Standing on your pegs on bumpy roads.

[steelhead]

I find that if I slightly stand on my pegs during very bumpy parts of a road (especially downhill), this tends to make the Hayabusa much more stable.

That is, (while on bumpy roads) when standing on the pegs, I can actually feel the Hayabusa shocks working great. When I don't stand on the pegs and just sit on my seat on very bumpy roads, I feel like I'm bouncing around and about to be thrown off.

Does anyone have similar experiences? My shocks are adjusted to stock. I'm 200 pounds.



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[Revlis]

Yeah, Common practice for many. Been doing it for years, it effectively lowers your center of gravity thus making it more stable....

 

[Don Hardcastle]

yup

 

[thrasherfox]

I do it when I go over most railroad tracks faster than 50 (if they are not smooth with the ground)

 

[TIMMYDUCK]

New England is home of the bumpy road.
Frost heaves for decades.( Unrepaired)
Stand up on my pegs all the time.
Sad part is I always just treat it as a slalom course.
Have rubber, will burn.

 

[TIMMYDUCK]

Case and point .......
No pavement.

 

[TIMMYDUCK]

But if Ididn't ride dirt I wouldn't see this !!!!!!!

 

[Over_Easy]

I find that if I slightly stand on my pegs during very bumpy parts of a road (especially downhill), this tends to make the Hayabusa much more stable.

That is, (while on bumpy roads) when standing on the pegs, I can actually feel the Hayabusa shocks working great. When I don't stand on the pegs and just sit on my seat on very bumpy roads, I feel like I'm bouncing around and about to be thrown off.

Does anyone have similar experiences? My shocks are adjusted to stock. I'm 200 pounds.

steelhead,

Your comments are in violation of America's Free Riding Act of 2001 Statute 201.573, Article 5, Section 8, Paragraph 2:

"Any overbearing self-righteous persons found to be preaching Canadian law to Americans on what they can and cannot say over the internet or privileged message boards has accepted the right to accept a lot of sh!t from said Americans on given message boards."

After the other night, you asked for that.  But yes putting weight on the pegs is the smart thing to do when approaching bumpy conditions. Ride safe.



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[PaNDeM1C]

I did that on my Katana 600, too... it's a thing you also do on dirtbikes and bmx bicycles... standing up can help the shocks absorb the "blow" of hard bumps. Plus, if you stand up on the pegs, you can just handle the bike better... and it doesn't matter if it's a busa or even an 80cc bike! It helps to stand up! You can control the bumps better!

Just my view....

 

[cosmo]

Technically speaking....The only time you should be "on the seat" is at a stop, or on a stretched cruiser from Milwaukee

 

[PaNDeM1C]

Technically speaking....The only time you should be "on the seat" is at a stop, or on a stretched cruiser from Milwaukee

Maybe so IF you're on a track...

Normal road riding... I'm on the seat, my man! But as of this post, I don't have my busa yet!!! I'm going by my Kat 6 I used to ride....

 

[steelhead]

I find that if I slightly stand on my pegs during very bumpy parts of a road (especially downhill), this tends to make the Hayabusa much more stable.

That is, (while on bumpy roads) when standing on the pegs, I can actually feel the Hayabusa shocks working great. When I don't stand on the pegs and just sit on my seat on very bumpy roads, I feel like I'm bouncing around and about to be thrown off.

Does anyone have similar experiences? My shocks are adjusted to stock. I'm 200 pounds.

steelhead,

Your comments are in violation of America's Free Riding Act of 2001 Statute 201.573, Article 5, Section 8, Paragraph 2:

"Any overbearing self-righteous persons found to be preaching Canadian law to Americans on what they can and cannot say over the internet or privileged message boards has accepted the right to accept a lot of sh!t from said Americans on given message boards."

After the other night, you asked for that.  But yes putting weight on the pegs is the smart thing to do when approaching bumpy conditions. Ride safe.

Over_easy: That was very funny. Thanks for the riding tip!

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[rc51ny]

Yep --I especailly do it when crossing RR tracks. I just don't like the feeling of crushing "the boys"

 

[DaCol.]

Since your in Cold-re-ia  

you must be standing ALOT

. Well, you'll have great leg muscles anyway

 

[Big Bo]

Standing on the pegs, your legs will act as shock absorbers. In the MSF course one of the things that is taught is to stand on the pegs as one crosses a 2x4 or other obsticle on the road. Sitting down will produce a pogo effect and can cause the rider to loose control of the motorcycle.

 

[BigBSBusa]

I tend to do this, as well.

 

[HillsRider]

Learned it in the dirt, use it on the street!

 

[BA BUSA]

Gee ya learn something everyday

 

[buss05]

Standing on the pegs, your legs will act as shock absorbers. In the MSF course one of the things that is taught is to stand on the pegs as one crosses a 2x4 or other obsticle on the road. Sitting down will produce a pogo effect and can cause the rider to loose control of the motorcycle.

is a 2x4 a normal obstacle in the road? What about possoms?

 

[HRJR]

Case and point .......
No pavement.

TD, maybe you should get a *big* set of knobbies for your baby!