April 7th, 2014, 11:17 PM | #1 |
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How to practice body lean?
Not really sure how to ask this question -- but how can I develop the habit of practicing "body lean."
After nailing a few personal best times through a closed course race track, I re-watched the video of my body position. Even when I push the bike to maximum lean angle and hang off the side, I still don't seem to bring my upper body down lower toward the inside of the turn. Even when I put down the quickest times through a section of track, I still don't lean my upper body down. I hang my lower body far off the bike, 2 cheeks off, but my head and shoulders never go lower than a hypothetical horizontal line driven through the X-axis of the lowest mirror. Cliffnotes -op wants to improve his lap times -op shifts his hips and lower body -op doesn't move his shoulders much or lean his head into the turn -any tips for practicing the habit of leaning the upper torso through a turn? cliffnotes of cliffnotes -leaning head/shoulders deep into a turn feels awkward, how do I work on correcting this? Thanks guys.
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April 7th, 2014, 11:49 PM | #2 |
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Move off the island, and find a place with a racetrack. Until then, you're essentially kidding yourself. Was reading SportRider this morning on the train, and Kent had a pretty good piece on this. I'd paraphrase, but there are already other links on the internet, so I'll just point to one of them in the meantime: http://www.stephenhughes-jelen.com/t...pin_4-2014.pdf
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April 8th, 2014, 05:45 AM | #4 |
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CAVEAT: I'm no expert and haven't even been to the track yet.
Sounds an awful lot like you're riding crossed up. It's not about hanging your butt off. It's about shifting your weight inside and down. Most of your weight is from the waist up... your head weighs as much as a bowling ball! Look at photos of the great racers an you'll see a couple of things: 1) They're not putting both cheeks off the seat as a rule. Just one. 2) Their spine is parallel with the long axis of the bike. That means they're shifting their whole torso to the inside, not just their butt. What I'm doing to prepare for my track day is think actively about getting that alignment right. I also spent a few of those long winter evenings down in the shop, sitting on the bike and looking for reference points that would help me. To get to the inside you'll probably need to do a few things: a) shove back in the seat so you can get lower b) use the tank as a physical reference point. Put your outside forearm against the tank, which will force you to move your upper body to the inside. Maybe actually put your chest on the tank (easier to do on a true sportbike... the Ninjette tank is narrower at the top). c) think about how your body is aligned and use peripheral vision to check... point your chin at the mirror... think about lining up your outside shoulder with the gauge cluster or gas cap.... put the inside grip under your chin.... Here's a photo gallery (hot linking and downloading not allowed, unfortunately) with some good examples of how to do it and how not to do it. Fortunately most of the bikes have numbers and there are multiple shots of each rider. http://frontsidephoto.smugmug.com/Ar...rch-2014/1100/ Two guys are doing what you describe -- riding crossed up. They are #779 (really bad) and #51. A couple of guys are humping the tank, which keeps them from getting low and inside. One is the guy in white/orange leathers riding a plain white bike. The other is #826, on the blue and white bike/neon helmet. See how they can't get their outside arm on the tank? Several guys look like they have really good body position. They're really aggressive, low down and way inside with their upper body. Look especially at #451. Outside arm touching the tank, outside shoulder squarely over the gas cap, head totally to the inside of the tank.
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April 8th, 2014, 05:50 AM | #6 |
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Followup for those too lazy to click the link in the post above.
Take a look at these photos of Rossi and Lorenzo. This guy is riding WAY faster than any of us ever will. Notice that his right cheek is still on the seat, Notice that Lorenzo's head is completely to the inside of the windscreen. Notice that Lorenzo's entire upper body is farther to the inside than his butt is: Now look at this one... it's really telling. Where is his outside shoulder relative to the bike? Where is the center of his chest relative to the bike? How about his head and outside arm? See how his chin is directly over the inside grip?
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April 8th, 2014, 05:55 AM | #7 |
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Adouglas has good points. If you have pictures of your BP, that would also help.
