Am I hanging off too much?

[Wideboy]

i don't stick my knee out i just hunker down on the bike and zip through the corners

[dizzyblonde]

When I try sticking me knee out it feels like it'll wobble me off...however I do like to do the butt shffle and get me **** hanging off the seat

It does look like you're hanging off a fair bit, I certainly don't think hanging off that much at that lean angle is doing a lot for turning the bike but as others have said your actual body positioning looks pretty good to me, good head position, nice bent inside arm.

Just lean the bike more!

sorry for the "noob" question, but do you have to stick your knee out when leaning off the bike? Can you shove your bum out there and keep you leg in, or does it jsut come as part of the package so to speak?

Cheers

got my knee down for the first time last year but had to lean off the bike loads......such a good feeling though....good times

Hey Arcdef, ride how you feel comfortable mate, its taken me ages to learn how to get me knee down.

Originally Posted by arcdef

sorry for the "noob" question, but do you have to stick your knee out when leaning off the bike? Can you shove your bum out there and keep you leg in, or does it jsut come as part of the package so to speak?

Cheers

You don't have to at all - pretty much everybody's positioning when sat on, or hanging off the bike is different. Generally if I stick my knee out I'm going round a fairly tight corner or at quite a pace and I pretty much look down the line of the knee which I find helps. Plowsie's just sticking his knee out at right angles to make the photo look good

Originally Posted by Oggyplonk

got my knee down for the first time last year but had to lean off the bike loads......such a good feeling though....good times

Bl00dy hell mate you're looking straight at that drain cover - did you go over it?!

Originally Posted by Oggyplonk

got my knee down for the first time last year but had to lean off the bike loads......such a good feeling though....good times

Looking good, thing about my style also that is different to yours, my foot, i do not use ball of my feet, its more heel bottom flat on the heel plates.

[dizzyblonde]

I really like the vid/pic with the pillion getting their knee down.....now that is ace