldn't use the foot brake on the rest of the way to work. I was afraid that if I had to put my left foot down, it wouldn't support me and I'd go over. Once I got to work, it was another test to see if I could walk on it well enough to get to my office. It continued to hurt the rest of the day and over night. The constant pain was gone by Saturday, but I was still limping. Today (Sunday) the limp is almost completely gone. My ankle is a little swollen and bruised, but otherwise fine. I guess I got lucky.
It's happened to other people. A couple of people over on the MOOT board related similar experiences.
Keep those toes up. I knew it in my head before, but I know it down to the tip of my toes now.

[Rocketman]

Maybe I just haven't been paying attention, but I certainly don't recall ever having been told to put the balls of my feet on the pegs.  If you're riding that way, do you then just accept the fact that you have to shift your feet around in order to shift or use rear brake?  I would prefer to not have to move my feet around, especially in turns, but that foot sure hurt, so I'm interested in a better way.

Mark

[The Anvil]

If you're riding that way, do you then just accept the fact that you have to shift your feet around in order to shift or use rear brake? 

Yeah pretty much. But in off road riding (motocross/enduro/CC) you're moving around like crazy anyway. Spirited (and I mean REALLY spirited) road riding also means you'll be moving a lot more than you will be on a lazy cruise.

[Chiefy]

Thanks for the reminder.  It's a constant battle for me to remember to watch out for my feet.  I have flat feet, and the front of my boots naturally point away from the bike.  Have scraped the side of my boots a number of times, but haven't munched either foot.

[Rocketman]

If you're riding that way, do you then just accept the fact that you have to shift your feet around in order to shift or use rear brake? 

Yeah pretty much. But in off road riding (motocross/enduro/CC) you're moving around like crazy anyway. Spirited (and I mean REALLY spirited) road riding also means you'll be moving a lot more than you will be on a lazy cruise.

OK, but the moving around during spirited riding is to get in the proper position for the lean angle you want.  Adding a layer of motion, to find brakes, frequently in an emergency situation, and when you're riding at the edge, emergencies are that much more emergent,...
Adding another motion to find brakes seems like a bad idea.
Of course, torquing my foot around until I limped for several days was also a bad idea.

Mark