Leaning versus Knee Down

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by zed

here's where we went when we lived down there.

That makes baby Jesus cry.

This thread makes me smile... in the street section.

Kickin' it old skool?? Like this guy, raced AMA in the 80's - can you tell from the leathers??

[zed]

Originally Posted by azoomm

That makes baby Jesus cry.

there was no houses there at the time. seems that someone tried to build a subdivision and lost backing or interest, don't know but there was no houses in the area. the only traffic was other people looking for a place to practice some corners and a few cops that would run you off once in a while. we never could find the place on Disney to ride.

[buzzcutt2]

Originally Posted by zed

there was no houses there at the time. seems that someone tried to build a subdivision and lost backing or interest, don't know but there was no houses in the area. the only traffic was other people looking for a place to practice some corners and a few cops that would run you off once in a while. we never could find the place on Disney to ride.

Is that the place in Sebring?

[zed]

Originally Posted by buzzcutt2

Is that the place in Sebring?

no, south east of Haines City. if you have google earth I can send you the file that will locate it for you.

[buzzcutt2]

Originally Posted by zed

no, south east of Haines City. if you have google earth I can send you the file that will locate it for you.

After some digging...I found it, thanks though.

Might have to take a trip up that way.

[zed]

Originally Posted by buzzcutt2

After some digging...I found it, thanks though.

Might have to take a trip up that way.

there are a few places that could be used for a "track" in that same area, think 3. there used to be an older woman that lived out there that would call the police so if you have after market exhaust you may not get much time before they show up. they are streets with signs and stop signs so they could ticket you but all they ever did was run us off.

[ceo012384]

From a physics point of view, there is no argument that the full hang-off position is superior.

However, every rider and bike is different... a position that makes you comfortable and able to be smooth and controlled in your inputs is the best for you.

Note that guys like Doohan and them were riding absolute BEASTS of a bike... big 500cc two strokes that they needed to wrestle around just to keep them going in the right direction. That is the cause for why in that age they all rode crossed up.

Nowadays, if you wanted to win motoGP races, you couldn't do it with that body position, the guys hanging off like Spies and Stoner and Rossi would be able to carry more corner speed than you.