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I've never slid the front tire unless it was on a less than decent surface. And yes, I saved it. But it was an FJR with ABS on a gravel/dirt road. That being said, the front is not going to break loose unless you are: On a bad surface Overload the front (which rarely happens unless you give too much brake) Have cold tires. The concept is simple. The front may slide a little bit? And how do you correct it? Add more throttle, as it will remove the load on the the front tire.

Thank you very much for the explanation and graphic!

I just did level three and they cover this. Here's what I understand, and see if this makes sense. Here's a drill to illustrate the action. Stand facing a wall, as if under arrest. Remove your left arm from the wall. Now lift your left leg. Feel unstable? Try pushing with your right hand into the wall. How does that feel? Now put your left leg down and pull up your right leg. Now push with your right hand (as your left hand and right foot should no longer be touching anything). How does that feel? It also comes from concepts such as lunging in fencing, for example. Your rear leg provides the strength. Now that you lock your outside leg onto the bike, it keeps the weight off your hands, and allows you to turn the bike in with less effort.

Is the slide bike available at Las Vegas?

Of course. Some people hang off uselessly or because they see someone do it without knowing why it is done. They do it to look cool. Just like some trucks have big tires and wheels and the truck is running a skyjacker. And it does look cool. As for my original question, thanks for the answer.

We all agree that body position has an effect on cornering. I am trying to figure out why. Imagine the same same rider, the same lean angle, the same turn in, the same speed and the same rate of turning. Why is it the rider who hangs off will carve a tighter line than the one who doesn't? In watching TotW2 DVD, I can see it. But it doesn't really explain why. Is it due to centripedal force?

Uli, I don't think it will matter. At the end of the day, smoothness counts. On the BMW, the rain mode will smooth out bad rider input, but you can still have poor throttle control and it will affect the motorcycle. I have had thoughts about this for a long time. For example, imagine a motorcycle that would graduate you to higher and higher speeds rather than let you open it up on a track. Therefore you slowly worked your way up and could focus more on body position, throttle control, and braking. Instead of charging the corner, you had to plan for it. And I thought the magic answer would be a motorcycle with a governor and a GPS, which might allow you to make 1-2 mph improvements over your baseline each lap. But then I realized we have something like that... 125s and 250s. Not to mention a technique, such as riding in a higher gear like 3rd or 4th. I the case of the BMW, I run considerably slower in Rain Mode on the BMW. Part of it is because I can't accelerate out of a corner as fast as I'd like. The TC comes on pretty quick. It also softens the inputs. However, I could still send in bad inputs and it would overload the tires, or panic brake. TC and ABS can let you get away with some things, but they don't solve the problem of bad input.