Biaggi will finally be able to sleep at night...

[pritch]

Good point Gaz and it makes me cringe when I see the leg hanging out. 'They' had style. maybe slower, but hey, it was poetry in motion.

Back in the day Alan Shepherd was regarded as having one of the tidier styles as he did not hang a knee in as most did. I must check YouTube to see if there's a clip of him in action. No YT at work.

Still, about the dangly foot thing, I can't help feel they do it to make themselves a bigger object to pass, even if they do say it makes them feel more balanced, but until this last weekend it was always the left leg.

Mick Doohan had a thumb operated rear brake but he was riding with a damaged leg.
I've never heard of anyone else doing that.

[denill]

The 'dangly foot'?

Is it similar to the off road technique when cornering and putting the inside foot out towards the front axle. It certainly helps, but not sure why. I think it acts as a sort of counter balance?

But this RR 'dangly foot' thing seems different, as they just let it dangle downwards.

Where's Shaun when ya need him?

[DEATH_INC.]

The 'dangly foot'?

Is it similar to the off road technique when cornering and putting the inside foot out towards the front axle. It certainly helps, but not sure why. I think it acts as a sort of counter balance?

Lol, the offroad thing has NOTHING to do with balance...it has a lot to do with keeping your foot from getting ripped off the peg and jammed under the bike though.....as for the rossi gp style, who knows, the real fast guys (lorenzo and biaggi to name a couple, oh, and wt too) don't do it. Maybe it's a gay thing....

[denill]

Lol, the offroad thing has NOTHING to do with balance...it has a lot to do with keeping your foot from getting ripped off the peg and jammed under the bike though....

Not convinced. I reckon it assists.

[White trash]

the real fast guys (lorenzo and biaggi to name a couple, oh, and wt too) don't do it. Maybe it's a gay thing....

Nope. The reason I don't do it is I managed to run over my own foot (without crashing thankyou) at the hairpin at Manfeild once. From that day on it was feet firmly on the pegs for me! Nothing to do with pace bro

[DEATH_INC.]

Not convinced. I reckon it assists.

Watch the fast guys, they keep both feet on the pegs unless they really have to lift 'em off.

[CHOPPA]

Watch the fast guys, they keep both feet on the pegs unless they really have to lift 'em off.

Its also a safty measure if the front tucks sorta like having your knee down

[discodan]

Where Kenan was swinging his leg out the most was on a corner that he had to change direction and I have seen plenty of othe riders doing the same. As a bonus, it made him wider and harder to pass at that point. By the time he wanted to use his rear brake his foot was already back on the peg.

I was watching his foot dancing around on the back brake so I'm guessing that he doesn't use a thumb brake.

[Madness]

This thread needs more pics.

[slowpoke]

The whole dangly leg thing also makes a mockery of our banning motards from general road racing: the dangly leg is one of the main drivers behind the separation.

[gatch]

Nope. The reason I don't do it is I managed to run over my own foot (without crashing thankyou) at the hairpin at Manfeild once. From that day on it was feet firmly on the pegs for me! Nothing to do with pace bro

That's even funnier than someone shooting them self in the foot.

You muppet.

[denill]

The whole dangly leg thing also makes a mockery of our banning motards from general road racing: the dangly leg is one of the main drivers behind the separation.

That's a fact............ The RRs didn't like the 'leg hanging out'?

[slowpoke]

Mick Doohan had a thumb operated rear brake but he was riding with a damaged leg.
I've never heard of anyone else doing that.

It's reasonably common amongst the guns nowadays too. Mick dominating as he did lotsa folks copied him and it's filtered through BSB, WSB, MotoGP etc. Apparently the fine motor skills in your hand make it much easier to regulate the brake than with your booted foot.

The coroner actually attributed the left thumb brake on Robert Dunlop's bike to contributing to his death. His Honda RS250 seized at 150mph, and when he went to whip in the clutch he inadvertently applied the brake as well, flipping him over the bars:

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sp...death-inquest/

That's a fact............ The RRs didn't like the 'leg hanging out'?

Yeah, that and the different lines they took seemed to be the major grievance of the road racers racing against 'em....we'll ignore the getting beaten by a chook chaser angle for the moment

[lostinflyz]

It's reasonably common amongst the guns nowadays too. Mick dominating as he did lotsa folks copied him and it's filtered through BSB, WSB, MotoGP etc. Apparently the fine motor skills in your hand make it much easier to regulate the brake than with your booted foot.

The coroner actually attributed the left thumb brake on Robert Dunlop's bike to contributing to his death. His Honda RS250 seized at 150mph, and when he went to whip in the clutch he inadvertently applied the brake as well, flipping him over the bars:

The only guy who uses a thumb brake as far as i know in GP is Dovi. There not very common (someone asked alex briggs on twitter about it a while back, when rossi was returning with his damaged leg). Not sure about WSBK. The TT guys use them a whole lot more.

Hard to believe Dunlop got it wrong with the brake, he had raced with only a thumb front brake for 12 odd years. Theres some great shots in his bio where it looks like he has no front brakes cause theres no right lever.

[roogazza]

Nope. The reason I don't do it is I managed to run over my own foot

You must have long legs, or were you sitting on the tank lol

The only time my leg ever came out on the road was (often) when it was an 'oh shit ' moment that was to be, either saved or not.

Doohans thumbbrake, I wasn't awhere it was widely copied ?