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Old May 17th, 2009, 10:38 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Flashmonkey View Post
-What is consistent however, is where their eyes are looking and their head position. Any racer worth his/her salt will have his/her head contorted into a position where they're looking through the turn, as far out as possible.
Except for the greatest motorcycle racer of our time, and perhaps any time. Rossi often just looks down at the inside of the turn rather than looking ahead much at all. When asked about it, he says that he knows where the turn goes. It's not like taking riding tips from people at that level apply in any way to mere mortals anyway...

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