Racing/riding styles

[Luckypants]

Well I agree, it depends.

This weekend I've been experimenting with leaning in, hanging off, sitting still etc and all it affects is how upright the bike corners (or so it seems to me)

I would like to think my riding style is 'safe and considered' rather than 'knee down / hanging off / leaning in / etc. I'm sure someone else will be along to correct me shortly.

Originally Posted by johnnyrod

Does the R1 now come wit a big purple vein down the side?

PMSL!

Yea sounds like a loser.... if you see his bike again DEFFO get some pics of his 2 inch chicken strips so we can all have a laugh!!! Also ask him if his style is streight line (if he has the chicken strips i mean).

Anyway to answer your question, I move my bum (cant use the other word??) about so i feel more comfortable when im going for it, but i dont go for knee down, toes is better . Sometimes have brakes trailing into a corner depends on how comfortable the front feels.

I think im resonable in corners, i kept up with some ferrari the other day round a few bendies, after a few miles he pulled up and said "fast car no?"... i should have informed him i was on a budget 70BHP bike... ha ha, I actually said "its not bad" then left.

So i guess what i mean by this is that knee down and all that dont mean fast .

[Ruffy]

Originally Posted by johnnyrod

And Ruffy, what the hell is that a picture of? Did you run over the thing that spawns all the Gremlins in the film?

Nothing so fantastic, I'm afraid. It's an early picture of our Lhasa Apso puppy, who's been hand reared by my wife after mum rejected her. This pic is at about 4 weeks old after diving headlong into a bowl of baby porridge while being weaned onto solid foods.

We thought it looked more like an Ewok escaped from Endor!

i would of gone with EWOK lol,
as for numpty man, he was just being a n*b plainly, i saw him poking around my bike after he pulled up, didnt get a look at his chicken strips tho.. i was quite content in the knowledge that he is probably completly under the thumb, hates his job, only got the bike because his other mates (who were sound as..) has them... but will probably sell it when he has his first head shake any way after washing his Y front pants

Originally Posted by lylej

I was asked on sunday buy this R1 numpty what my riding style was on my "Girls Bike"

I sit on the seat, turn the throttle to go faster, press to brake to slow down, and wiggle the handle bars to go round corners.

Originally Posted by Warthog

I sit on the seat, turn the throttle to go faster, press to brake to slow down, and wiggle the handle bars to go round corners.

sounds about right lol,

I stay pretty central on the bike, and dont really move around under normal conditions. But when the pace hots up, or I'm just trying to keep up, then i shift my body weight to the inside of the corner - not alot, probaly not visible to anyone, but enough to put weight on the inside peg a bit more and to allow myself to lever the bike over. I'll also hang the top half of my body out a bit, helping the bike round turns.

The R1 guy is a ****, BTW, and probably knows not alot. I bet he can't ride slow, fast....

I wonder what he'd make of my bike, 33bhp, topbox, handlebar muffs...

Matt

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Well I agree, it depends.

This weekend I've been experimenting with leaning in, hanging off, sitting still etc and all it affects is how upright the bike corners (or so it seems to me)

I would like to think my riding style is 'safe and considered' rather than 'knee down / hanging off / leaning in / etc. I'm sure someone else will be along to correct me shortly.

Would describe your style as 'flowing, assured and confident'. I didn't spot any knee down / hanging off stuff but in terms of skill I think you're beyond all that anyway

My style - BOF

Originally Posted by Ruffy

It's an early picture of our Lhasa Apso puppy

PUPPY! I've been thinking that was a wet cat for ages

My riding style is a bit random really. I try to experiment with different things I've read about whenever I go out. Today I've been going sideways sort of, a little tiny bit, accidently