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Old May 13th, 2019, 10:15 AM   #33
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Originally Posted by Kowalski View Post
Adouglas I’ve never seen anyone so crossed up they can’t make steering or brake inputs. Hell look at Mick Doohan. If you build a good foundation with proper foot and hip placement and timing you can make it work very well.
If your lower positioning isnt right you’ll end up hanging on the bars too much or just exhausting yourself trying to stay balanced. You’ll cause more problems by trying aggressive head down motogp like positioning before you have built a good solid foundation. Good solid well timed lower body movements and positioning will always lead to more stability. Aggressive Márquez like upper body positioning will only work if you have a great foundation for it. Otherwise you’ll just create more problems.
Both you guys are correct, just wording is different. YES, lower body stability is PARAMOUNT to being able to relax and not put unwanted pressure into the handlebars, BUT you can still mess up body position even with a stable and correctly placed lower body.... Good body position is a combination of correct and comfortable placement of lots of parts, but it does start with a solid lower foundation....
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