I dragged my foot peg for the first time!

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sharpmagna · #1 Post by **sharpmagna** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:45 pm

I washed the bike after work today since I had to ride through the rain yesterday so it needed to get purty again. Since it had a gleam to it, I figured I'd take it for a spin. Well I took it on a pretty windy back road. I came upon a left hander with gravel on the outside so I stuck to the inner corner. Well I may have overestimated my entry speed so I had to lean over further to make the turn. My left foot peg hit the ground and it suprised me a lot but I held the lean and made the turn. Now I've only been riding for about 2 months and I've had the bike for about the same amount of time so it was a landmark for me to have leaned over the bike enough to hit the foot peg. Now that I know how it feels to hit the foot peg, I'll be more prepared for it next time.

Do you remember the first time you dragged the foot peg?

camthepyro · #2 Post by **camthepyro** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:48 pm

Sweet, my first time on any bike was in the MSF class, second time right after when I decided to do it on my bike. Congrats, from now on it will be easier to do it, now that you have a feel for it.

VermilionX · #3 Post by **VermilionX** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:22 pm

cool!

ZooTech · #4 Post by **ZooTech** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:24 pm

Verm remembers his first time. I believe it was when he hit that guard rail...

VermilionX · #5 Post by **VermilionX** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:28 pm

ZooTech wrote:Verm remembers his first time. I believe it was when he hit that guard rail...

but not really... i didn't lowside.

i straightened the bike to brake after i hit the loose gravel but i wasn't able to save it.

DivideOverflow · #6 Post by **DivideOverflow** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:34 pm

I remember the first time I the pegs on my first bike... and everytime I went out on it after that. Yeah.. so I just went ahead and upgraded to sportier bikes.

JC Viper · #7 Post by **JC Viper** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:52 pm

Thats one of the main reasons I like my Vulcan, Two wide pipes that have a tendancy to scrape after the pegs start to lift.

FlyerPhil · #8 Post by **FlyerPhil** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:32 pm

Scraped a peg (the peg a little bit, the heel of my giant right foot a good bit more) on my second real ride. Made a right on to an uphill street a little too fast and felt it scrape, first my heel, then the footpeg.

jmillheiser · #9 Post by **jmillheiser** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:22 pm

If I scrape pegs on my bandit im in real trouble LOL. Its pegs are up pretty high. I briefly touched a peg down on my first canyon ride with my first bike, didn't even really feel it. Just found a fresh scrape on one of the pegs after the ride.

Mintbread · #10 Post by **Mintbread** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:55 pm

I have never dragged a peg on my Bandit but I have given my toe sliders a real workout.

How is this guys form. This was at a track day in Queensland Aust and by the end of it the fellow at the back was down to half a footpeg.