[No Brakes And 4Th Gear Only At Sears Point]

Awesome vid, like the perspective. Applying The Pace on the track. In this case, while a lot of people actually get a bit nervous about the "no-brake" drill for the first time, I would welcome the ability to downshift, unless I had the skill to execute corner entries at those speeds.

[Inside Peg Weighting.]

I swear I've read/heard that according to the bike telemetry, there is no change with leg out vs. keeping it on the peg. The bikes doesn't seem to care or react. So I think it's about what feels good. I believe I also read that Rossi said he doesn't know why he does it, it just feels good/right.

 

Haven't we already had this conversation :-)

 

 

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Pressing on the peg will push back at you with the same pressure you give it. The side with less mass move more--that's the rider. He pushes himself away from the corner.

 

Training riders by campfire stories and what they heard other people talk about is what keeps a good school in business.

 

I haven't been to this forum in a while, but hey, I'll welcome myself back.

 

It's simple Physics guys.

 

The only thing you can do with your weight when you're on top of a motorcycle is move *your* center of gravity. All this "weighting" pegs is not grounded in anything scientific. You can *support* your weight on either peg, but if your center of gravity is still in the middle, then your weight is still acting through that point. If you're COG is to the left, the bike will have a tendency to lean to the left, and vice versa.

 

Yes, you can steer the "No B.S. Bike" by leaning your body, but the faster you go (greater than 5-10 mph), the less effective "body steering" is. Which I think was the whole point of the "No B.S. Bike"--it's not meant to say that "body steering" does not exist, only as a teaching tool that the most effective way to steer a motorcycle at faster than pedestrian speeds is counter steering. As the old video shows on YouTube, you can ride with your with your weight full on one side of the motorcycle, and it will keep going straight (though it still shows the rider with their COG pretty close to the mid-line of the bike).