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Old 11-26-2008, 09:30 PM   #1
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I have the same problem as you AA. Ass off and body inline, not twisted.

And are those E-racings skins you have on your bike?
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Old 11-27-2008, 12:12 PM   #2
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I have the same problem as you AA. Ass off and body inline, not twisted.

And are those E-racings skins you have on your bike?
As far as the plastics, I dunno what brand they are, they came with the bike. I bought some fiberglass and repaired them a little.
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Old 11-28-2008, 01:50 AM   #3
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I think being comfortable in your position, and having one less thing on your mind while going through a corner, will help you more than your body position being off 1 degree more or less either way will hurt you. Thats a reason why so many riders have so many different styles.
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Old 11-29-2008, 10:54 AM   #4
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I think being comfortable in your position, and having one less thing on your mind while going through a corner, will help you more than your body position being off 1 degree more or less either way will hurt you. Thats a reason why so many riders have so many different styles.
I agree. The more comfortable you are will show up in lap times. Everyone has their own comfort position. Body position for me changes depending on the conditions such as turn radius & camber (ie;speed), how soon the next turn will arrive and the type of bike I'm on or how much leverage is needed to make it turn. But everyone is different and what works for one may not be what works for someone else. Having raced old Vintage bikes you really get a style show thru a turn. Some guys sit in line with the bike, some sit up high (ex flat trackers) and some
hang off. You may see all three styles, in line through the same turn, at the same speed. Being comfortable is faster regardless of how fast I LOOK, or not. A stopwatch is the judge.
This pic is on a 1969 BSA Rocket 3. 985cc, 460lb's and 19" wheels, It did not like to turn.

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Old 12-01-2008, 10:57 AM   #5
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I think being comfortable in your position, and having one less thing on your mind while going through a corner, will help you more than your body position being off 1 degree more or less either way will hurt you. Thats a reason why so many riders have so many different styles.
That's a concisely put version of what I was trying to get at
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Body position for me changes depending on the conditions such as turn radius & camber (ie;speed), how soon the next turn will arrive and the type of bike I'm on or how much leverage is needed to make it turn.
That's another good point.... there is a slow-speed tight little chicane before the main straight at my home track... I definitely don't get my form as 'good' in the little right hand part of it as elsewhere on the track... reason being it's not worth it and there isn't time/space to do so.
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Old 12-06-2008, 08:49 PM   #6
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You can't tell anything from a pic.
Just ride the bike. And ONLY listen to people that are fast and are WATCHING you ride.
Not looking at pics.
Hope that helps.
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