Bike positioning on the road when cornering?

[pritch]

While riding around East Cape once, a ute with tray nearly took me out as he went past in the opposite direction. For the remainder of the trip I used an imaginary white line half a meter to the left of where the real one would have been (if there actually was one).

[Morcs]

Its funny when noobs are telling us how to corner. (DB and Pdath)

[Chrislost]

I have seen a few threads about "where to position your wheels when cornering" but not really any reasoning why. The only thing has been "keep your head and bike inside your lane."

Yesterday I got a fright mid-corner doing about 100 clicks after clipping a catseye with my front tyre. A massive uncontrolled highspeed swerve ensued, and I am fortunate to be upright.

When you are in the right-hand half lane, and in a left-hand fast sweeper, put your tyres, not the bike in the center of the right half-lane. If you position the bike in the right half-lane you will very likely clip a cats-eye with your front tyre during left-handers. The resulting WHACK and massive uncommanded swerve is highly unamusing I assure you, and apparently in the wet you can kiss your ass goodbye.

As you were!
Steve

Fuck mate!
If a single, knee down cats eye nearly put you on your ass you should not be telling people how to ride...
you should be concintrating on relaxing your grip on the bars, using your ass cheeks to hold the seat, and looking where you are going!
Further-more, you should be controling that tankslapper with your right hand, and weighting the correct footpeg to keep steering round that corner...

[Chrislost]

I agree that bike positioning is important!
For example, i found that i was more likley to have cars pull in front of me if i rode in the left wheeltrack as opposed to the right one.
I also found that hopping into teh oncoming lane coming up to left handers ment i could carry more speed, or less lean angle, whichever was prefered on the particular corner.
I also found that approaching right handers on the outside of the left hand wheel track and using the right wheel track as an apex i could get around corners reconably quickly.
You DO NOT want to be approaching right handers in the right hand half of your lane, ever, ever, ever! (think oncoming traffic taking your head from your shoulders)
You can approach a left hander in the left of your lane, but you will probably smack your head on a reflective post half way round, and they leave chips/dings in your helmet, which track day scrutineers fail you on, reslulting in having to buy another before riding there.