[Yakaru]

I've tried the 'up on the tank' technique and I'm not a fan. It really pushes you to cross up the upper body and put more weight in the arms during corners since you have less contact with less leverage on the tank. Getting up on top of it for acceleration and some other circumstances might be okay, but it's a trade off between moving too much and the weight distribution. Plus a lot of the factors he speaks to are largely if not entirely compensated for by suspension tuning.

I'm also not sure if he's comparing it to the technique I've seen demonstrated and taught, which is only ~2.5 inches back on the longer side, vs sliding all the way to the back of the seat.