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Transitioning to the Dark Side - a Detailed Log
Written by jim.strtr on 4/1/2011 at 02:50 am

Call me old fashioned, but I can't even fathom pressing down hard on the outside
peg. That just sounds totally wobbly to me. But then I never was a fantastic
road racer. Once I fell down a couple of times I had a vision that told me
"this is just not your thing man" back in the seventies. J.S.


--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, John P <jprelock@...> wrote:
>
> Well, David did say for a given rider position, but I was sort of thinking
> the same thing, how do you know exactly who is hanging off how far if it's
> only subtle? And the technique you describe works as well if you put weight
> on the outside peg too.
> -John
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 5:40 PM, jim.strtr <jim.strtr@...> wrote:
>
> > Ah contrare! I am a former (very old) road racer. To lean the bike over
> > less, all you have to do is get your butt off the seat and slide it to the
> > inside and put all your weight on the inside foot peg. Once you do that the
> > bike will lift up a bit and allow you to go thru the corner even faster.
> > That's why those crazy guys get their butt off the seat and squat down as
> > much as possible. Just my 2 cents worth. J.S.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "David" <david.dockstader@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have to disagree. The lean angle for a give bike and rider position is
> > just a function of speed and radius of the turn. He was going fast! Anybody
> > else going that fast would also lean that far.
> > >
> > > --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "literidr" <literidr@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > That photo in the Dragon is scariest of all. When you see how far over
> > that bike had to lean to make that curve compared to all the other bikes,
> > you'll realize that curves are not what those darkside tires are good at.
> > > >
> > > > John Handford, literidr@
> > > > Taylors, SC
> > > > 90 PC "Spirit"
> >
>
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