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19-05-2007, 02:41pm
I've been doofin around checkin out old posts and came across this gem filled thread and couldn't resist to add the following.
1. I get my arse of the seat.
2. I know how and why i steer right to go left, but i don't care cause i turn left when i want to and it works.
3. I've followed and passed heaps of guys who get their arses off the seat and yet they wonder why they can't turn faster. Shift ya head too! I've seen guys hanging off the bike so far it looks like they're trying to take a crap in their leathers (mind you if they keep at it much longer they will involuntarily) but their heads are still above the windshield. Or worse they are counter weighting by putting their heads out the top side of the bike while their arse is hangin off the other side.
4. You want to do it right?
Point your knee to the inside of the corner. Not out. Not up. Not even down. The idea is to shift the weight onto the inside of the front wheel. Get down between the bike and the road. Sounds scary, and i vaguely remember, the first time i got it right it was. Once you're between the bike and the road move your knee forward towards the apex of the corner.
Try it if you dare. Don't blame me if you come unstuck. But throw money my way when your corner speeds increase by HEAPS.
To quote Gassit "I was speeding case bikes fall over if you go slow."
Ok. Feel better now i got that off my chest. Just for the record all you guys with all your wise and educated answers. Love yas. It was fun to read and your all tellin it like it is and i got heaps of respect for those who understand how it all works. But once my arse is on the seat I don't give a shit how it works just so long as it keeps working.
C yas in the twisties.
Geoff
PS the only reason to touch your knee on the ground is to establish that you are at full lean and that if you lean any further you are going to run out of contact patch on the rear wheel.
PPS When your knee does touch the ground and your discover that you arnt going to make the corner don't lean any further. This would be bad on a big scale. Reduce speed and you will be able to turn in tighter without more lean. Remember to keep watching where you WANT to go and not where you THINK you might end up. The bike goes where you look.
PPPS If reducing throttle when your knee is dragging through a corner doesn't provide enough extra turn to make the exit on ashphalt i would suggest that you have taken the corner too fast and are going to crash. My advice here is to bend forward as much as possible centering your bending at your belly button so as to facilitate getting your head beneath your balls so that you can kiss your arse good-bye.
PPPPS Have fun! Ride fast! Turn Fast! Wear out your knee sliders! Be a ledgend!
1. I get my arse of the seat.
2. I know how and why i steer right to go left, but i don't care cause i turn left when i want to and it works.
3. I've followed and passed heaps of guys who get their arses off the seat and yet they wonder why they can't turn faster. Shift ya head too! I've seen guys hanging off the bike so far it looks like they're trying to take a crap in their leathers (mind you if they keep at it much longer they will involuntarily) but their heads are still above the windshield. Or worse they are counter weighting by putting their heads out the top side of the bike while their arse is hangin off the other side.
4. You want to do it right?
Point your knee to the inside of the corner. Not out. Not up. Not even down. The idea is to shift the weight onto the inside of the front wheel. Get down between the bike and the road. Sounds scary, and i vaguely remember, the first time i got it right it was. Once you're between the bike and the road move your knee forward towards the apex of the corner.
Try it if you dare. Don't blame me if you come unstuck. But throw money my way when your corner speeds increase by HEAPS.
To quote Gassit "I was speeding case bikes fall over if you go slow."
Ok. Feel better now i got that off my chest. Just for the record all you guys with all your wise and educated answers. Love yas. It was fun to read and your all tellin it like it is and i got heaps of respect for those who understand how it all works. But once my arse is on the seat I don't give a shit how it works just so long as it keeps working.
C yas in the twisties.
Geoff
PS the only reason to touch your knee on the ground is to establish that you are at full lean and that if you lean any further you are going to run out of contact patch on the rear wheel.
PPS When your knee does touch the ground and your discover that you arnt going to make the corner don't lean any further. This would be bad on a big scale. Reduce speed and you will be able to turn in tighter without more lean. Remember to keep watching where you WANT to go and not where you THINK you might end up. The bike goes where you look.
PPPS If reducing throttle when your knee is dragging through a corner doesn't provide enough extra turn to make the exit on ashphalt i would suggest that you have taken the corner too fast and are going to crash. My advice here is to bend forward as much as possible centering your bending at your belly button so as to facilitate getting your head beneath your balls so that you can kiss your arse good-bye.
PPPPS Have fun! Ride fast! Turn Fast! Wear out your knee sliders! Be a ledgend!