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Went to track day and learned a nice tip. When cornering and you seem to be running out of road, lift your outside foot off the peg. Gives you that little extra lean kinda like power steering. The instuctor also warned about hitting the brakes in this situation, makes you go straight. Biggest tip of the day dont panic.

Having a hard time visualizing this...
is this situation as in a decreasing radius turn that I've gone into too fast and find myself sliding into on-coming traffic?

Marko,

I don't know if the effect is exactly the same, but you can get similar response by 'loading' weight on the inside peg while counter steering. Seems like it would be about the same???

press right, lean right, go right

i always press harder on the right if i want to go right, and the left if i wnat to go left

Adey me lad, we know its countersteering. The discussion is about the foot part - much the same as the hand part has been hashed over before, I suppose. Just a bit of discussion about the directions and effectiveness if the directions were followed "as instructed".

Conversely, the additional point is that counter steering is generally discussed around hands and handlebars - which if done only with the upper torso does work. I don't believe many are aware of (at least not consciously) that using the pegs enhances the effect.

Fella's, Try it in a tight turn if you start to run out of road, raise your outside foot. You only have to lift your foot off the peg, do not attempt to lift your leg over your head. You are only lifting your foot off the peg for a few seconds. At first I too was a bit apprehensive but after a few trys I found it works very well. I do not use this method on every turn. As the driving instuctor at track day said "it is like adding power steering." If you need a little extra it is there.

Before it started snowing I tried this several times and considered the results. It works, but I think the reason it does is that raising the foot simply causes the rider to push harder on the opposite side of the handlebar to keep his balance.