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Old 06-08-2009, 12:29 PM   #144
OreoGaborio
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Originally Posted by Dave View Post
anyone got good pictures from the outside of the corner? im pretty sure im getting the lock you leg in part wrong and id like a good example to compare to
Depending on the corner & how your body is set up (in the front or the back part of the seat), it my very well be physically impossible to put the inside of your knee directly against the tank.... But I DO lock my outside foot/calf onto the outside subframe & press on the tank with the inside of my thigh or whatever part of my outside leg is against the tank.

In the first photo below i'm driving out of a corner where exit is crucial, so I'm a little bit in the "back seat"... thus my knee is a little closer to the tank. In the second pic I'm rounding a corner that isn't an "exit corner" but more of a "throw-away" (ie, not entry specific, not exit specific), thus I'm more over the front end which puts the "contact patch" between my leg & the tank is a little bit above my knee & closer to the inside of my thigh. In the last pic, even though it's an "exit corner", I'm hanging way off the seat to keep the bike upright over some pretty major bumps/pavement transitions, so my knee is way away from the tank and i'm not putting much pressure on the tank with my leg at all.









Plenty more examples of racing photos from various angles can be found here - http://www.eck-racing.com/media.html

My teammate/team manager, Arcy, takes pics from all angles of MANY racers at every LRRS race weekend.
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