Motorcycle Foot Position | EXPLAINED

How should we position our feet on our Motorcycles foot pegs?

[B_L_A_C_K_]

Me who doesn't own a bike : " Yeah I'll definitely take note of that "

[Anderzander]

Love your stuff …. Small suggestion if I may ? Use more pauses to create some space in your words. It’s like you speak with no punctuation. Putting it in will help give the points time to sink in - and make them clearer too.

[BLDH]

How do you lock in the tank on a supermoto? i still dont know...

[jeffestrada]

Thanks for the video 👍
Nice RS-250. I had one not that long ago, it was in very good condition- i wish i kept it 👍

[bmwmman]

Thank you for releasing more content!!!!

[MrDragondepierre]

No "looking this damn good" ?
*Sad noises*

[targetoz]

Thanks Mike, that was exactly what i needed to know. Cheers Steve.

[AudreyH]

I practice the same inner foot but the more heal outside foot style. I feel more locked in that way. I also really like the foot twist to lock in too. But be careful and make sure your bike has enough clearance from the chain and exhaust before twisting the foot in.

[TriAnglesD]

Hi Mike,

Broke the bone that protrudes on the outside of your ankle...

Coming from 35 years of riding and a few years of track riding road machines like FZs, R6s and R1s. But I am no expert on supermoto. Also, I would expect that requirements for equipment between motocross and supermoto are not exactly the same.

The bone is the fibula. The fracture occurred when at low speed in a very tight turn, I lost it during supermoto. My foot was wedged between the bike and the pavement. The protruding bone at the ankle dribbled with the bike weight over the pavement. I felt the crack. I was in full gear but wearing sports bike boots. These did not offer the right protection for this type of situation. Apart from a plastic outer shell the impact point included almost no cushioning.

But here is (partly) what went wrong. At times, my sports bike boots were offering too much grip on the pavement when extending my foot forward in the corners. The solution was to bend my leg more. It caught and got wedged when I lost the front while leaning in too much.

Would motocross boots have offered greater protection in this case? Would they have offered less grip or otherwise more means to slide the sole over the pavement?

I can imagine that boots used for supermoto would benefit from grip on the pegs, while also wear resistance and replaceable slide patches made from soft metal or nylon at the sole.

Any advice? What boots might have offered more protection and better permit to slide the sole over pavement?

[thepanel]

The heel of my foot is on the right peg. I drop my toes down to apply the rear brake. But it's usually uncomfortable to have the heel _down_ and the toes _raised up high_ while riding.

[konstantinos]

On the track on the straights and when I accelerate on the road and move my body back and get fully tucked, I have my feet on the heels so I can be steady when changing gears. And also to have traction to not move back and pull the handlebars, or else I get wobbly. On the corners inside foot like the second example and outside foot on heel, except if there is a next corner coming in the other direction. On daily commute same thing, but feet more backwards on the straight like on the second example.

[jon_an_k]

The beard suits you well, Mate ^^
Also great explanation 👍

[ThermicLight]

This kind of rather goes without saying, as there is no fixed position, but more importantly this largely depends on riding style. Big difference between racing and just cursing on public roads.

[GerBeGurGya]

If you dont know that you have to move your feet up in the turn dont ride a bike. On the other hand if you ride like that all the time in the traffic I will beat you with a pole. You are not gonna be ready with the controls in fact you will most likely miss them when you have to act fast. Also good luck holding your legs on the pegs when you get a wobble. Video is good but it should have stated that this is only for the track when you have turn after turn while working your weight around.

[Geosbudy]

I never knew that foot position will haunt me from cycling to riding

[nolanmitcheltree]

Noobie here. Scraped the whole side of my foot today in a corner. Scary moment forsure 😂

[matthewglaze]

Not sure I completely agree. But I'll give it a shot on my ride home tonight. Update not hard to mover on the bike much at all on my heels although I always ride with boots on so I lock my foot peg in-between the heel and toe until cornering then I move slightly towards the toe.

[dream.machine]

I always wanted a motorcycle 🏍️ like this. Notes taken!

[antuny]

I don't know but I unconsciously doing this thing when doing some turns, I guess those crash I had before teaches me well, experience do really is the best teacher😅🤣

[jonathanschaufler]

Thx, i am a beginner and i had problems with foot position