Motorcyclists and Their Feet Off the Pegs While in Motion

[Grant H.]

People who say their sport bikes are comfortable are only kidding themselves.

Not true. We have just figured out how to sit on them correctly.

99.999999999999% of people I see riding super sports are sitting on them wrong. They end up with almost all of their upper body weight resting on their arms and wrists and their nuts (or lack there of) crammed against the tank. This gets VERY uncomfortable, and the bike doesn't even ride right.

I'm 6'2"/300lbs and I fit on my GSXR1000 just fine, can ride for hours without fatigue, and my motorcycle produces horsepower.



:Neener1:
I can also lean more than 3° without grinding shit off of my bike... :P



I also never get on my bike without Helmet, Jacket, Gloves, double knee carhartts or my actual leather pants with armor, and my A* boots. It's not a question of if you experience an "unplanned and sudden dismount", but when. I hate road rash, and therefore protect myself.

[islandermyk]

It's mostly the guys on crotch rockets because those things are miserably uncomfortable to ride.

Guys on crotch rockets that drag their feet.... hahahahaha... cause they wish they could drag their knee's, hahahahaha! I'm talking shit... sorry....

[Grant H.]

Guys on crotch rockets that drag their feet.... hahahahaha... cause they wish they could drag their knee's, hahahahaha! I'm talking shit... sorry....

It's true, though...

[islandermyk]

Not true. We have just figured out how to sit on them correctly.

99.999999999999% of people I see riding super sports are sitting on them wrong. They end up with almost all of their upper body weight resting on their arms and wrists and their nuts (or lack there of) crammed against the tank. This gets VERY uncomfortable, and the bike doesn't even ride right. .

Yep... this is true... You can easily spot the experienced riders.. they don't have their arms locked straight and their are elbows not pointing down while their riding... oh and they don't drag their feet for a block or two, lol!

I can ride my ZX10r for hours on the canyons, but less than 20 minutes at a time on the track...

[XC700116]

I don't understand the whole dragging of feet once in motion.
Then again i don't grasp the concept of a $150-400 helmet while wearing sneakers, no shoes, flipflops, shorts and a tank top.

Typically it keeps the organs viable until the can be properly harvested.....

Maybe I'm just have a strong aversion to road rash, but yeah I don't get it either.

[ray1970]

That's funny. True, but still funny.

[zteknik]

What is up with this? I watched guy clip a crack in the road with his toes, I would have laughed even harder if he had wrecked.

Darwin check.

[roberth]

...and what is with these people on those little scooter things that go about 20 miles an hour downhill with a tailwind?

[ray1970]

...and what is with these people on those little scooter things that go about 20 miles an hour downhill with a tailwind?

One too many DUI's. They can operate these without a license.

[roberth]

One too many DUI's. They can operate these without a license.

Didn't know. Thanks.