Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > General Motorcycles only > Help me improve please!

[Glyn]

firstly i aint really got a clue had no tuition or read any books etc
but i find it all feels right if i get all of my body over
e.g my head torso and backsike all as far off the bike as each other

when it's right it feels like you are pulling the bike round the corner really sharp and responsive to any input i give
if i try and push my bottom half futher than i can get the rest of me the whole thing feels wrong like the bike is really understeering

[Fordie]

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Errr...Fordie mate, look at yer avatar. does that look like Hailwood to you? You're hanging off like a good un [/quote]

Im hanging on not hanging off thats Glyn behind me he'll have to go the long way round 4D

[deej]

fordie i find it makes a hell of a difference to my riding if i hang off,on a open local road i can take the same corner 20-30mph quicker with my leathers on knee down than i can in jeans. although at silverstone i found i was actually cornering a bit quicker hanging off but not getting my knee down through some off the faster corners, dont know how that works but it did !!!

nick, just get a instructor to watch you at a trackday or do a race school like the ron haslam one at donnington.

[philthy]

So...all you've got to do is

Move your upper body weight forward
Lower your head
Put your chin on your right hand
Drop your inside shoulder
Move your bum back into the seat a touch
Get your body over more
Actively counter steer
Make use of the trackday instructors
Get your bum off the saddle
Get your hips to 90 degrees to the direction of travel
Keep the bike more upright
Lock in to the tank cut out
Get your knee down
Wear leathers not jeans

Got that?

[deej]

sounds about right phil

some great advice there

[philthy]

Poor bloke....He'll probably run into the back of something while he's trying to remember all that