Scraping peg – though I was going down – vid
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Well that could have been a lot worse.
Glad it wasn't though.
My baby beginner brain shudders to think what I would have to do to scrape a peg.
Glad it wasn't though.
My baby beginner brain shudders to think what I would have to do to scrape a peg.
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Same here...
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if you get the extension arm you can mount your camera on the lower part of the tail and reduce shake.
its scary first time you drag one but being that the pegs fold in stock form you werent in danger until you freaked and let off the gas standing the bike up. You could get your butt off the bike and reduce lean angle. but I drug mine and I have 50/50 rear sets. quickly learned that im not getting off the bike enough and haven't had a issue since
its scary first time you drag one but being that the pegs fold in stock form you werent in danger until you freaked and let off the gas standing the bike up. You could get your butt off the bike and reduce lean angle. but I drug mine and I have 50/50 rear sets. quickly learned that im not getting off the bike enough and haven't had a issue since
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yep, stay one, lean off? Staying on feels like i can come through much faster, but then that's when i get the peg scraping... if i do the whole lean off my keen gets much lower which is a lot less startling then hearing and feel peg scraping.
Was that with stock tires? I know that the stock tires aren't the best but I have had no traction problems with them and I've come within an 1/8 th of an inch of the edge of the tire front and back. I appreciate the fact that you are pushing the bike and yourself enough to experience what the bike can do. I also like the fact you posted this so others, who may be apprehensive about the bikes abilities, can gain some confidence. Glad you kept the shiny side up!
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IRT the topic of freaking out because of the pegs scraping...
IMHO, one must really know how far they can lean their bike. The quickest indicator of this on a stock bike is the peg nutz.
If you've never dragged a peg, when you do finally do so, you will find yourself freak out about it.
No offense at all to the OP, and kudos to you for sharing what almost turned into a disaster for you- this helps to open the eyes of other riders to the topic.
Parking lot. Ride circles. Tighter and tighter. Once you tough peg the first time, like I said, you will likely freak out a bit. But in the parking lot, you can straighten up and be fine- and not at risk for creaming yourself into the side of a cliff wall, like almost happened to our brave OP.
You don't have to be going fast. I can drag a peg on this bike at about 15 mph.
But I would say this- if you don't feel comfortable "working the box" or u-turns or "throttle pick up" and other lean/turn work, don't worry about your pegs until you are more confident in your overall ability to control/recover the bike if you get unstable.
It is possible, especially in a right turn, to drag more than the peg. Harder parts have less flex than the fold-up pegs, and if you rub those harder parts too much, they *will* help you learn how to pick your bike up off the ground.
IMHO, one must really know how far they can lean their bike. The quickest indicator of this on a stock bike is the peg nutz.
If you've never dragged a peg, when you do finally do so, you will find yourself freak out about it.
No offense at all to the OP, and kudos to you for sharing what almost turned into a disaster for you- this helps to open the eyes of other riders to the topic.
Parking lot. Ride circles. Tighter and tighter. Once you tough peg the first time, like I said, you will likely freak out a bit. But in the parking lot, you can straighten up and be fine- and not at risk for creaming yourself into the side of a cliff wall, like almost happened to our brave OP.
You don't have to be going fast. I can drag a peg on this bike at about 15 mph.
But I would say this- if you don't feel comfortable "working the box" or u-turns or "throttle pick up" and other lean/turn work, don't worry about your pegs until you are more confident in your overall ability to control/recover the bike if you get unstable.
It is possible, especially in a right turn, to drag more than the peg. Harder parts have less flex than the fold-up pegs, and if you rub those harder parts too much, they *will* help you learn how to pick your bike up off the ground.
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In general, perhaps. Every situation and every rider are a little different.
EYVoom mentioned the Rebel, scraping its pegs. It's almost impossible not to unless you ride completely upright like a noob... The Rebel always liked dragging peg so much, that I wore holes in the bottoms of the pegs on mine. Ok, maybe I'm exaggerate, but they were scratched up like crazy.
The Reb doesn't have near the lean angle of the CBR. And, unless you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you're getting into something that has perfect traction, perfect visibility, perfect "out" in case of trouble, getting too far onto the side tread is asking for an incident on a public road.
All you need though is a perfect storm of gravel/slick/wet and you can wash out. That said, I've already found the CBR to be incredibly predictable and forgiving with overstepping the bounds of front end traction. Then again, there's only so much any rider/machine can hope to achieve when pushed to the extreme.
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If you watch the video you can see how letting off the gas got you into trouble, but more importantly how applying more throttle pulled you right out of it.
If you hadn't goosed it a little to retain your balance it might have ended differently.
Nice recovery.
If you hadn't goosed it a little to retain your balance it might have ended differently.
Nice recovery.
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Yep, like hang off the bike more. It's hard for me to explain the physics, but hanging off would give you a tighter circle and a further lean. I'm talking one buttcheek off the seat and the outside leg supporting the tank. Something to do with center of gravity not being restricted to a straight line with the bike's vertical axis. By doing that, your knee would touch the ground first before the pegs do.
Of course, something like this is best practiced in a controlled environment. I do the canyons here in SoCal, but I don't chance it like I would at a parking lot or race track. There are a lot of civies and wackos running those canyons.
Is that Turnbull canyon? I go there often.
Of course, something like this is best practiced in a controlled environment. I do the canyons here in SoCal, but I don't chance it like I would at a parking lot or race track. There are a lot of civies and wackos running those canyons.
Is that Turnbull canyon? I go there often.
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