csmcmillion
New Member
Greetings all. I've been lurking for a while, and this is my first post.
I have a 2013 fz6r and I started doing track days this year. I quickly noticed something strange: I scrape the hell out of the right foot peg/knee puck, but not the left. At first I thought it was just an asymmetry in my body position, but coaches who have followed me have said my body position looks fine, that there is no substantial difference in left vs right body position. My tire wear is symmetric as well - to within about 3/8" of the rim either side.
I really focused on the issue last track day and concluded that the lean angle at which the left peg (threaded peg scrapers removed, of course) makes ground contact is substantially greater than that for the right side. Just didn't make sense...
So, today I did some careful measuring. I pit the bike on stands and established a center line by dropping plumb bobs from the center line of the tires. Then I dropped bobs from the outside edge of the foot pegs and used a square to measure. Turns out, the right foot peg sticks out 12.5" from the center line, but the left side only 11". This obviously translates to a significant delta in lean angles for them to touch down.
WTF? Is this normal for the 6r? For "real" sport bikes as well?
I have a 2013 fz6r and I started doing track days this year. I quickly noticed something strange: I scrape the hell out of the right foot peg/knee puck, but not the left. At first I thought it was just an asymmetry in my body position, but coaches who have followed me have said my body position looks fine, that there is no substantial difference in left vs right body position. My tire wear is symmetric as well - to within about 3/8" of the rim either side.
I really focused on the issue last track day and concluded that the lean angle at which the left peg (threaded peg scrapers removed, of course) makes ground contact is substantially greater than that for the right side. Just didn't make sense...
So, today I did some careful measuring. I pit the bike on stands and established a center line by dropping plumb bobs from the center line of the tires. Then I dropped bobs from the outside edge of the foot pegs and used a square to measure. Turns out, the right foot peg sticks out 12.5" from the center line, but the left side only 11". This obviously translates to a significant delta in lean angles for them to touch down.
WTF? Is this normal for the 6r? For "real" sport bikes as well?