Body Positioning

[NONE_too_SOFT]

kyles an okay guy. misunderstood, but okay.

[Mr Lefty]

I have no issue with him at all... but he does stirr the pot here most of the time.

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Originally Posted by Ebbs15

I swear Kyle you're Bi Polar... most of your post are sturr'n the pot... the others are... well... like these...

I don't cut anyone slack.

It's not stirring the pot, it's just saying what is on my mind.

My apologies.

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Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

kyles an okay guy. misunderstood, but okay.

Omelette anyone?

[Mr Lefty]

lol no apologies needed... I was just make'n a comment wasn't attack'n ya.

personally I'd like to see ya post more... especially in the track sub form... you certainly know a hell of alot more thank I do.

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Originally Posted by Ebbs15

lol no apologies needed... I was just make'n a comment wasn't attack'n ya.

personally I'd like to see ya post more... especially in the track sub form... you certainly know a hell of alot more thank I do.

Sorry bro, I haven't had much time. Been pretty busy with work and house-work.

We really just need to ride together.

[Mr Lefty]

Well I'll be at the TWFix Trackday hell or high water. but I'll probably make it up to your neck of the woods prior to that anyhow... may even buy the bike up around there.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Avatard

Nah, a lot of cats (Rossi included) still ride pocket occasionally just to stay sharp. It requires reaction times about 5x quicker than that of a big bike. When you get back on the big bike, it's almost like you can do no wrong, the bike seems so big and lethargic...it almost telegraphs its balance and motions by comparison. Feels like slo-mo. It's actually cool as shit, and can boost your confidence and control on the big bike like a motherfucker.

Don't laugh before you try it, is all I'm sayin'.

I'm not talking about $150 China toys, I'm talking about all handcrafted Italian billet handmade racing parts, extreme 2-stroke pipe tuning, and thus tiny 2-strokes with positively evil powerbands. The power-to-weight is just sick.

Most of the real open class shit starts about about $3500, and is almost all handmade.

It's all real racing shit, just very small, and the "small" is what teaches faster reactions. The example I always use: You can balance a broom on your hand, right? How about a pencil? The smaller lever telegraphs its direction faster, and makes you need to react faster...in this case, too fast to counter-balance. Small bike makes similarly insane demands on your balance. It's a huge challenge, actually, and teaches you to be so goddamn subtle with your weight, it's fucking silly.

You can laugh, but that shit taught me a lot.

Skip the mini bikes, we had a nice polini and blata try and race with our suped up fiddies and they were just in the way. Get yourself a mini motard if you want fun.

[Papa_Complex]

On the original topic:

This is what works for me. It might not for you. There are many different "right" styles and you'll have to find one that works best for you.

Head vertical and up. Look through the corner as far as you comfortably can. This will make the corner seem slower and proper head position, and looking where I wanted to be improved my riding 100%.

Get both cheeks off the seat. Carry your weight on the balls of your feet and use the inside of the high leg to locate yourself on the bike like an archer uses the corner of his eye to shoot consistently. DoNOT use it to carry any significant amount of weight. By doing this you'll be carrying your weight low on the bike and allowing it to move independently from you. This takes endurance and a lot of leg strength, but you'll be amazed at how much the bike will correct for bumps and pavement imperfections all by itself, if your body weight isn't restricting movement.

This kid has just about the best natural body position I've seen, close up.



Coming off the corner and moving into tuck on the front straight.

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Thanks everyone for the comments.

I will work on this next time I'm on the track... ( a couple months maybe...)