A system for restraining a rider's footwear along a first nearly vertical axis to a motorcycle footpeg on a motorcycle, the footpeg extending laterally and outwardly away from the motorcycle along a lateral second axis, wherein a third axis is mutually perpendicular to the first and second axes and is along the long axis of a sole of the rider's footwear; the system comprising: - a clasp configured to be affixed to the footpeg; - footwear of the rider, wherein a hook extending downwardly is incorporated into the sole of the footwear; wherein, when the system is in use on the motorcycle: the foot of the rider is to be vertically restrained by the system relative to the footpeg along the nearly vertical first axis; wherein the clasp defines an opening that passes through the clasp along the first axis and defining a gap, facing forwardly along the third axis with regard to a forward motion of the motorcycle, which allows access to the opening along the third axis, wherein the clasp comprises a resilient member mounted to the clasp adjacent to the opening, the clasp adapted to receive the hook into the opening to restrain motion of the hook along the first vertical axis through the overlapping engagement of the hook with the clasp along the second axis; wherein the system is configured such that the rider can engage the clasp and hook in either of two directions, the rider can press the hook and clasp together with a single downward linear motion of the footwear along the first axis, and alternatively the rider can also engage the clasp and hook with a rearward motion along the third axis;; and the rider can disengage the clasp and hook by using a linear motion along the third axis in a forward direction, and alternatively the rider can disengage the clasp and hook with an angular twist of the sole. - a clasp configured to be affixed to the footpeg; - footwear of the rider, wherein a hook extending downwardly is incorporated into the sole of the footwear; the foot of the rider is to be vertically restrained by the system relative to the footpeg along the nearly vertical first axis; wherein the clasp defines an opening that passes through the clasp along the first axis and defining a gap, facing forwardly along the third axis with regard to a forward motion of the motorcycle, which allows access to the opening along the third axis, wherein the clasp comprises a resilient member mounted to the clasp adjacent to the opening, the clasp adapted to receive the hook into the opening to restrain motion of the hook along the first vertical axis through the overlapping engagement of the hook with the clasp along the second axis; wherein the system is configured such that the rider can engage the clasp and hook in either of two directions, the rider can press the hook and clasp together with a single downward linear motion of the footwear along the first axis, and alternatively the rider can also engage the clasp and hook with a rearward motion along the third axis;; and the rider can disengage the clasp and hook by using a linear motion along the third axis in a forward direction, and alternatively the rider can disengage the clasp and hook with an angular twist of the sole.