| Loverobot, looking at your pictures I would say you need to sit slightly further back, this will allow you to 'lock in' to the tank cutout(it's what it's there for) to give you a more stable body position and will stop your outside knee from 'hanging in the breeze' as Jools pointed out. This is all level 3 CSS stuff-which I just did at Almeria at the weekend with Butch, Michael, and Duncan.
And Fordie-yes it does make a difference mate-it allows you to either keep the bike more upright and therefore on the fatter part of the tyre or carry more speed for the same lean angle. I know the great Mike Hailwood didn't do it but the tyres he rode on didn't offer enough grip to take advantage. You and I both know as we rode on them too-old ain't we??
John | 
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