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Bolfunga

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  1. Brilliant, Mugget. Thanks very much for taking the time to give such a detailed and considered reply. For that matter, thanks to everyone for the help and advice )
  2. For hard acceleration, no issues, but what about when preparing to tip into a corner? I'd have said leaning forward and sitting forward is better because you want weight over the front when braking and to aid tip in to the bend.
  3. So moving slightly forward on the seat and leaning forward is okay and moving back on the seat and leaning forward is okay too? He was adamant that moving forward was absolutely the wrong thing to do.
  4. One other thing I should say is that my friend says that his described method, moving back on the seat and leaning forward, is what's advocated by the CSS. This is primarily why I came here for some input.
  5. Cheers, fella ) That basically backs up what I thought and what I've been doing. It also backs up why I think my mate's suggestion is largely incorrect. By the way, the feet steering emphasis is his theory, not mine. I've given it a go in the past but never felt any benefit.
  6. Hi there, first time poster ) Sorry about the length of this but can someone please help me? I've always been told that when cornering you should try to keep your arms relaxed, particularly the arm on the side you're turning to, the inside of the turn. I've also always understood that it can help if you lean slightly forwards (and drop your shoulder in the direction of turn) as you start the turn. It has also been suggested that depending on the bike, in conjunction with the above, sitting slightly further forward also helps turn-in and helps avoid the straight-arm syndrome. This has always made sense to me but a friend of mine disagrees, as follows: Moving forward on the seat is absolutely the wrong thing to do (unless you are so short you are struggling to reach the bars). By moving forwards you are effectively moving your centre of gravity forward off the pegs, which makes it impossible to take any weight on your feet. This means you take more weight on your bum, which cannot help you steer, and on your hands, which causes fatigue and tension. You are also bringing your elbows back towards your body which limits movement. By moving back on the seat and leaning forward you assume a pose closer to that of a jockey. You can now take some of the weight on to your feet, which can help to turn the bike. You also take less weight on your hands, which allows you to relax your grip, which provides much more feedback. Your range of movement is not constricted so it is easier to get the ideal "forearms parallel to the tarmac" position, this means that when you push the bars the action is closer to perpendicular with the headstock pivot and thereby requires less force = more relaxed = finer control. Closer to the tank means you are pushing (or pulling) closer to the axis of the headstock = more force required = tighter grip = more tense = less fine control. Counter-steering aspects aside, the theory of leaning forward BUT sitting further back on the seat, rather than slightly forward, makes no sense to me. My mate agrees that it sounds wrong but insists that it is right. Which is the better approach of the two?
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