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[ali]

Originally posted by Murray Mint
Ali

Not wanting to sound rude, but in most of the pictures that I’ve seen of you, you are presenting a large area of upper body in to the oncoming wind. It’s a kind of trademark riding style I’ve just noticed about you.

I’ll get me coat now and hide behind this wall over here.

Yer not wrong, it's something I noticed very early on, but as Fil points out it doesn't stop me getting past those of a more slippery nature!

One of the key points is that most photographers shoot at braking points to get sharper shots. I like to pop out the top of the fairing to get some air braking (one of the few advantages of being 'chunky'), so I always look monstrous.

The other issue is that I ride the front end pretty hard (hence two lowsides), and I like to keep my shoulders over the top of the forks. If I'm doing that then there's nowhere for the top half of me to go....

I can diet, but I'm not going to get any shorter!

Lastly, this is not MotoGP, so if I loose a few seconds by hurling myself around the bike, but make some spectators laugh then all's well.

Cheers,

Ali