Riding position?

**dipshit** · 29th August 2008, 09:52

Originally Posted by renegade master

weight the out side peg.

There is more to it than that. Weight the inside peg to help make the bike turn when going into a corner.... shift your weight to the outside peg when accelerating out of the corner to help increase traction.

Sometimes you even want to weight both pegs evenly, like when going over some bumps. Weighting both pegs will lower the bike's centre of gravity and keep it more composed over bumps.

**slimjim** · 29th August 2008, 10:35

Originally Posted by commander

first post so be gentle.

hi iv been riding for a few years now and i just want to know how to ride. sounds crazy but we all think were doing it right till told otherwise

so how do u sit when u start off. corners (fast) ie lean off kiss the mirrors? wight on what peg?
braking position holding on with ur arms? knees? feet?. wheres ur knee pointing and what are u feeling throw the bars. what line do u take and why and can someone with experience answer like someone whos won races. basely how do u ride from start to finish

dude how old ...........

**xwhatsit** · 29th August 2008, 12:52

Originally Posted by dipshit

Weighting both pegs will lower the bike's centre of gravity and keep it more composed over bumps.

Your advice is all good, and weighting both pegs may very well help over bumps (I certainly found it helped going up hills off road with road tyres), but, contrary to popular opinion, it doesn't lower the centre of gravity. It seems intuitive to think that by changing where the extra weight (i.e. you) joins to the frame you can change the centre of gravity, but you can't. It doesn't matter where to the frame the mass mounts, only that it is mounted and fixed.

Of course in extreme examples, like dirt bikers actually standing up on the pegs, you're raising the centre of gravity. I assume this helps for the same reason it's easier to balance a long broom with the handle on your palm, rather than the brush on your palm -- slower reaction, lots of time to correct the movements and keep it balanced.

**jrandom** · 29th August 2008, 12:55

Fuck off, black's the only proper colour for a bike.

**Pwalo** · 29th August 2008, 13:19

Just get yourself a few DVDs of the Irish Road Racing series. That'll show you how really good riders can go really fast on public roads.

However I wouldn't actually suggest emulating them, as they tend to die with horrible regularity.

If you can see if you can get hold of Lee Parkes book, I think it's Total Control, or some such. It's not too waffly for an American publication, and it really made a difference to my u turns on the SV!

Try one thing at a time, and see how things feel, and what works for you. Just don't take it too seriously.

**Jerry74** · 29th August 2008, 13:57

Practice lots and you will find your best line and lean.

I dont hang off too much like GP riders but use a lot of counter steering and weight shifting.

Only have 1.5 cm chicken lines on the tyres so must be doing something right.

**nodrog:Me** · 29th August 2008, 14:01

Originally Posted by jrandom

Fuck off, black's the only proper colour for a bike.

thats the first intelligent post ive seen from you all day

jrandom for mentor!

i tend to go fast on the fast corners and slow on the slow corners, thank god ive never encounted a medium corner.

**jrandom** · 29th August 2008, 14:03

Originally Posted by nodrog

thank god ive never encounted a medium corner.

If you can ride round those you get to appear on 'Sensing Murder'.

**nodrog:Me** · 29th August 2008, 14:11

Originally Posted by jrandom

If you can ride round those you get to appear on 'Sensing Murder'.

on what side? the sensing or the murdered?

**jrandom** · 29th August 2008, 14:15

Originally Posted by nodrog

on what side? the sensing or the murdered?

"On the show tonight: Several fat middle-aged frauds were killed. Motorcyclists do burnouts on their graves and sniff the smoke to figure out who should be awarded the cash prize."

**nodrog:Me** · 29th August 2008, 14:27

Originally Posted by jrandom

"On the show tonight: Several fat middle-aged frauds were killed. Motorcyclists do burnouts on their graves and sniff the smoke to figure out who should be awarded the cash prize."

i prefer mythbusters