MotoGP - foot off the peg?

[FROSTY:Me]

Watching the guys on Motogp and Moto2? Jorja piped up awhile ago about rossi and co seeming to drop their feet off the peg. Initially it looked like it was by accident,then maybee the leg was getting cramped a bit. In the last race I noticed rossi seemed to be putting his foot down deliberately and the commentator making mention of rossi "stabilising the bike"
What the hey?

[DVS 69]

Yes ive always wondered why they do it ......... I was at a race meet here an i seen someone doing it an i thought WTF .............

[Sentox]

Rossi's been doing this a while now. He was the first, but a lot of the field has taken to copying him.

Any 'scientific' explanations (more weight inside, drag to assist in braking) are pretty tenuous at best. Most likely it's just an eccentric habit, or maybe a hold-over from the dirt training he does off-season. The biggest advantage it gives him (imo) is that everyone else is doing it now hoping it helps somehow - that's how much he dominates and defines the sport.

http://www.motomatters.com/opinion/2..._leg_wave.html

When [Rossi] and Jeremy Burgess look at the data, and compare the corners where he does his signature leg wave with the same corner when he leaves his foot on the peg, there is no difference at all. The data shows exactly the same braking time and force, the same weight distribution, no difference whatsoever.

[CookMySock]

Is it just "more weight out further" ?


Steve

[blackdog]

i have noticed it makes the 'bike' substantially 'wider', giving opponents less room to set up/impeding passes up the inside into right handers

[blackdog]

Is it just "more weight out further" ?


Steve

fuck try and make some sense man

[onearmedbandit]

I read that Rossi claimed it helped him with weight transition when tipping in. However as a friend of mine said, he probably only does it to fuck with all the other riders heads. Now they're all doing it his plan worked lol.

[MSTRS:Me]

fuck try and make some sense man

You'd have more luck if you asked him to make a sno-cone...

[Shaun]

I believe he and others are using this technique as a way to move weight around the machine for better corner entry

[Sentox]

i have noticed it makes the 'bike' substantially 'wider', giving opponents less room to set up/impeding passes up the inside into right handers

Maybe, but if you look at this video around the 1:25 mark, you can see Lorenzo's knee out versus Rossi's dangling leg. If the purpose is to block, the leg doesn't look much more effective than the knee.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Rossi's been doing this a while now. He was the first, but a lot of the field has taken to copying him.

Any 'scientific' explanations (more weight inside, drag to assist in braking) are pretty tenuous at best. Most likely it's just an eccentric habit, or maybe a hold-over from the dirt training he does off-season. The biggest advantage it gives him (imo) is that everyone else is doing it now hoping it helps somehow - that's how much he dominates and defines the sport.

http://www.motomatters.com/opinion/2..._leg_wave.html

Lorenzo didn't have much trouble passing Rossi on the picks with his foot still on the peg!

[blackdog]

Maybe, but if you look at this video around the 1:25 mark, you can see Lorenzo's knee out versus Rossi's dangling leg. If the purpose is to block, the leg doesn't look much more effective than the knee.

ive watched your clip 3 times now and must disagree. foot down is def wider. i maintain that at least some of the reason is to block or make passing more difficult

[blackdog]

Rossi's been doing this a while now. He was the first, but a lot of the field has taken to copying him.

Any 'scientific' explanations (more weight inside, drag to assist in braking) are pretty tenuous at best. Most likely it's just an eccentric habit, or maybe a hold-over from the dirt training he does off-season. The biggest advantage it gives him (imo) is that everyone else is doing it now hoping it helps somehow - that's how much he dominates and defines the sport.

http://www.motomatters.com/opinion/2..._leg_wave.html

have just read this article, and from the comments it seems im not the only one who's in the blocking camp

[Crasherfromwayback]

ive watched your clip 3 times now and must disagree. foot down is def wider. i maintain that at least some of the reason is to block or make passing more difficult

I don't think I'd hesitate in ramming a leg that was stuck out like that!

[blackdog]

I don't think I'd hesitate in ramming a leg that was stuck out like that!

fair call, but its a psych thing, diverting your attention from 'the zone'....