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Old 23-05-07, 11:05 AM   #11
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Old 23-05-07, 11:41 AM   #12
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hmm, works for me..

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Old 23-05-07, 12:40 PM   #13
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Old 23-05-07, 12:54 PM   #14
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Nice work, I could do with one of those sweeping lefties near me!!
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Old 23-05-07, 01:29 PM   #15
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Nope, I'm 5'8. It's all about confidence and technique. I used to try just hanging off but to get it properly you need to swivel around the tank which in turn moves your butt right off the seat, bar half a cheek.
Hmmm, I guess what ever works, but I have always read/been told to keep your spine parallel with the bike and move off to the right or left. If you swivel around the tank then it pushes your inside leg forward rather than out. Then again none of this has been taught with the purpose of getting my knee down - more body position and mass position when going through a corner - knee down is just a result of getting that right

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Old 23-05-07, 02:01 PM   #16
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Nope, I'm 5'8. It's all about confidence and technique. I used to try just hanging off but to get it properly you need to swivel around the tank which in turn moves your butt right off the seat, bar half a cheek. I learnt from a hardened racer!
Here is me on my favourite left hander, this should explain the left slider wear!

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...21744922224399
I know where that is..... An "industrial estate that is based in the south"?
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Old 23-05-07, 09:01 PM   #17
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I know where that is..... An "industrial estate that is based in the south"?


Try this link if you can't see the other vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMJD1vVoNI4

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Old 24-05-07, 10:46 AM   #18
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What a lovely corner !
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Old 24-05-07, 11:08 AM   #19
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That corner is actually going down hill from left to right too. There is a right hander going the other way (obviously) that looks good too. But there are BIG kerbs (the kind that stop lorries going over them) lining the other side of the road.

Gonna have a play there this evening i think....
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Old 30-05-07, 03:48 PM   #20
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does look like your right leg to me IMO lol, because your other leg appears to be on the right from the front on view lol,
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