After the last several hundred miles of riding the Paso, and some of it fairly aggressively, I've got a question for everyone since I have not seen any mention of this....

How do you position your feet while riding your Paso?

For me, I ride with the "balls" of my feet resting on the peg for maximum ground clearance. This is how I ride all of my other sportbikes, simply because I don't want to drag my toes in the curves. This is how I generally position my feet and I move them forward some as I need to brake or shift....



Now, the problem that I've noticed with this position is that I have a tendancy to rub my boot on the rear panel of the bike.......and I am rubbing through the paint and will probably start rubbing into the bodywork itself.....

At least 3M sell suitable thin clear protection plastic(with glue) agains paint removing from painted places, but that is little too late now in Your case. I have used such with my bikes many times in my journeys with good result. That 3M is very good film, but cheaper is to go to book shop and buy samekind protection film(for books) and use it. Such dont least so long, as 3M but its also easier to take away from fairings, when need to change it.... Btw, i bught just quite similar Alpinestar boots, as You have. That toe protector is good to me, cause my old shoes have failed from that area(touched some times to surface).....

Terry,
Just keep you instep on the peg, not the ball of your foot. Have never scraped my foot or pipes. Believe that it is something to do with riding method. Cheers.

Fraser.

Its not that hard to "ground " the paso . I dont understand why you would wear boots with toe scrapers on them and not want to scrape them, this is the measure of the man. I can see my socks thru the holes in my boots ( thats not really true ha ha ) Have a look at your eccentric chain adjuster and note wether your axle is at the top or bottom of the swing arm, you may be able to get another inch of ground clearance by moving axle to bottom if not already there . I have ruined 2 pairs of boots and mashed the pipes just ahead of the mufflers on my paso. Having said all that , I too find myself riding with feet positioned as you do, seems to be more comfy , but I do notice that with feet positioned as so there is more weight on my wrists. I also do the same on my SS so it aint the bikes fault

Guys, it's all to do with riding method. Get your braking completed before the corner and go through the corner under some throttle. You'll never/rarely touch down.
Cheers, Fraser.

Still believe that riding technique has the greatest influence. Many years ago I was acquainted with 2 of our top production racers that rode for Wellington Motorcycle Center; one constantly scraped his way through the corners while the other never touched down. They rode identical bikes prepared and provided by their sponsor. It was never clear who was the better rider, on the day either could win. However, they had very different riding styles. Cheers, Fraser.

Terry,
Not disputing what you say, was just pointing out that there are different riding styles. Paul Smart was one of the early hang off the side styles; a benefit for the limited clearance of the 750SS. Cheers,
Fraser.

Hi Terry yeah I see the axle at the 5 oclock position ( should a opened my eyes ay ) I geuss that while the science of getting a bike round a corner depends a bit on the level of technology available at the time , mostly its the same just that we all apply it differently. I used to be the last of the late brakers ( Id still be hard on the anchors 1/2 way round the corner ) but I had to change that when I got the paso as I find it likes the power on round the corners ( somebody has already mentioned this ), and with the webber you only have a choice of either on or off , not only does the whole plot go smoother and faster but I also get much better ( and more even wear ) tyre life . Im a " sit upright " rider on the paso , mostly coz I fit into the seat so well ( piss and pies ) I dont have that much room to move and , well with the SS , I reach my own limits before anything grounds . At the end of the day , if you are having a good time then you must be doing it right. The important thing here is Its not how or what you ride its that you ride ! so go rub some more paint off those side covers ha ha

i ride with the balls of my feet on the pegs and have the same marks on the fairings because of it. id love to say ive been decking out the exhausts of the paso on corners or getting my knee down but i dont trust the tyres enough. theyre not as grippy as modern rubber, especially on rough irish (usually wet)roads.

Style is irrelevant. It comes down to managing momentum. I learned this the hard way 30 years ago. If you weigh more than 120 pounds you can forget your dreams of going faster than anyone else in your favorite gp style.. You can not mutate the laws of physics. Without an opposing force any object in motion will travel in a straight line. Straight into the gaurd rail,been there done that,or straight into the trees. A paso will take you anywhere you want to go in a style that is rare these days. It is really the only style anyone should need these days. Forget about who is faster than you and have a good time.