Braking and left foot position

[ROADHAZARD]

Quote from somewhere back in the old days, (Dirt Bike magazine maybe), "Keep your feet on the pegs and you won't break your legs". Works for me.

 

[jekirby]

In other words, my goal is to put the left foot down so that there is no chance I would ever have to pick it up again while the bike is still moving.

I find that if I don't time it right to plant my foot when/as stopped and have to pick it up I feel out of control whether I am or not- kind of like expecting that last step at the bottom of a flight of stairs and you are already there, it kind of throws you off.

As far as panic stopping two up, the one time I remember I just put two dents in my tank with my knees expecting my wife to slide toward me and just concentrated on bringing us to a stop--smooth or not--in one piece and upright.

Edit>>>I don't ride two up very much and I will admit I lack experience/skill in that area.

 

[FuzzyRider]

On a good day I keep both feet on the pegs for a full second after I stop. On a really good day I get a second and half. But in any case I stop and get my left foot down off the peg shortly (sometimes very shortly) after.

 

[JRO]

When you are stopping and have finished downshifting, where is your left foot...Still on the foot peg or hanging off motard style ready to steady the bike? What is your logic?

Still on the peg. My logic is simple: if I stick my foot down too soon, the impetus of the bike may break my leg.

 

[spklbuk]

Reflection on a close but in control call while two-up was the impetus for starting this thread.

I'm not putting my foot down too early...I don't have to take a stride from a still moving bike (99% of the time). I unconsciously (apparently b/c I wasn't previously aware until a friend pointed it out) bring my foot off the peg while the bike is still rolling, not putting it down or dragging. Doesn't seem to matter if I'm riding the FJR, a mid-sized street demon, or a 125 cc dirtbike, so weight of the machine is not the issue. An ingrained idiosyncrasy that likely needs some work.

I truly appreciate everyone's input. Lesson I've learned...work on thinking foot to peg longer.

Jeff,

Creta is a far better pillion than I will ever be a pilot. We should get out with you and Karen so I can learn from your two up technique; though I'll likely need to rent a helicopter ride to keep up!

Jim

 

[odot]

My foots right up my ass.......right where it needs to be...unless I'm talking...then it's in me mouth. I really hate it when I say something I shouldn't. Tastes bad.......like corn or something. Or chicken....reallly bad.........

 

[boomerang]

I dont like to stop so,I dont put my foot down until stoped. It just seems so perminent.