Only comment is don't get too far off the tank. You need the tank to lock into the bike, if you're all the way back in the seat it can be more difficult. General rule of thumb is to have a space the size of your first between you and the tank. |
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April 8th, 2014, 08:16 AM | #8 |
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I've noticed after riding several different bikes on a track, the 250 makes the lower, more aggressive body position more difficult if you have stock bars. The wrist/arm kind of gets in the way of lowering my upper body as much as I like. My GSXR with a more aggressive position naturally allowed me to lower my upper body into what felt like the perfect position. Maybe clipons would help? I always loved my 250 BP until I felt how much different it was on my GSXR which made it feel more natural to get lower.
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To put it in terms you may understand... Ya Gota bounce right n leff den let cha shollda lean
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April 8th, 2014, 07:04 PM | #12 |
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nothing wrong with two cheeks off if you're comfy and locked in. i get 1.5 cheeks off. lead with your nose. bend your inside elbow more. try to put the right side of your rib-cage against the left side of the gas tank when you are going left and vice versa. the big deal is that you need to be relaxed, but locked in with nowhere to go. if you can reliably use only your outside leg to stay with the bike, the rest of your body is free to be nice and relaxed which means you can easily adjust body position and "tighten up" your bp after turn in if you feel you need to
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April 8th, 2014, 08:22 PM | #13 |
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What do you find awkward about it?
How are your visual skills? Many riders do not get their head/shoulders lower until they have sorted their visual skills.
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^^ that's me. And my head STILL isn't low enough.
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It's not really something you slop luck into either. Other fundamentals have to be in place ahead of time or you're almost wasting your time. Fundamentals such as throttle control, comfort with lean angle, stability on the bike, line selection just to name a few. We have all heard this... "You don't have to get off the bike until hard parts are scraping". While that advice is questionable at best, it has merit for the subliminal message it contains.
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Frame those words and hang them next to where you park your bike. Hanging-off has been made the center and core of riding well, when it is just a technique to squeeze a few more drops of juice out of that orange. Yes, your suspension may be working with 3 degrees less of lean, but how much that matter if your fundamental skills and smoothness are in need of perfection still? Work first on your sense of entry speed, on the finesse of your wrist and hand grip, on the proper acceleration, on the proper braking, on the proper visual scanning, on your sense of balance, on your sense of rubber traction, on saving bad situations, on evaluating the road/track surface, on adjusting for wet/sandy road/track. As you gain confidence, the blockage of fear will decrease and your speed, precision and smoothness will increase. Only then, your mind and eyes will start pulling your head in the right direction and amount, then your upper and lower parts of your body will follow. This is like dancing; you must feel what you are doing, and what you do, if you are good at it, must effortless come from inside you, ending on the hand grips (extension of your arms) and contact patches of your bike (extension of your feet), in perfect harmony. Reading this thread may help you knowing the facts: https://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=168025
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April 9th, 2014, 07:30 PM | #24 |
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i prefer to make body changes and bike changes separately. i have a bad tendency to upset the steering or the rear if i try to do both at the same time. so i will try to make a body position change and then once finished make bike changes unless there is no time and both must be done at once. for example, a chicane at the end of a straight; i go from tucked up, then i change my feet positions, then i change my butt position and hand positions, then turn the bike. lower the head as you settle into the turn. before your transition point, change foot positions. just before transition, pick the bike up 25% (which briefly pulls the bike to the inside of the first turn and pulls it up under you), immediately followed by your butt transition, and then continue through the flop with your body already into the turn. finish the turn and pick up the bike asap. get back to tuck asap- before the bike is up. you can separate most of the changes into individual parts and smooth things out, except for the transition and flop on the chicane. its so fast that doing it smoothly means that the steering is still compressed while your butt is moving over.
