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Thread: What's Your Style?

Created on: 03/21/12 07:12 AM

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What's Your Style?
03/21/12 7:12 AM

Found this very informative picture on the California Superbike School Cornering Forum. I'd have to say I ride more like the first guy, lot's of lean and more centered on the bike although depending upon the turn I will hang my bum off to the side and shift my weight down and to the inside of the turn as in picture four but I prefer to keep my knee tucked in.

I always thought the extreme hang off shown in the third pic looks a bit goofy, that's usually the one you see when someone is trying to corner a bike with limited ground clearance i.e. cruiser. that much movement on the bike upsets my balance and the suspnesion on the machine. I prefer to use subtle and smooth body inputs to keep things calm.

Here lately all I've been hearing about is going knee down, as in "yea, I may be slow as hell but I can get my knee down"! I see limited usefulness of this on the street, track yes but street I don't think knee down is too smart.... JMHO.



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RE: What's Your Style?
03/21/12 8:08 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCGaQMgkzw8&feature=g-vrec&context=G244622bRVAAAAAAAACg

My street style is sit straight up, knees "Inn-Like-flint." = My knees have seen better days. They're done!


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RE: What's Your Style?
03/21/12 9:09 AM

Holly crap! Great rider! What skill!

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RE: What's Your Style?
03/21/12 10:58 AM

If I have to lean then I am riding the bike wrong.

Corner Phobia will do that to ya.



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RE: What's Your Style?
03/21/12 11:41 AM

Knees pretty much in.I think I ride more like Kruz there.Gave up on trying to 'get a knee down'...

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RE: What's Your Style?
03/21/12 1:34 PM

I used to ride with a guy who could literally get his knee down on a straight! He used to grind up a set of pucks in one day. My knees are so worn out that I find it real hard just to bend them enough to get them anywhere near the ground, so now I just keep them relaxed. Also, I think that when cops see a bike with a rider hanging off it like a monkey it's just asking for a ticket. I may be hauling ass, but when the Popo sees me sitting serenely on my bike, they tend to overlook me.

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RE: What's Your Style?
03/21/12 1:52 PM


Knees in for me... for the most part.

Before, recently, picking up my new suit, I hadn't even rode w/pucks for 5 years... 'Course once I was out there with virgin pucks on, I could not resist the temptation.



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RE: What's Your Style?
03/21/12 2:41 PM

Knee out and slide my crack onto the edge of the seat if it is at or near my fastest cornering speed. I guess if I ever touched a knee, that would be the point I would start thinking about pulling it in. Being able to feel how close to the ground you are leaned wold be of value---if you are actually close to the ground.



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RE: What's Your Style?
03/21/12 11:59 PM

Knees in!!The only corners I have are 90 degree!!



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