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![]() I'm not saying have your head all the way sideways, I'm just saying it should correspond with the lean of the bike somewhat. But I think his point was to self examine and experiment and realize how much untapped potential the bike, tires, and you have. Which I can agree, but with serious lean angle, you need serious body position and I don't think a straight up head would help. Again, just something our instructors mentioned and that getting used to a cockeyed slanted horizon view is something to learn.
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oh, agreed!!!
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Wife and i are doing our first trackday at COTA at the end of this month...hopefully we will get some good instruction to help us in the lean department.
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Body position department is supreme.
You doing the Ridesmart trackday there??? Jealous and wish I could've gotten off work. But then again, buzzing at my top speed of 120 MPH on the back straight for 20 seconds would take the fun out of railing the corners. I'll still do it probably.
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I wish I could get off but I'm working a 12 hr shift Saturday and don't get off till 6am anyways. I appreciate the offer.
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My point is the rider has to pick the bike up with input on the pegs, bars or body moment. The standard fast way into and out of a corner is straight up braking approaching the corner to scrub the majority of speed...then continued trail braking as apex approaches...then as brake lever is being released a subtle amount of throttle is brought in to stabilize the chassis and load the rear tire for a good dose of throttle to exit as hard as possible without running into the dirt on exit. There's obviously a lot more to it than this as no two corners, tracks, bikes or riders are alike. I just thought I'd chime in and give my 2cents. Motorcycles are fascinating vehicles that allow so many different ways to ride them and come up with similar results. This is why we love them so much. Well Fizzers...I'm heading out the door for a nice ride down past Big Sur on hwy 1 from Monterey Ca. Sunny and in the mid 60's. Pretty good weather for mid December. ![]() |
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Very well said all in all. On my last ride I was really thinking about how wonderful a good moto ride is, picking your lines, planning your drive, skipping one turn to plan for the next, throwing your body/bike back and forth through a chicane section.
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And I got into a situation where I decided to turn too late and was leaned over but was nervous to lean any farther and I decided to straighten up and come across the bow of a cage sitting opposed to me at the intersection . The cagers were shocked . I was like wow that could have been bad . But I guarantee if Id just tried to throttle out of that I would have sideswiped that cage . So if you're scared to lean , like above just go into corner into such a speed your weak lean angle is comfortable and practice moving up a MPH or twoand couple degree more aggressive lean . After you ride for awhile you'll get the hang of it . For an uprigh touring bike these Fzs are pretty forgiving in turns. |
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I sure hope the OP is alive and didnt push his luck too far. he hasnt logged on since 8/2017
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"Scrubbing your boots" made me laugh. I gave Jake a pair of boots that I had scrubbed a hole in the left one. Kevin Schwantz told me I rode with "duck feet" so I put the ball of my foot on the peg when I'm cornering now.
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Hmm... OP with only 2 post on the thread he started.
You think he might of leaned over too far!? |
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