Standing on pegs

buddy · Trackday Trickster Joined: 07 Mar 2009 Karma :

Hiya chaps.
Obviously this is common practice on mx bikes and trials bikes.

But does anyone else lift their bum off the seat on supersports bikes whilst cornering if there is a big bump?
I do this instinctively but not sure if this is a bad technique on a sportsbike.

Can i smell a roast?
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Nobby the Bastard · Harley Gaydar Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Karma :

Surely that's what suspension is for.
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buddy · Trackday Trickster Joined: 07 Mar 2009 Karma :

More* suspension.
Standing on footpegs is pretty common practice
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

If I'm going for it on the twisties, my arse hardly ever touches the seat. I don't actually stand up on the pegs, more hover over the seat but almost all my weight is either on my feet or through my legs onto the tank. The seat is just a point of reference or a brace for when you give it the beans.

It's all about rotational moments round the roll axis and front to rear trim. If your weight is on the pegs, small body position changes make a larger difference because the centre of body mass is acting on a longer lever.

Stand up trials riding takes that effect to an extreme.
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buddy · Trackday Trickster Joined: 07 Mar 2009 Karma :

Yeah, thats what i do if i see a big bump in the road. I feel like i would get bucked off if i had all my weight on the seat.
Just wondering if this is a bad habit to get into.
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buddy · Trackday Trickster Joined: 07 Mar 2009 Karma :

Just the answer i was looking for, thanks.
I was trying to see what the tt riders do but its not clear.
I think its like matey says, theyre just hovering sometimes, but not all the time.
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grr666 · Super Spammer Joined: 16 Jun 2014 Karma :

I lift my punched lasagne of an arse up when I'm going over a speedhump. Embarassed

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Nobby the Bastard · Harley Gaydar Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Karma :

My pert buttocks don't prolapse every time I go over a bump.
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Howling TerrorOutOfOffice · Super Spammer Joined: 05 Dec 2008 Karma :

I like the repeated pounding.
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dave001 · Banned Joined: 22 Nov 2022 Karma :

Not in a bend you don't if you got any sense. over a speed bump I may just hover my ass to get over em quicker

That said, a nice bump on exiting a bend is good for wheeling out of the bend in style

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Prawny · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 22 Jun 2019 Karma :

The meteor is shite for standing on the pegs because they’re a bit forward. It’s also shite for hitting bumps sat down at speed there’s a few by me where I get launched into the air every time because of a big seam in the crappy road surface.

Luckily the seat is cushy and 2 years of scootering got me used to a good old pounding.
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MCN · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2015 Karma :

I never feel any benefit of sliding over the seat or hanging off.
I rife mostly on public roads.
Public roads are not clean enough to be predictable for committed riding.
Tracks are 100% different.
The tracks I ride on are smooth and spotlessly clean and therfore, predictable.
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