[Body Position - Twist? Motogp Examples]

Thanks AB...very well said. I think I was overusing the inside quad and underusing the outside calf-knee to lock in.

 

It's all about kinesthetic re-familiarization for me. More laps, more laps.....

-Dave

 

Here are three advantages to being square (not crossed up) on the bike:

 

1) Having your body parallel to the bike gets more of your weight down and to the inside of the bike. Keith mentioned

this too and this is the primary reason to hang off in the first place. Riders who cross up lose some or all of this

advantage.

 

2) When you are crossed up, your hips rotate around the tank. This forces your outside knee off the side of the tank

and prevents you from using your knee against the tank as an anchor. Most riders can't fiind a substitute for that

very critical anchor and end up latching onto the bars because they feel like they're about to fall off.

 

3) If you are going around a right-hand corner and you cross up, your body is rotating to the left. In order to look into the

corner (to the right), you need a neck like an owl.

 

ab

[Body Position - Twist? Motogp Examples]

Bayliss seems to be doing this as his regular gig. Here is another pic too..there are lots

http://photos.motorcycle-usa.com/98251bayliss.jpg

 

And its not just Bayliss nor just Bayliss in unusual conditions...

http://photos.motorcycle-usa.com/ROSSIG_5816.jpg

 

http://photos.motorcycle-usa.com/f_eliasact.jpg

 

there seems to be quite a continuum out there!

-omrra #29

[Body Position - Twist? Motogp Examples]

Ok, so I have something for you. I have been looking at moto gp inside turn pics to look for body position. I started a conversation about this with Michael Lenz at the Reno 2 day camp and I am esp looking fwd to more input here.

 

Re twisting body (inside hip and knee rotate fwd and outside one comes over more) it seems like there is a continuum. Sete does almost none. Nor does Barros. just a little: Nicky, Max. A bit more than little: Edwards and Rossi. All the way to a WHOLE bunch for Bayliss.

 

Check out some pics. I naturally liked doing this at Reno, wonder what your thoughts are re specific question...should this NOT be done? Is it detrimental? How? Not optimal? What is optimal in terms of twisting the lower body some (in addition to good upper body movement) as per Bayliss in the following pics and why?

 

http://photos.motorcycle-usa.com/97591Bayliss1.jpg

 

Thanks...

Dave Sangster

OMRRA #29

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