Left foot out on left handed turns

[r1chica]

[JoJoYZF]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

Man I don't know! I weight the pegs going into corners, with my foot off, I'm not sure how that would feel... besides, why not do it all the time? It seems they only do it once in a while. I'm starting a new category, Rossi started doing it as a joke to see if everyone would copy him.

I like this new thought. Thatd be awesome if after a win he told everyone in the interview thats why he did it.

[zippychickie636]

Originally Posted by JoJoYZF

I like this new thought. Thatd be awesome if after a win he told everyone in the interview thats why he did it.

lol hell yea

[Dave]

meh prolly just trying to unstick his nuts from his inner thigh. Gotta be hot in those leathers

['73 H1 Triple]

Did Rossi ever ride dirt bike? I'll learned to ride motorcycle off road. It's a very effective way to help keep your balance.


But I do like the possibility that he's playing mind games.. Later he gets to say

Jeff

[t-homo]

I'm still going with the assessment that trip and I had.

[t-homo]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

I tried the whole "body steering" vs. "counter steering" thing years back and figured out that all body steering was doing, was imparting a sloppy counter steer input to the handlebars. It took a fair bit of on-track analysis to come to that conclusion, but eventually I got there. Code ultimately proved the superiority of counter steering with his body steering bike, but I got there before him

So do you sit straight up in the seat when you go through corners or not put any input to the handlebars at all?

How I do it is use my body for the majority of steering, then use countersteering to make minor adjustments to my line.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by t-rock

So do you sit straight up in the seat when you go through corners or not put any input to the handlebars at all?

How I do it is use my body for the majority of steering, then use countersteering to make minor adjustments to my line.

Counter steering induces lean. Lean makes you corner. Centre of gravity alters lean once it has been created, which changes your line.

You can induce lean by yanking your whole body to the side but the amount that you induce will be small when compared to what you get from counter steering and the faster you go, the less lean you can get that way because of gyroscopic stabilization.

Trust me here; it isn't your body that's making the major inputs.

[101lifts2]

I think in an interview Valentino said it helps prepare for the corner and didn't turn the bike any faster.

[derf]

I think he has gas and is just helping the fart out faster