| Author | Message | ||
     M1combat |
I scraped my foot twice yesterday on my XB... | ||
| 420at145mph |
fun huh | ||
| Cyclonemick |
Ride with your toes curled around your pegs Or the balls of your feet instead of you arches. You will be less likely to drag your feet,instead you will drag pegs. I used to drag my boots all the time with my cyclone utill I realized I needed to change my feet position. | ||
| M1combat |
Good point... I have habits from riding dirt bikes all my life. I've tried that and I can't get used to having to move my foot around so much to shift and use the rear brakes. It seems to upset the chassis as well... | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
When you clip a road marker or a bump with your scrapping foot and get your ankle broke you will remember  | ||
| M1combat |
I think I just need to remember to keep my toes in. They weren't out far but enough to touch before the peg feelers. At first I thought I dragged a feeler too but I checked and I didn't. | ||
| Bomber |
M1 -- with practice, it's possible to shift your feets without upsetting the scoot . .. it is also possible to leave the dirt bike habits behind when on the street (although it took me longer than it should, being a little thick ;-} ) | ||
| M1combat |
Yeah, I remember once on my old 750 going into a corner a little too hot and immediately pushed the bike underneath me and stuck out my inside leg... Old habits are hard to break I guess  . I made it, but realized as soon as I did it that it was the wrong thing to do. | ||
| Socoken |
i shift my feet a lot, and scrape my pegs a lot, and i end up with boots looking like this.     | ||
| M1combat |
Aren't XB's more lean angle friendly to begin with? I've never been on an M2 though, so I don't know... That's what I should do though... Get a set of boots with harder soles so they don't want to grip the pavement as much. The boots I had on were hiking boots with pretty soft rubber soles. | ||
| Bomber |
XB series will lean way more than a stock M2, no doubt . . . . . . soft hiking botts WILL make it tougher to move around on the pegs, no doubt about it! . . . .. I rodde with a guy a season or so ago who rode with his feet angled out so far it scared me . . . .used to damn near touch down on easy corners . . . . . balls of the feet on the pegs, slide forward to shift and brake (agressive hiking boot soles make that tough, for sure), and keep those tooties away from the botts dots! | ||
| Socoken |
yeah, the XBs have way more clearance than a stock M2, and a good amount more than mine with rearsets. notice how my shoes are worn, just on the outside front, i keep the balls of me feet on the pegs, even lift my feet up off the pegs to allow them to fold up a little from time to time. i guess i should also mention i wear a size 13. |