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The problem? That assumption is more complicated than it sounds. In order to expand on the idea, let's analyze the elements of smoothness on a bike, from the hardware to the combination of actions that make a bike go steady, go fast or go home. There are six parts on your motorcycle you need to be concerned with-the Hardware of Smooth: 1. Handlebars; 2. Throttle; 3. Front brake; 4. Clutch; 5. Shift lever; 6. Rear brake. With those six controls, there are 18 actions a rider must master-the Actions of Smooth. The combination of any of these controls and actions changes-or influences changes-in the speed and direction of the bike. Take each of the following points and, using a 1-to-10 scale, grade yourself by asking, "What degree of control do I have over________?" The resulting numbers will be your IQ of motorcycle riding: your SQ, or Smoothness Quotient. 1. Throttle: The initial transition from off to slightly positive. 2. Throttle: Rolling on toward full throttle. 3. Throttle: Rolling off toward completely off. 4. Throttle: Modulating the throttle-less to more or more to less as in controlling wheelspin. 5. Throttle: A quick blip on/off for a downshift or off/on for a clutchless upshift. 6. Brakes: The initial lever pull or pedal press. 7. Brakes: Increasing lever or pedal pressure. 8. Brakes: Reducing pressure. 9. Brakes: Modulating pressure to adjust speed or add resistance as in slow-speed maneuvering or trail-braking. 10. Clutch: Pulling the lever in. 11. Clutch: Letting the lever out. 12. Clutch: Modulating the lever as in slipping it to start off. 13. Bars: Applying pressure by pressing and/or pulling on them. 14. Bars: Releasing any applied pressure or pulling action on them. 15. Bars: Sequential pressure and/or pulling on the bars, as through S-curves. 16. Body Position. 17. Gear change: Clicking the shift lever up. 18. Gear change: Clicking the shift lever down. The first 15 combinations have a very wide range of adjustment. It's the volume you crank into any one of them that affects your Smoothness Quotient-e.g. twisting the throttle; changing brake lever pressure; quick-flicking the bike or turning it easy; gradually slipping the clutch or quickly engaging it; and so on. The possibilities for making errors and being rough are nearly endless. The combinations leading to smooth are far fewer. Some very simple combinations are not only rough but patently dangerous. Pulling hard on the front brake while pinning the throttle will result in a crash (unless you're trying to do a burnout). Rolling on and off the gas in a turn is rough. Shifting with the gas going on or off too much is rough. Flicking the bike from side to side while grabbing the front brake is rough. In contrast, some very complex combinations give great results. Simultaneously using the rear brake, clutch, gas and steering for low-speed maneuvering allows for excellent control and stability. Number 16 is Body Position. Poor body position has a high potential for creating disharmony between the bike and rider. There are only a few positions that create optimum control and connectedness with the machine. Numbers 17 and 18, related to gear changes, can only be done quicker or slower, but even they can miss the mark because two other controls, the clutch and throttle, are usually involved. Next time you're on your bike thinking of all the smooth moves you'd like to make, think about your Smoothness Quotient and work on upping your score." - Keith Code Read more: http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/fe...#ixzz2yRtDSUtK
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I agree. I position myself off the bike prior to other inputs entering a corner. Lee Parks advises setting your body position way ahead of time in Total Control. However, this sets me up so when the bike and I move, we move in synch. Cheesy, maybe, but I feel like we move as one unit when we nail a corner just right.
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Maybe he has been watching MM do this:
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armpit on tank, face in elbow.
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I apologize for opening an old thread. What you can do is put the bike on some stands, or just utilize the kick stand it will hold you. Sit on the bike like you would be riding. Turn "left" get off the seat and only have your right butt cheek on the seat, position your foot so toes are pointed down to get your knee out, lean your whole body left, this means your lower and upper body. Your face should be around where the mirror should be. Hold that position, one thing to make sure of is that your right arm is not extended all the way out you do not want it locked out you want it slightly bent and just kind of hanging out on the tank. Now you can take your hands off (this is the best practice) your legs should hold you on. Go to the right side and do the same thing, when you start getting good at it you will be able to start sliding across the bike with no hands and leaning off. Another thing, when at the apex of the turn start rolling on the throttle, the bike will start to come back up, stay leaned over, you should not sit back on the seat until your bike is totally up and you should be on the straight away again. Biggest thing, get your whole body off that bike, don't be scared get off that thing and lean, the gas tank will hold you on.
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For regular street riding (ie commuting), do you guys take one butt cheek off the seat when cornering?
Or is that overkill for the streets? I've done both. But it gets tiring after a while....and I get lazy. What is the norm for street (non aggressive) riding? |
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i use correct body position for every turn i make unless there is no room for it. example splitting two cars in a turn means you actually need to go opposite body position so you dont hit your head on the car on the inside
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Unless you're in a monster wheelie at the time, where your head will then just clear the side mirrors of the inside car.
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