Try dropping down a gear or 2, Get the RPM up over 5K and enjoy.

Hi freeko,
May be wrong body positioning? Go through Keith Code's A Twist of the Wrist book & videos which will give you some heads up cornering.
Ride to lavasa on weekends with experienced riders. Check Pune/Mumbai thread for more info.
Get to the basics. Don't go alone or with newbies, remember it's not a track but a public road.
Every weekend, someone from Pune thread is going towards Lavasa to practice cornering.
Wear good protection, ride safe.

Hehehe ....seems we've got somebody who likes to ride the proper way there! I would be curious to see a picture of the side of your rear tyre: there should not be much "chicken strip" visible on them!

However, I would say that your knees (with proper protection), should start rubbing on the road before the pegs. Seems (?) that you tend to incline your bike underneath of you instead of inclining your body inside the corner in order to avoid the bike leaning too much. First is your bum that has got to slide on the saddle, till you are nearly seating "besides" the bike, then your leg should "open" and your upper body also move a bit towards the inside of the corner. Your head, however, must stay as much as possible in line with the bike, and upright, and you keep looking to where you want your trajectory.

Riding this way on getting into corners real fast (with good visibility and knowing the road condition), I have had the rear starting to skid slightly while my "chicken strip" on the rear was still nearly one cm. wide. This is far from having the pegs rubbing on the road!

These are some of the first cornering session pics. Thats me on my FZ and the thats my friend Joel Raju fellow Xbhpian on his P220. Please comment on body position, lean angle and suggest areas of possible improvement. Location is Lions Point Lonavala. This place has one of the best condition tramac. The entire 8kms or so has some of the best corners and well layered tramac sections in the vicinity. Also does cornering on a naked bike requires a different approach since body position is more upright, footpeg position is more relaxed and single piece handlebar. Do these factors compel a different approach towards cornering

Guys,

I have a very peculiar issue in my new Fzs. Front tyre gets deflated after few hours, if i fill the air pressure more than 24. If I leave the Tyre pressure less than 24, pressure stays for a long time (more than weeks)...

Also, bike align to left side, if i ride in a less speed <30kph...

Checked the service center...They told, everything is fine and asked me to contact MRF dealer ...Dont know wat to do now...your advice to this issue is appreciated

The things that i can think of to troubleshoot your problem:

1) You have micro puncture/s in your front tire.
2) Front rims and the tire wall have not bed in correctly thus, the pressure drops the moment you fill the tire above 27-28 psi and stays normal when you fill only 24 psi at which the tire seems to be holding the pressure quite well.
3) There might be some dirt which has got in between the tire wall and the rim causing this problem
4) Some manufacturing defect with the stock MRF tire although remote but cannot be left out as one of the possible causes.


Hope the above conclusions helps you to pinpoint the problem.

Cheers,

Hi Freekoo,
I'm no expert but sharing the below threads for more information or work with experienced riders to refine your techniques. Did you apply breaks as you enter into the corner?
These few threads which I read long time back, sharing with you for reference. I still feel Twist of The Wrist videos are real good. Let me know if you need them, since you are in Mumbai.
1. Help me with cornering
2. The Art of Safe Riding: Turning
3. Cornering: Use of brake and throttle. A spirited debate...

you may take guidance from numerous videos on youtube on cornering..

I have hurt my toe once just coz I kept it below the gear lever while doing a left corner. what I have observed is that the footpegs touch road easily if you are doing corners at slow speeds.
if you want to practice more please take a road with divider. doing corners on dividerless road is inviting unnecessary trouble.

Re: Yamaha FZ-16

How much speed are you carrying at that corner ?



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hey guys...anybody know how to adjust the front brake sensor??.....my bikes tail light illuminates even if i touch the front brake lever....i am using tin headlights ..so thot of conserving battery power.....

[QUOTE=christo;893576]How much speed are you carrying at that corner?

Maybe 65-75km/hr.......cant really be sure though

Hi Muztariq,
Whether slow speeds or high speeds, footpegs touching means your body positioning is incorrect. Actually at slow speeds you don't need to lean much. Little practice & you will improve.
Best place to practice cornering is on track or in the empty parking place. Road is always going to be dangerous & one with divider, even if there is no coming traffic, chances of hurting yourself are more. Don't try cornering at blind corners.
There is plenty of knowledge available on Xbhp, senior members, their experience, threads as well as the internet. Best way to practice is with the experienced riders, it will help you immensely.
Few of the videos from Lavasa, Pune guys went there yesterday:

Here is the 2nd, sorry I can't post more than one in a post.

Here is my trailer made mobilepouch for FZ. This case is made of waterproof materials with two adjustableties for fixing it in the handlebar. Tested the item in some bad road and seemsperfect for long rides. Also installed ROOTS make mobile charger in my bike. Itis directly connected through the bike battery, I didn’t use any switch to onor off the charger, instead I installed a simple fuse box to connect anddisconnect the loop. Previously I was planning to buyone Capdase mobile holder for my bike, but the cost is really high, so I planto make this pouch, which is really good to protect the phone from dust andrain. Hope you all like it.Here are some pictures.

That is not bad, freekoo, not bad, BUT: look at your photos hereafter with a line added to them.





I have drawn a line starting "on the ground" in between the two wheels, and one from the middle of that line (= where your body is approximately) following the angle taken by the bike. This last line shows how much you have transferred your weight on the inside of the corner, in order to keep your bike as upright as possible, to "push it" outside the corner so to speak. As you will see, in spite of your bum having slid a little across the saddle, this line roughly follows the "centerline" of your body. Your head is even outside this line. You are actually inclining the bike below yourself instead of trying to keep it as little inclined as possible.

Now, look at your friend:



His whole body has shifted inside the corner, his head only remaining perfectly in line with the bike "centerline". I am sure he is faster than you on this corner, although both bikes are at approximately the same angle.

This to say: it is not really a question whether your knee touches the ground (open your leg more, and they will....and may then do a "back-kick" that sends you in the road side!), but how much you are fighting against the bike leaning inside the corner.