extending inside leg

[strgt]

I'm gonna get a prosthetic leg, and just attach it to a hinge on the side of my bike, so it always dangles when I'm turning.

I think your on to something

[SRTie4k]

Isn't that the equivalent of training wheels?

[Slowpoke387]

I dont know about anyone else but if you see me doing that - it's 'cause I'm crashing.

[Degsy]

Wirelessly posted

I've noticed a lot of the moto gp guys agree and only do the right foot.

its probably also how each individual does their downshifts. some people bang them all at once and let the clutch out at the end. some, like me do them individually.

It's hard to imagine that nobody figured out this little secret decades ago. Why would they suddenly start doing it now?

look at how much body position has changed over the last couple decades. 2-3 decades ago people were just starting to hang off the bike. its an evolution.

Individual downshifts?
Let me tell you how to lose 3 seconds a lap on the 14th

[OreoGaborio]

Pssh, every one of my downshfits is individual....

Oh wait, I only downshift once for each corner

[CBR929RE]

Pssh, every one of my downshfits is individual....

Oh wait, I only downshift once for each corner

me too. unless I somehow manage to get into 5th on the straight. but whenever I do that I get screwed up and forget a downshift into 1.

[B440]

[nt650hawk]

Yes I often do this. I started doing it for fun to see what it would feel like. Then it seemed to help with "balancing" the rear when I was going into T1. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't. That being said, I am NOT signaling to anyone behind me. Besides, they shouldn't be looking at me anyway. i.e. Target fixation= Crash.

I guess things change. B you told me that your leg cramps up and this helps to streach out the let and get te blood flowing. This year the racing as been every once a month and you mentioned cramps

[fromario]

Does... not... compute...

[ZX-12R]

I remember wondering about this years ago and found this on one of the motorcycle sites.

To answer the question of how the leg wave started, and find out the underlying reason, we need to go back in history to find its first appearance. A quick survey of paddock opinion says that the first time that anyone - including long-time veterans - remembers seeing that now legendary leg wave was at Jerez in 2005, in the last-gasp, last-corner move in which Rossi jammed his Yamaha M1 up the inside of Sete Gibernau's Gresini Honda, barely in control, and Gibernau tried to close the door too late. That move ended up defining the 2005 World Championship, and put Rossi at a psychological advantage over title rival Gibernau which saw him clinch the title with relative ease by the end of the season.

The move at that time was born out of a combination of desperation, determination and a feeling that he had nothing left to lose. It worked - both the pass and the leg wave - and Rossi associated that waving of the leg with the success of that pass. Like all things that Rossi associates with success - the color yellow, the ritual of supplication he performs before getting on the bike, the frankly unsightly picking at his leathers as he rides out of pit lane - he has elaborated on the leg wave and further incorporated it into his routine, seeing it as another weapon in his arsenal of luck, helping to sway the odds in his favor.

Over the years, the leg waving has become more prominent, almost theatrical, Rossi's leg describing circles before he places it back on the footpeg. And that increase in theatricality betrays the way that Rossi views the leg wave: It is becoming less and less a physical act and more and more something entirely psychological, almost religious. It has become a totem, a symbol of his intentions and a petition to the gods of overtaking to help him get past the upstart who has been foolish enough to get ahead of him. It has become part of Rossi's mojo.

[Brendin87]

^^ Interesting..