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03-27-2008, 07:02 PM | #1 | |
Ride Naked.
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03-27-2008, 07:10 PM | #2 |
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03-24-2008, 11:41 PM | #3 |
Ride Like an Asshole
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From the head down...
Look through the turn and kiss the mirror (get your head off the bike like you're trying to kiss the mirror)... Position your armpit on top of your gas cap... move your ass off onto the inside of the bike and clamp your leg on the outside. Turn your toes out and put the balls of your feet on the pegs... Load the outside peg... As far as overall position goes, it depends for me... If I am in full tuck, I have my ass more towards the back... under normal circumstances, my ass only moves slightly towards the back from standard seating position... if at all. |
03-25-2008, 12:01 AM | #4 |
Clit Commander
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Yeah, check out the proffesionals and how they do it. Take note of their footing and how their arms are bent and all that. I'd explain more, but i gotta catch a flight and don't have tme to post pics.
Do you have a faster buddy? Maybe he could follow you and show you the ropes.
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03-25-2008, 12:03 AM | #5 | |
I give Squids a bad name
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Thanks guys. Those helped a ton. And the Armpit over the gas cap made all the difference. Which I tried it with my kickstand down and it felt right. Hopefully tommorow if I get off early enough I can hit some parking lots and maybe get some friends to take video and pictures of me so others can critique my riding technique.
Which is it necesarry to try and put your knee down? Because I've messed with the grabbing the gas tank with my right(If going left) and I always felt like my knee should be closer to the bike. Again I'm not too concerned with dragging. If I drag a knee I rather it be because I had no choice not becuase I stuck it out so I could get my knee on the ground. Quote:
Sadly I don't have really any faster friends being I'm the one who got most of them into motorcycles. One guy in our group use to race motorcycles but I'm really only off on Sunday and he is usually working then with him being a Paramedic. I'm hoping to get some time with him and eventually get to a racing school (Ed Bargy) if I could ever get my bike track ready. Also I'm not a fan of riding in groups though I do sometimes. I got use to riding alone and really do just about everything alone in my life(Motorcycles has actually forced me to interact which is kind of interesting). So when I was the only one with a bike I never met any other riders and were weary of other riders becuase I didn't want to pick up their bad habits and assume they are right.
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03-25-2008, 12:09 AM | #6 |
Clit Commander
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Your footing is very important. What I do, and most do, is place the ring-finger toe right above the very outside edge of the peg. Then rotae your heel against your heel guard. This will make it feel better when extending your knee out. Another thing is to place at least half your ass off whatever side of the bike it's leaning. I think you'll realize you were nowhere near dragging when you actually try it. That's what happened to me. i had to hang off like a fucking monkey to get it down.
Now, I bring my knee to the ground by leaning the bike. I know where the max lean for my bike is near and I no longer extend my knee way out. did at first to get the feel for it, but I'm still working on perfecting everything. I still weight my arms too much at times. Gotta work on that shit.
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03-25-2008, 12:31 AM | #7 |
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The Total Control book and class are very good for learning the correct way to turn. Most of my mass is in my upper body, so I hang that off and keep my skinny knees hugging the tank. That, plus I'm one of those idiots that uses the rear brake to set up for turns. Also, my old bike redlines at 8.5K so I have to be ready to shift often. So I keep my legs pretty much in the same place for left or right turns and just shift my upper body by rocking left or right.
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03-24-2008, 11:38 PM | #8 | |
Leather and Lace
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