lean angles?
- duke63
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Re: lean angles?
Aside from anything else, on a right-hander sticking your body off the side of the bike on the road means potentially putting it closer to oncoming traffic.
Not a good idea.
Not a good idea.
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Re: lean angles?
Same here - not for the road, besides the speed required being fairly deep into license losing territory, I'd be worried about R/Handers and catching a cats eye or stone with my knee.
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Re: lean angles?
I can't help myself if I'm on an island with no traffic ,I have to get my knee down
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Re: lean angles?
Yes mate, it should have been in here.!Godzilla wrote:Was this meant to be in a different thread?StMarks wrote:Fwiw I wouldn't consider trying to get my knee down on the road, well not a normal road anyway.
The roads have potholes & lumps everywhere. You can come across spilt diesel, muppets at standstill round a blind bend & cars on your side of the road.
Any of the above can be terminal, so I try to save my enthusiastic riding for the track.
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Re: lean angles?
This was me on my first and second track days, many moons ago. Notice my head was positioned over the middle of the bike and not at the side

And this was me on my 3rd track day.
Bike not leaned over as much, but my body is hanging off the side and my gangly legs making for touch down of the knee whoo hoo!

I don't get me knee down now, too much of an old git,

And this was me on my 3rd track day.
Bike not leaned over as much, but my body is hanging off the side and my gangly legs making for touch down of the knee whoo hoo!

I don't get me knee down now, too much of an old git,
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Re: lean angles?
Recon we might be better off doing MotocrossD6 wrote:Nice pics. I think I am pic 1 mostly.
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