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1/14/2018 6:12pm
1/14/2018 6:12pm
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1/16/2018 7:45am
I'm trying to explain a technique, anyone have a good pic with someone raising their leg going into a turn with the knee behind the bars instead of under the bars extended? I know there was a good pic of Tomac in the last year or two doing this.
The Shop
I think this is what you mean.
The extended leg is not just for gliding like a flat tracker with a steel shoe, but also the weight being extended out helps lean the bike into the corner, the same way you see MotoGP riders using the leg dangle.
There is another alternative
What you describe is hard to find because it is seldom used, although is basically just keeping your leg out of the way like a dangle.
As an avid watcher of all things Moto technique over the years (like many of us) I feel surprised I haven’t witnessed this.
Great pic.
I wish I was that flexible now!
This pic is from the last turn on the last lap of the Spanish GP in Jerez. Just weeks after Rossi said he would never allow Sete to win another race. He made good on that promise by injuring the guy. Sete was never the same rider after that collision.
The way I've normally seen the leg swag thing work in MotoGP is under heavy vertical braking before tip-in. Right before turn-in the leg is brought back into the bike. Seems more like a stabilizing thing to me.
Pit Row
Let me look . . .
EDIT: I know it's not what you were after...
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