Who needs knees when you got...

[VersOne]

ELBOWS      

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y192/verstft/hon-cbr600-97-bikepics-10245.jpg

Jonah

[BigTwin]

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez, that is friggin nuts.

The only way I'm getting that low is lowsiding Too bad I've been there and done that :x

-BigTwin-

[dgyver]

I was so low once I was able to drag both knees at the same time  :mrgreen:

[nisus1]

i don't get it though, i.. when going around a sharp turn at speed, say a left curve... will lean my bike left and kinda move my body right to stay more upright.  This keeps your center of gravity and weight over the wheels more.  Feels natural to me and i can get my bike as far over as it can possibly go...

Still, cool pic.

[Roadstergal]

i don't get it though, i.. when going around a sharp turn at speed, say a left curve... will lean my bike left and kinda move my body right to stay more upright.

That's counterproductive.  You can go around turns faster if you lean into the turn.  You and the bike are a unit, so you can alter the center of gravity of the unit effectively by changing your relationship to the wheelbase.  The tires' traction, even the stockers on the GS, will hold past the point where you scrape things.  Hanging off into the turn allows you to corner faster without scraping.

This is particularly evident when riding a bike that scrapes earlier, like my Breva or my old F650.  I could get 10-20mph extra out of a corner by not scraping the centerstand via hanging off on the latter.

[StevenE]

Well, november last year I once dragged my whole body   . The VFR750 is still recovering, but that's because I'm a bit lazy too    and haven't  repaired it yet.

Seriously, I think the guy in the picture is down, lowside. If he's got some speed, he lost all tire tracion.

[Roadstergal]

Precession is a marvelous thing... and those tires are sticky.

I'm just impressed that there's nothing scraping that far over.  On the SV, the pegs go when you're not much more than 45 degrees, I'd guess.

[RVertigo]

Seriously, I think the guy in the picture is down, lowside.

He's gotta be...

[calamari]

what school should I go to learn to lean like that?
I want to perform such turn in the middle of traffic (intersection) to impress all the car drivers and feel great about myself.

[My Name Is Dave]

Is it just me, or should the headline read "Dragging a knee not enough for you? How about this?" It reads "Dragging an elbow...", and then says "how about this?" and points to a guy dragging his elbow. Huh...?  :dunno:

Dave  

[Jazzzzz]

I'm amazed he has any grip at all leaning that far over - it looks like he's almost riding the sidewall of the tire. :shrug:

[raylarrabee]

looks like to me  

[dgyver]

I remember watching a race several years ago and you could hear them scraping the fairings. These were the 996 Ducs.

[Hi-T]

i don't get it though, i.. when going around a sharp turn at speed, say a left curve... will lean my bike left and kinda move my body right to stay more upright.  This keeps your center of gravity and weight over the wheels more.  Feels natural to me and i can get my bike as far over as it can possibly go...

Still, cool pic.

That's preferred only on slow turns- ie when you can still turn the handle bars.  Leaning away from the turn while counter- steering will get you in trouble at high speeds.  By hanging off the bike more (leaning into the turn), you can change the CG of the bike and keep the bike more upright while making the turn.  This keeps the suspension active and useful and keeps more rubber on the road.

Check out Lee Parks "Total Control" for more detailed info.

[StevenE]

This keeps the suspension active and useful and keeps more rubber on the road.

Check out Lee Parks "Total Control" for more detailed info.

I agree totally, but maybe this guy is doing a lousy job then, because the bike isn't upright and there sure isn't much rubber on the road  :lol: .

Btw, Lee Parks his book rocks! Another good one is the one written by Nick Ienatsch.

[aaronstj]

It's real.  OR at least, that photo's really on the cover of Roadracing World, October 2001.

[My Name Is Dave]

It's real.  OR at least, that photo's really on the cover of Roadracing World, October 2001.

From the bottom of that page :

On the Front Cover: You want extreme lean angle? We've got it, from the World Superbike race at Brands Hatch. But rider Tadayuki Okada didn't end up on two wheels, as seen here. Photos by Sports Photography.

So...did he in fact spill? Or are they just bad writers (also referring to my previous post)?

DC

[aaronstj]

I don't know, I haven't seen inside the issue, but it does sound like he went down.

[Dragonfly]

look at were he is looking... hes looking straight at the road in front of him, head down. That picturs was taken at almost the exact moment he lost grip.

[fat_sac]

His foot is coming off the peg. He's a goner.