Foot Cornering Safety Tip

[FZER]

I've taken the beginner MSF course twice, once to get my license easier, plus I hadn't riden on the streets yet, and the second time because I could get paid during work hours to take it. A couple years later I took the experienced class. The classes are good and talking with other riders you really learn a lot of useful information. So somewhere in all of our chatting on here I heard a very good safety tip and thought I'd share.

The basics of cornering as I see it are brake and downshift in relation to the corner prior to enter. Lean it over get back into the gas and exit. That's a very simple run down, but I've learn something very important both from someone mentioning it on here, but also the hardway on a couple occasions. After braking and downshifting get your toes back up on those pegs. If you have feet like mine they hang a whole lot lower than the pegs. The possible injuries could be countless. I'm doing my damness to start doing this everytime I finish shifting. On a cruiser this isn't a problem, because you have floor boards, but go hard into a corner and your foot hits the pavement and you'll get the biggest cup of coffee you've ever had.

 

[Fazed_and_Confused]

My basic rule is always keep your toes on the pegs unless it's a very very slow speed corner or going over a questionable surface. You put in a ton of leverage with your feet input on the pegs and taking that away is never a good thing.

 

[Mrpacis]

Lol the hard way too. Leaned then my foot got caught. I was like fudgesicles. So I figure when I lean maybe I should put my toes on the peg rather than the middle of my foot. Happened to me yesterday too. Wasn't paying attention and I was entering an on ramp sharp turn. Whamm. Thank goodness I was wearing boots lol.

 

[Mrpacis]

Learned*

 

[n00b]

I've taken the beginner MSF course twice, once to get my license easier, plus I hadn't riden on the streets yet, and the second time because I could get paid during work hours to take it. A couple years later I took the experienced class. The classes are good and talking with other riders you really learn a lot of useful information. So somewhere in all of our chatting on here I heard a very good safety tip and thought I'd share.

The basics of cornering as I see it are brake and downshift in relation to the corner prior to enter. Lean it over get back into the gas and exit. That's a very simple run down, but I've learn something very important both from someone mentioning it on here, but also the hardway on a couple occasions. After braking and downshifting get your toes back up on those pegs. If you have feet like mine they hang a whole lot lower than the pegs. The possible injuries could be countless. I'm doing my damness to start doing this everytime I finish shifting. On a cruiser this isn't a problem, because you have floor boards, but go hard into a corner and your foot hits the pavement and you'll get the biggest cup of coffee you've ever had.

new rider here, so I haven't leaned the bike that far, but will definitely pay attention to that.