Do you sit or stand ?

[Zed]

Ok, sometimes when I ask people about their style or technique for riding I get a glazed look which usually means the person is at the stage of hanging on for grim life, rather than fine tuning their riding style.

One of these technique things is whether you sit or stand on your bike when zooming round the track.

I didn't know the technique was called "standing", or is that just your terminology TwoS?

If I was to race a bike I'd be fine tuning my style all the time, as the racers do, practising weight shifting & knee down action would be a must.

I don't do a lot of hanging off the bike stuff like some guys do on the road, especially whilst riding my heavy Blackbird. Even on the track (open days) I am quite comfortable to remain seated most of the time and am no slouch if I do say so myself. The last track day I scraped the underside of my fairing I got it down so low, don't think I was 'jockeying' the bike much though?

Now if I owned a 'modern thou' that would be an entirely different story...um...especially on the track!

[Skyryder]

I thought this was about wheelies................

I thought it was a male/female gender thing.


Skyryder

[texmo]

Being on a scooter I am limmited to my choice.......

[Hitcher]

What's with all this "ass" crap? No wonder you guys don't know your arse from your elbow...

Change the Government. Vote BDOTGNZA!

[Skyryder]

What's with all this "ass" crap? No wonder you guys don't know your arse from your elbow...

Change the Government. Vote BDOTGNZA!

I do Hitch. I talk with my arse .........hence all the crap, and wipe with my elbows that wont reach, and is, the reason I can't stop.


Keep the Government...........Don't Vote.

Skyryder

[justsomeguy]

Do you recommend this "standing" for clumsy, slow riders (with delusions of speed) too or do you feel slower riders should be seated only?? ...... and these techniques left to race speeds.

The reason I ask was I used to do it when I first started riding and then thought it would be better to sit until you became more efficient a rider......... or you would overcompensate for a lack of skill by standing up...

Remember we're only talking about riding here - speeding on public roads and that box of poo is another separate subject.

[Ixion]

Do you recommend this "standing" for clumsy, slow riders (with delusions of speed) too or do you feel slower riders should be seated only?? ...... and these techniques left to race speeds.

The reason I ask was I used to do it when I first started riding and then thought it would be better to sit until you became more efficient a rider......... or you would overcompensate for a lack of skill by standing up...

Remember we're only talking about riding here - speeding on public roads and that box of poo is another separate subject.

Well, if standing was good enough for Freddie Frith, arguably the best rider, technically, of all time, that would seem good grounds for emulation

[GSVR]

Well, if standing was good enough for Freddie Frith, arguably the best rider, technically, of all time, that would seem good grounds for emulation

Back circa 1937 you'd have to be standing to absorb some of the the forces the pogo sticks of the era they called shocks didn't.

[TwoSeven]

Do you recommend this "standing" for clumsy, slow riders (with delusions of speed) too or do you feel slower riders should be seated only?? ...... and these techniques left to race speeds.

The reason I ask was I used to do it when I first started riding and then thought it would be better to sit until you became more efficient a rider......... or you would overcompensate for a lack of skill by standing up...

Remember we're only talking about riding here - speeding on public roads and that box of poo is another separate subject.

I always sit when riding on the road. Apart from being more comfy, it slows me down and makes me more road safe. But then I always travel 10k under the limit anyhow (old habbit).

[Back Fire]

I didn't know all this.... good to know though, learn something new every day

[Paul in NZ]

Pah! Where is the cringing in fear behind the fairing while clasping the bars in a death grip option....