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Archive through November 07, 2007Rick_a30 11-07-07  11:43 am
         

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Mikef5000
Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 11:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I wish I had a picture of my body position, but I don't.

The photographer at Mid Ohio didn't get a single picture of me leaning much at all. I don't know if they left before the last two sessions (when I got in 'the zone') or I'm just unlucky.

That's not quite fair...Firebolts have a lot more lean angle before they start dragging hard parts than tubers...even when the tubers have rearsets, as most tuber rearsets set the pegs wider than the stockers.

My thoughts exactly. We're comparing very different beasts here.

(Message edited by mikef5000 on November 07, 2007)
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Henrik
Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 12:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It's never a good idea to out-ride the hardware. If you're dragging hard parts you're a crash waiting to happen.

I had rear-sets on my S3 when I was using it for track days and never touched a peg - or toe for that matter. But the day my raised and tucked-in kickstand touched down and levered the rear wheel clear off the ground, sidestepping the bike a good 5-10" was the day I went looking for a used SV for track duty. Major pucker factor - and it could have gone *much* worse.

Hard stuff that touches pavement and doesn't give is bad ju-ju. Be careful out there.

As for your toe slider issue. Are you riding with the ball of your feet on the pegs?

Henrik
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Mikef5000
Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 12:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Balls of the feet were definitely on the pegs.

Here's the aftermath pictures:











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Josh_
Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 01:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)



Balls of the feet, toes in.

Its a different bike, but I shaved the brake lever and never touched my feet

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Rocketsprink
Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 04:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)



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Mutation_racer
Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 07:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

if you doing that to your pegs/boots/toe sliders, you need to change your riding style. Its gonna bight you one day. Get off the bike
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Rick_a
Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 03:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


quote:

But the day my raised and tucked-in kickstand touched down and levered the rear wheel clear off the ground, sidestepping the bike a good 5-10" was the day I went looking for a used SV for track duty. Major pucker factor - and it could have gone *much* worse.



That's why it's recommended to remove the kickstand. All it takes is replacing a $0.50 retaining ring.
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