Riding style

[Reckless]

I'd like to pretty much agree with that Graig

[Phils Motorcycles]

Anyway so Phil the lower centre of gravity is an advantage but the weight over the pegs and not damping the steering leaves you more susceptible to tank-slappers etc?

It's Shane @ Phils Motorcycles.
Lower centre of gravity is a good thing, as is weighting the pegs.
Ideally you'd use your legs and body to steer your bike, with the handle bars only being used to fine tune the bikes line.
Weight on the handlebars is bad. Not only does it damp out the bad things like tank slappers, it also damps out the good things like the bikes natural tendency to counter steer itself when you use your legs/body to steer the bike. Tank slappers are rare, steering the bike happens every corner!!

[Phils Motorcycles]

craigs288, try resting your index finger on top of the brake lever (not around it, on top of it). You can use that to steady your throttle.

[FROSTY:Me]

Reading this all with interest-always interested to see others opinons.
One comment I'll make is don't change your riding style because someones style "looks cool" so must be fast
Ive seen this way too often with newer riders. They see moto GP stars hanging off the bike like a monkey so assume that that is the key to going fast.
Not the case.

[Patryn999]

Too right. I've ruined a perfectally good pair of jeans doing that :P

Thanks for the advice Shane i've never considered that aspect. Heh and I think you might find tankslappers on a 250 stroker are almost impossible. Even when my mate came down with the wheel almost at full lock it still sorted itself out needless to say I was almost crying.... my baby.

[Reckless]

There's also quite a good discussion on braking towards the end of this thread http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...t=51067&page=8 you guys might be interested in?