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Originally posted by yeti
Anyway, I tried all of the above - which is why my times were slow as heck and it felt 'orrible. Not in control of the bike at all. |
I know how you feel and tend to have a non hang off riding style, probably from riding roadbikes back in the 70s. I go along with what Philipe says.
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Originally posted by pguenet
The more you wrap yourself around the tank the better. I don't hang off much either but it makes a lot of difference when you actually lean your body forward over the tank.
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A few years back I got hold of one of my racer mates who had also been a bike training instructor as I was always impressed by his style when following around Gerrards at Mallory or Honda Curve at Pembrey to try and teach me how to do it, but even with his instruction I just couldn't get a confident feeling with doing all the things he suggested.
So I stick with what I know and what I'm confident in doing, I'm sure if I could master it and be confident in doing it I would improve my lap times, that said I am no slower than this mate in the race meetings and finish ahead of him as often as he finishes ahead of me.
Kev