Where do you keep your feet?

[harrisonfaulkner]

I was out today doing my weekly parking lot practice, and came across something strange. I normally keep it pretty tame, working on slow speed handling and such, but decided today to try some mid speed turns in a large, empty parking lot by my house.

I found out pretty quickly that I have bad foot position, because the soles of my shoes were actually scraping on the ground. I tried again with the ball of my foot on the peg only, which was uncomfortable, and was able to scrape the pegs without any issue.

Where do you normally keep your feet in spirited riding?

[Option13]

I change between normal and toes on pegs based on which way I'm turning and how hard I'm going, where in the corner I am, etc. One nice thing about the 650 is the rear floorboards that double as exhaust hangers; they make a great place to put your heels when only your toes are on the pegs.

[happycommuter]

Survey says ... balls of feet!
http://nighthawk-forums.com/index.php/topic,4026.0

Like knees hugging the tank, feet should be as far inward as possible.  However my size 7.5 foot just doesn't have these issues 

[ariwhiteboy]

Yep...balls of feet on the pegs, although sometimes I'll still catch my feet on the ground.  to you for the parking lot practice!

[muttstang]

I tend to ride with the arch of my foot on the peg (so the platform on my boot is against the peg) with my foot on the outside of the peg,, otherwise I melt the soles of my boots on the exhaust!

[harrisonfaulkner]

Then that is what I will work on. Even on the ball of my foot, the side of my shoe sticks out further than the peg, so I still had to be careful, but practice makes perfect.

I grew up on dirtbikes, so I had to learn to not take my inside foot off the peg entirely.

[tdw]

- balls of my feet on the pegs when not using the controls

- when I'm on the highway at speed, I'll sometimes hook the heels of my boots on the pillion pegs, still haven't figured out whether it's a good idea or not but I'm leaning towards it not being the smartest riding position since it goes against the adage I remember reading about "tight down below & loose on top", it also makes it a little more difficult to "squeeze the tank with your knees" as I was taught in the MSF course I took, do any of you have any insights to comment on this (unintelligent?) practice?

- so, my buddy who got me started down this (delinquent?) path rides a big BMW sport touring bike, due to his stature (or more appropriately, lack thereof), he can dangle his feet & they won't touch the ground, it's a little unnerving & distracting when we're cruising down the highway or a back country road straight-a-way & I look back in my mirror to see him blissfully swinging his feet around like a kid on a swing - something I definitely wouldn't recommend

[Messorius]

In my boots. 

Right foot on the ball, left just behind. Otherwise I ride the rear brake.

[Laminar]

I ride the controls. Out of habit, I always lift my toe during a left hand turn, thought I'm not sure why I have that habit as I've never scraped a toe or a peg...

[mattrowe19]

For normal riding, commuting and slab, I'm mostly on my arches. I move my feet back to the balls of my feet when going through the twisties.