Home Marketplace Articles FAQ Gallery Arcade
Join FireBlades.org! Unanswered Posts New Posts Today's Posts Search Mark Forums Read
Go Back   Honda Motorcycles - FireBlades.org Forums > Motorcycle Racing > Road Racing: Club / Amateur

Road Racing: Club / Amateur: Discussion of Club / Amateur Motorcycle Road Racing, such as AFM, CCS, WSMC, WERA, etc.
Forgot your User Name or Password?
Not a member? Join today!





Riding Position in Turn

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 02-07-2009, 5:12 PM
  #1
 
Join Date: 01-27-2009
Location: South Dakota
Bike(s): '00 RC51, '92 NC30, '65 Big Bear
Age: 47
Posts: 119
Rep: imcamod81 will become famous soon enough (61)
Rep Power: 1
Riding Position in Turn

I have seen racers using what appears to be different positions for different turns on race tracks. It appears that they are moving farther forward on some turns than others. Is there any reason for this? I used to move a little more forward on my old 700 Interceptor at times, but it hardly qualifies as a sport bike these days, so the transfer of knowledge is sketchy at best. Besides, that was almost 20 years ago.

Just curious if I am just mis-judging something or if there is a real reason for what it looks like is happening.

imcamod81 is offline  
View imcamod81's Profile View imcamod81's Gallery Find More Posts by imcamod81
Reply With Quote Go To Top
Old 02-08-2009, 1:29 PM
  #2
Stop Snitchin
 
CBR929RE's Avatar
 
Join Date: 05-06-2004
Location: Randolph, MA
Bike(s): 01 R/B 929
Age: 29
Posts: 12,684
Rep: CBR929RE has much to be proud ofCBR929RE has much to be proud ofCBR929RE has much to be proud ofCBR929RE has much to be proud ofCBR929RE has much to be proud ofCBR929RE has much to be proud ofCBR929RE has much to be proud ofCBR929RE has much to be proud of (1088)
Rep Power: 28
Send a message via AIM to CBR929RE
Re: Riding Position in Turn

uphill, dowhill, positive camber, negative camber. the top pros probably make little changes at each corner but the general body position is still the same. moving forward in the seat is to keep the bike from wheelieing and to give better feel of the front tire. moving back is give to put more weight over the back to get more traction while accelerating.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	ILFATTO_G.jpg
Views:	14
Size:	312.4 KB
ID:	34644  
CBR929RE is offline  
View CBR929RE's Profile View CBR929RE's Gallery Find More Posts by CBR929RE My Map Location
Reply With Quote Go To Top
Reply



Thread Tools

 


 
About Blog Links Contact Staff Rules Link To Us Legal Privacy Sitemap
Top

Copyright © 2006 FireBlades.org. All Rights Reserved. FireBlades.org is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, any motorcycle manufacturers.
Best viewed at a resolution of 1024x768 or higher. SEO by vBSEO ©2007, Crawlability, Inc. All times are GMT -4. The time now is 7:51 AM.

FireBlades.org RSS2 Feed   Add to Google   Add to My Yahoo!   Add to My MSN


Powered by vBulletin. Copyright ©2000 - 2007, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.