Strange Riding Position!?

[Deano]

There's no need to assume the race position though! I think some riders see racers on the track riding like that so they mimic it. It's one thing when your riding at high speeds on open-road straights but quite unnecessary and foolish looking while going slow along the motorway. Buy a 'bubble-shield' if the wind is that much of a prob.

That reminds me - you should have seen Two Smoker riding back from SH22 on the motorway yesterday, at times sitting on his tank and 'lying' stomach down on his tank with his feet on the rear cowl, going about 110 & changing lanes for quite a many kilometer...now that deserved a good laugh!

So does that make TS look foolish also or a good laugh ?

I sometimes drop my elbows to my knees to rest my arms on long rides, which would look like Im in race position.

Have you seen bubble shields for SP-1's ? I reckon they look gay.

[Ms Piggy]

Buy a 'bubble-shield' if the wind is that much of a prob.

WTF is that??

[toads]

yip 2 times i'll lean on the tank

1) when there is wind and to make myself small as possibly (this especially includes rain)

2) for resting purposes either leaning on tank one hand tucked accross it or just hunkering down to get wieght off wrists (something little bikes are renound for) usually after a long ride.

Yeah definately Aff-man, I would too if I rode that kind of bike, I can't cope with the weight all being on the wrists, I used to hunker on down over the tank on my mb100 honda years ago cos of the wind and also cos of the air turbulence from other vehicles, I can understand this guy looked like a dork riding like that, but I pretty much guarantee once he gets past having his restricted licence and can get a bigger bike he won't do it so much, or he'll get a bubble screen as Zed says

[riffer]

I rode in to work all the way in race crouch today.

Chest on the tank (fat stomach squished LOL), elbows tucked in, neck strained all the way.

I had to - the rain was ridiculous - I just couldn't see otherwise. If I crouch all the way down, tuck my knees into the side of the tank, drop my elbows to my knees and keep all the way down, the wind (and thence the rain) goes over the top and I stay mostly dry and, best of all, I can still see where I'm going.

[vifferman]

I rode in to work all the way in race crouch today.

I rode into work today in cruiser position, listening to Diana Krall, one hand on the wheel, droppping various family members off in town...

Man, it was boring. Hope it does actually piss down with rain today, seeing as I took the wife's car....


Say - is anyone actually going to post anything interesting on here today? Please don't, as I need to get over my KB obsession and actually do some work, seeing as I've got plenty to do at the moment.

[TonyB]

You were what?? You can't say such things on a biker forum! When is riding ever boring? Hmmm, could be an idea for a thread?

Ahhh- You obviously haven't ridden down that way. Going south from Chch, Ashburton is roughly 1 hour into an approx 3 hour section (at legal speeds) of straights, with only the odd kink to stop you from going completely nuts. This section, which I call Straight Highway One, is bad enough in a nice car with a stereo going and cruise control keeping the right foot in check- on a bike it's hell on earth.

[NC]

Ah well least they are having fun eh?

I sit lopsided on the bike for some odd reason, I always have.
It came in handy one day when a Taxi pulled out in front of me and I T-boned him. Just had a massive bruise on the inside of my thigh, instead of a broken pelvis.

[jrandom]

In most instances, I can get a solid 10-15 kph extra out of the FXR by sitting in a race crouch.

Since that would only put me another 10-15 kph over the ticketable limit, I usually don't bother. But sometimes, in a strong headwind, I find such a posture necessary just to keep up with the cages.

[erik]

I saw a peculiar sight yesterday that made me laugh to myself...this biker was going the opposite direction to me and in the fast lane on the north-western motorway, when I noticed that he/she remained in a 'race crouch' over the tank with his helmet just looking above the visor of the bike. He was on what looked like a Jappa 250cc and would have been going less than 100kmph. I witnessed him travelling for about 400m in that same dorky position.

This isn't the first time I've seen this strange phenomenon! I put it down to 'newbie antics'. It looks really stupid btw!

Do any of you ride like this on the way to work or school? Please realise that you make a spectacle of yourself to other riders and also give people in general an impression that bikers speed ...which isn't always true!

It wasn't me because I wasn't on the north western on sunday. But I do ride like that sometimes, for a laugh. It's fun and I see nothing wrong with it as long as it's done safely. And sometimes it's actually useful, like when it was raining and I was trying to stop the rain and wind from getting funnelled down onto my leaky pants.

[vifferman]

Going south from Chch, Ashburton is roughly 1 hour into an approx 3 hour section (at legal speeds) of straights, with only the odd kink to stop you from going completely nuts. This section, which I call Straight Highway One, is bad enough in a nice car with a stereo going and cruise control keeping the right foot in check- on a bike it's hell on earth.

That's exactly what I thought when I was down there a couple of months back, and saw a guy on a bike riding it. He seemed to be doing the speed limit, and I thought "That don't look like much fun..."

[Blakamin]

I do it to rest my wrists and shoulders. elbows on knees, chest on tank... couldnt give a F*** what other people think, honestly. If I did I wouldnt have missing teeth, heaps of tatts and a bright coloured bike.

[Pwalo]

Come on chaps/chapesses, surely you remember trying to lie flat on the tank of your old TS125 trying to see how fast you could go.

I agree that the racing crouch is of dubious value at best other than on the track, but I do try and tuck behind my screen when it's blowing or raining hard (plenty of both in Wellytown lately).

[F5 Dave]

I’ve had many years of travelling silly distances on RG50s (figured it kept me in tune for racing the things) because it is quite fun to have to try to get max performance to maintain, or even when conditions are favourable break the speed limit (on a closed cct of course). I still lean forward in the van when going up a steep hill & it starts to slow. Takes a while to get out of the habit & convince myself it will make no difference.

When I had a throttle cruise control lock on the enormous GS & we were in the middle of nowhere straight road I thought it amusing to wind it on a bit faster than the rider ahead & sit on the pillion seat & pegs & pass them, arms folded as if pillion to an invisible rider. (on a closed cct of course).

(do not try this at home,
you'll run out of room in even the most generous of hallways & crash into the telephone table).

[Blakamin]

(do not try this at home,
you'll run out of room in even the most generous of hallways & crash into the telephone table).

Thats why i keep falling off near the kitchen then...bloody telephone tables

[F5 Dave]

Just as well, those fridge doors open with no warning.