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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.
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https://www.vitalmx.com/photos/features/Get-Lean-Cornering-Style-Comparison,37455/Zach-Osborne,68047/GuyB,64
I think this is what you mean.
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GuyB wrote:
https://www.vitalmx.com/photos/features/Get-Lean-Cornering-Style-Comparison,37455/Zach-Osborne,68047/GuyB,64
I think this is what you mean.
Exactly, thank you. I know I find myself doing this in certain situations and was trying to explain it to a friend that is new at all of this but learning quick and has alot of valuable questions as he progresses.
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GuyB wrote:
https://www.vitalmx.com/photos/features/Get-Lean-Cornering-Style-Comparison,37455/Zach-Osborne,68047/GuyB,64
I think this is what you mean.
Try that with my legs, and I’m over the back fender. 
Usually just try and bend my knee as hard as possible, and pray. Get one hell of a Charley Horse towards the end of the day, too.
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Here I thought B-mans post was max cringe for a knee, but then Robgvx had to throw in a twist.
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Having your knee bent allows you no strength to glide your foot as an outrigger, your foot just folds back and then pulls you back on the seat out of position. See below.
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.
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GuyB wrote:
https://www.vitalmx.com/photos/features/Get-Lean-Cornering-Style-Comparison,37455/Zach-Osborne,68047/GuyB,64
I think this is what you mean.
Awesome!
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!
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Johnny Depp wrote:
Having your knee bent allows you no strength to glide your foot as an outrigger, your foot just folds back and then pulls you back on the seat out of position. See below.
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.
The Rossi pic is a bad example. In half a second Rossi is going to intentionally make contact with Sete Gibernau and effectively end his career as a winning GP racer by shoving a front brake lever into the soft tissue of his shoulder. Rossi never intended to make that turn and was bracing for impact.
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.
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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.
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Scooter and Crush's knees hit their chins if they try to do that... They're both over 8ft!!!
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