25-08-11, 06:59 PM | #181 |
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I think you could be right. Without a photo very hard to tell. As has been said - you feel like you're miles off the bike but in fact you're still pretty much sat on top of it. Trying to find the pics from the T/D as I remember being flashed at but no luck as of yet.
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25-08-11, 09:28 PM | #182 |
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Is that a typo? I'm sure you're nearer 2' tall
I find it impossible to keep my **** back
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I reckon BaP that you are aiming your knee at a right angle outwards, which will hurt and be more difficult to touchdown. It would also mean you weren't dropping your upper body position so your head it still on top of your bike but your **** is off.
You should be rotating around your tank so your knee is actually going forward and down rather than straight out. This is me at Cadwell: Kneedown.jpg If you notice my **** is at a diagonal angle to the bike, so there I have rotated my body around the tank, shoulder is also slighty dropped but not much. I guess the best thing you can do to help yourself is concentrate on getting your shoulder round and dropped a wee bit, the knee will automatically get round and dropped along with that. And get into that position before the corner not during. Hope that helps, let us know how you get on.
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25-08-11, 10:53 PM | #185 |
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I went out for a blast at the weekend, chicken strips are down to about 2-3mm but it felt as if my front end was going to slide out going around a roundabout, felt like I had lots of understeer which I'm sure isn't right!
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Could be suspension not set up right or a cold front tires on the edges. I get it sometimes when I push on to early
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Anyhow, I know alot of people have a problem with hanging off too much, so they then have to turn their crotch (haha he said crotch ) back in towards the bike to stay locked in, therefore when they stick their knee out, its not actually sticking out sideways, but more towards the front of the bike. I realise you said you had an instructor follow you for a few laps, but I think it could be quite a hard thing to diagnose if you are only slightly too far off. Next time try and consciously make an effort to keep your whole body parrallel to the bike as you hang off, so if your **** is off 6 inches, your head is off 6 inches, and your core is off 6 inches. One other thing you could try is putting the ball of your foot on the end of the peg, it makes a for a very good pivot point so you can comfortably get your knee out nice and far. The End . Last edited by Cursed; 26-08-11 at 11:44 PM. |
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Rotating around the tank is a bad idea, especially keeping your chest head above the tank while sticking your @ss out. you need to keep your spine parallel with the centre line of the bike and shift your upper body to the inside as well.
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Might look into getting it set up properly, but it doesn't have adjustable suspension do they? |
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I'm no fantastic rider, but christ do I look like a riding god when I'm cornering at 30mph |
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