Anyone do Fishtails on June 30?

[NPDCPA]

If so, who was this guy?:

[Rada]

Rossi?

[Chippertheripper]

Yes. But I didn't see that. What group?

[NPDCPA]

Yes. But I didn't see that. What group?

Blue group

[timmyho414]

there is no blue group in Fishtail.

Red, beginner
Yellow, intermediate
Green, advanced

Unless Rossi is there then he gets blue.

[NPDCPA]

I meant to say YELLOW. Not sure what I was thinking...

[Jim]

If so, who was this guy?:

[NPDCPA]

I'm snipping pics from my GoPro. How about this'un?

[Charlief]

The guy sticking his leg out in every corner. Yup super cool.

[jeffR1]

The guy sticking his leg out in every corner. Yup super cool.

Ya , i got behind that guy a few times , very annoying distracting and wierd . Great day though

[NH848]

I was in the yellow group. There was a 2 cookie bounty offered for any information on him during the video de-brief. Oh ya, the whole class was ripping on him. He was no where to be found. Maybe he's the ghost of NHMS?

[Manny]

Wirelessly posted

Why did everyone care so much?

[Tricky Mike]

It really wasn't that big of a deal. We were doing a lot of video in the classroom and I happened to catch this guy doing the leg-out on the GoPro and I asked if he was in the room.
The issue, albeit it somewhat minor is that there are generally two main schools of thought around why the GP guys hang a leg out:
1. It makes it harder to pass (making themselves bigger)
2. It's distracting to the rider behind.

Neither of those things have a place at a trackday, so I was hoping to ask him politely to knock it off.

[maxim_X]

Not defending him. But, I was under the impression it helped with stability and rear end lift. Not applicable to said mystery rider obviously, maybe he was just having fun feelin like Rossi?

[NPDCPA]

Wirelessly posted
Why did everyone care so much?

Not sure anyone really does. It's just fun to hand out a good natured ball busting.

[OreoGaborio]

How were his times? Was he doing 1:09's? If so, I'll cut him some slack.

[Chippertheripper]

2:09's

[OreoGaborio]

Style points. I like it.

[WinVT]

I was never really a believer in the leg dangle...but last race weekend I was trying to push my braking deeper into the bowl and a couple times my leg felt like it wanted to dangle. I was going to try it next time out, but now I feel like everyone would make fun of me

[bartman314]

now you know the answer.

[Jim]

Pinky did it when he raced.

[TTD]

The logic behind the leg out is definitely stability.

Same theory behind a figure skater sticking their arms out while spinning to slow down - and then pulling them in to spin faster.

It's easier for the back of the bike to come around the front (spin) when everything is tucked in. Stick something out and now you should spin slower (less).

As said, of course, unless you are going faster than the fastest racers at Loudon now - it's probably slowing you down more than anything.

[SVRACER01]

Wirelessly posted (GS3)

I stick my leg out on the 690. Its hard to do on the sv

[FAST GSXR750]

I didn't see that! Major style points though. Great day as always.

[Chippertheripper]

I saw that bike on the trailer ^