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<blockquote data-quote="TacomaJD" data-source="post: 648450" data-attributes="member: 1780"><p>Meh, it would be same as a cruiser then - cornering limited from clearance between foot peg and ground. Sportbikes, dual sport bikes, and basically anything built for a sport riding position all have the foot peg location mounted back and high up. If you mounted it forward and high up enough to clear, it would be akward looking and also put you in an akward riding position when cornering on that side. </p><p></p><p>I actually saw a GSXR 750 at Nightfall last year that looked like someone had bought wrecked and kinda done a street fighter type rebuild on it. They had relocated both pegs to a feet-forward position, but was fairly low mounted similar to where they are on cruisers. The inline 4 engine on sportbikes is pretty wide, and the way his pegs were mounted, your right leg was pretty much right up against a hot radiator hose. Cool concept, but not practical for how I would need it to work while riding. </p><p></p><p>Also, when cornering with your feet out in front of you, you may scrub your foot on the pavement some but if it ever catches (and I have done it) it jerks your foot off the peg and damn near makes you wreck. It will never do that on the pegs on a sportbike in their normal position because your leg is already bent back. If it does catch, no big deal, but I never had it catch back in the day, just scrub. With your feet out in front and it catches, you kinda "stiff-leg" the asphalt til your leg breaks away and bends back. </p><p></p><p>Basically if there was a simple way to solve the issue, I wouldn't be riding an old man bike. I'm just glad I can still shift on old man bikes without any modifications, makes it seem more natural. The further away from natural it gets, the less it is worth to me. I don't like scenarios where I have to do something completely abnormally due to my leg. I like to stay as close to natural as possible in everything I do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TacomaJD, post: 648450, member: 1780"] Meh, it would be same as a cruiser then - cornering limited from clearance between foot peg and ground. Sportbikes, dual sport bikes, and basically anything built for a sport riding position all have the foot peg location mounted back and high up. If you mounted it forward and high up enough to clear, it would be akward looking and also put you in an akward riding position when cornering on that side. I actually saw a GSXR 750 at Nightfall last year that looked like someone had bought wrecked and kinda done a street fighter type rebuild on it. They had relocated both pegs to a feet-forward position, but was fairly low mounted similar to where they are on cruisers. The inline 4 engine on sportbikes is pretty wide, and the way his pegs were mounted, your right leg was pretty much right up against a hot radiator hose. Cool concept, but not practical for how I would need it to work while riding. Also, when cornering with your feet out in front of you, you may scrub your foot on the pavement some but if it ever catches (and I have done it) it jerks your foot off the peg and damn near makes you wreck. It will never do that on the pegs on a sportbike in their normal position because your leg is already bent back. If it does catch, no big deal, but I never had it catch back in the day, just scrub. With your feet out in front and it catches, you kinda "stiff-leg" the asphalt til your leg breaks away and bends back. Basically if there was a simple way to solve the issue, I wouldn't be riding an old man bike. I'm just glad I can still shift on old man bikes without any modifications, makes it seem more natural. The further away from natural it gets, the less it is worth to me. I don't like scenarios where I have to do something completely abnormally due to my leg. I like to stay as close to natural as possible in everything I do. [/QUOTE]
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