Quick couple of noobie questions

[Piercee100]

Riding yesterday I've noticed my boot melted to the exhaust , this brings me to two questions-

How do I stop my boot melting or coming into contact with the exhaust (heel sits next to this when foot is on the peg)?

How do I clear the melted rubber from my exhaust?

lastly-

I have a bit of arthritis in my thumb on my right hand (got half bitten off by my dog) anyways, whilst riding it kinda feels redundent and aches- what is the ideal position to have it in whilst riding? (think it needs something to concentrate on).

Thanks for any advice

[SweenyT]

Hiya I'm a bit of a noob still so my advice wont be all that great..I just thought I'd bump your post up a bit.

I was told to rest my insteps on the pegs as that was the best position for my feet (I have smallish feet) so luckily have never had the trouble of melted rubber on exhaust.

As to your right thumb, I'm just recovering after badly spraining mine and find that it actually aches now when I use it as opposed to resting it. I use my right thumb to stabilise my hand when using the throttle and brake and when steering.... It could be where you are using it so much that it's making it ache and you just need to rest it every now and again.

Over to the experts.....
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[-Savage-]

There should be a heel plate or heat guard to keep our boot off the exhaust, perhaps look and see if you can get one to fit/ a bigger one?

Your thumb, perhaps your gloves are too tight? fingers of the gloves are too short for your thumb to fit?
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[Piercee100]

No I cant see any guard to stop my heel catching this, I may put a large bolt through it to act as a heel stop until I can find something better. I managed to scrape off most of the rubber after soacking in hot water.

I thought it was my gloves so bought a larger pair, and although it helped a bit, it will still ache after a 30mins or so. I just keep pulling my hands off and crunching my thumb lol I think if I tuck my thumb under my four fingers it helps a bit.

[Paxovasa]

Get a heel plate fitted to the foot peg
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[peatycat]

If you haven't managed to clear all the rubber off yet, try oven cleaner. Get the foamy spray type but spray it onto a sponge before slapping it on to avoid getting it everywhere (that stuff seriously expands!!!), leave it for an hour or so, don't let it dry out, then scoop the whole mess of with one of those teflon fish slice thingys (or anything else that won't scratch), good luck

[Piercee100]

Hehe yeah I got it removed Most of it peeled off when I washed the bike lol I am more concious of this happening now so stay away from the exhaust but will look into a heel plate.

Think most of these problems were caused by being tense out on the road, had a great ride today out in the sun and feel so much more confident now. Another month and I'll look into more training for my test.