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| #2  31-Mar-2009, 09:48 | ||||
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| #4 31-Mar-2009, 16:39 | ||||
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I'll second that...I'll be after one of Ducati's 848 demo bikes for a session at Cadwell. I remember how good it was last year and want another hit. As for the body positioning Bradders, I move around on the bike a lot, and hang off in what feels, to me, like a gibbon. As you can see from the photo, I'm just going into Barn the same as Andy is ^^^^ up there. Similar lean angle (Andy might be over a couple of degrees more), similar body position, but my knee is still yards from the tarmac and I very seldom get it on the deck.  The main difference is that I've got short stumpy legs compared to Andy, and what you can't see behind the zorst is that I'm already right on tiptoes with my left boot in order to use my left leg to lock into the tank, whereas Andy's boot is much flatter. This in turn means that I'm already hanging off about as far as the length of my thigh will let me, any more and my outside boot would be off the peg. Bayliss can do that but I can't without compromising the cleanliness of my undies. That and the fact I'm not very flexible in my hips and can't splay my legs any wider (ooerr missus) probably costs me a couple of inches in my ability to hang off, and my inside leg has the same affliction so that probably costs me another couple of inches between my knee and touch down. Alright, my outside foot is probably on tiptoes a bit more 'cos this is obviously my ST and it's got loads more seat to peg distance than my 888, but it's pretty much the same story with the T8, my knee hardly ever touches down. I don't sweat it, the pic above is about as far off the bike as I'm comfortable with right now. One thing I do notice is that I'm up to 15 1/2 stone now and my beer belly really does restrict how easily I can get my torso down low - not just on a bike but during karate training as well, so I know I need to lose weight to be really mobile, another thing you can't see is that my belly is pressed flat on the tank so a few inches off my waistline would let me get my upper body a lot lower The Patent Jools Mood Meter -Today I am:           ___________^ Last edited by Jools : 31-Mar-2009 at 17:09. |
| #5 31-Mar-2009, 17:21 | ||||
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| so much debate.... not sure I'd get great value TP tbh. As said above (and too much!!) my statue also restricts my ability to jump around on a bike. In terms of going faster, I'll be concentrating on track first being able to brake and turn and use markers something I know they teach but something a well mannered mate can teach me on a trackday. Also, having seen the program and read the books, I have a reasonable appreciation of what is needed. £2k is a lot of trackdays!! reason for the Q is that I can practice body position on the road. Jools - know the short leg thing all too well alas |
| #7 01-Apr-2009, 12:42 | ||||
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| i'm of oompa loompa proportions, in fact the very cruel might suggest i was a particularly small type of oompa loompa i find it hard to keep my outside foot on the peg on a corner, as mentioned above, and it has slipped off a couple of times which has woken me up a little my knee has been down a handful of times, but tbh i've given up worrying about it, it goes down when it goes down as if i think about whether its going down then i just lose all concentration and make a mess of the corner. i had a brief chat with one of the guys from california superbike school at the Donington bikefest in 2007 when DD had the demonstration, and sitting on the bike and actually feeling what i was being told really helped me. i also saw Cobby doing a briefing to some novices on an MSV trackday at snetterton about body positioning, and again he was showing them the required position while they were sitting on the bike in the garage. i've done this a couple of times, then practised it on a nice few bends on the A12 on the way to work and i found it has really helped me. it feels rather contrived to start with but works well for me now. still a long way to go though  |
| #8 01-Apr-2009, 15:04 | ||||
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If the suit fits, wear it! (if that's a bit cryptic for some, you should know that I got the Dainese leathers I'm wearing in the pic ^^^^ up there from......andyb!!! oompa loompas all round then )The Patent Jools Mood Meter -Today I am: ___________^ |
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