Lean/cornering technique

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[OreoGaborio]

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[wingerdor]

Be careful with moving your body around. The last thing you want to do is move you ass to the inside and have your upper body to the center of outside of the bike. This will do 1 of 2 things. It will either cancel out the weight shift or worse, if your upper body is to the outside of the bike, it will counterweight the bike and you will loose ground clearance. I saw alot of this at the track. They call it "Crossing over". As everyone else has said, preposition your body while the bike is still upright and don't move or re-center until after the bike is upright again.

[brady]

Never underestimate the power to think critically about it.

Never underestimate the power of relaxing, turning off your brain and letting the bike do what it's designed to do....

[taxonomy]

Never underestimate the power of relaxing, turning off your brain and letting the bike do what it's designed to do....

Yeah, true but "thinking about it" off the bike can let your mind be freer to just ride when you actually get there. I would say, in no case would I advocate turning off my brain. The bike was designed to be guided.

I don't seem to see a lot of people asking "what am I doing wrong" or "what can I do better" kind of questions in motorcycling. There's a lot of huffing and bravado instead.

You'll see a lot of questions about gear, like "what pipe is best for my bike" or "do you think Race Tech emulators are worth it". It's good to see someone that has actually taken the time to understand that there is a question worth asking in his riding.

This may seem far off the point but I was at a wine tasting years ago and the instructor said, "a lot of people say, "I don't know a lot about wine, but I know what I like" but in fact they dont. They know nothing, they couldn't describe or repeat it, they know the sensation of liking and nothing more."

There's a maxim in science, "If you can't describe it, it does not exist". I don't belive in "faith based" riding inititives.

[youngblood]

I took the Total Control course and highly recommend it. Lee did a great job even in the classroom portion. Almost the most fun I've ever had in a parking lot.