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I was watching the WSBK and, because of his white boots, it was easy to see what Bautista was doing with his inside foot. He puts it up on the peg and it looks like he does what Corser taught - wedged into the join of the holder and peg, so it’s not flat on the peg but it’s not on the end of the peg.
I looked a bit more online and Jack Miller and many others do the same thing. He’s getting the leg angled out but doing it with the inside of his foot up against the bike on most occasions. When he wants to reach out with the knee he rolls his foot rather than turning it. I guess with these guys they want the inside foot completely out of the way considering how much lean they use.
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I’ve noticed lots doing this. And plenty doing it the way Pani mentioned. There’s more than one way to skin a cat…
Of course, these boys have flexibility and core strength.Without that I guess the end of the peg into the outer side of the sole allows you to turn the foot rather than rolling it.
Sitting on the bike and trying both methods, getting the inside foot wedged in actually feels good - very stable and connected to the bike and I can get the knee out as far as I am able. I’m working on hip mobility and that’s the limiting factor.
I suspect that I’m only getting my foot on top of the peg and not up and wedged in fully, again due to hip mobility (on the problem right side it’s actually quite difficult to get the foot up high enough to easily put it in position). I could lower the pegs but if I can improve flexibility then I shouldn’t need to do that.
Hopefully I can manage to get on track somewhere reasonably warm over the off season - it’s horrible to think of not getting out on the bike again until May…
Can you do it any other way than off your toe? These bikes are hard to get very far inside of due to the tank width. The seat tank interface not so good. This is the one thing I've always struggled with on my V4 SF. I've fixed the geometry, the motor is quasi terrifying, the brakes are pretty awesome but I can't readily move around. On my twin superbikes when i'm riding fast I'm not really sitting. And the seats flat so you're just skimming your ass over the seat. On my V4 SF I can't consistently do this and I keep raising the pegs in an attempt to compensate. Baggers evil twin can spank bagger with baggers own 1198 or the 1098SF when it gets tight and technical.
