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<blockquote data-quote="markjenn" data-source="post: 15142" data-attributes="member: 42"><p>Shifting your weight to the inside of the turn (i.e., "hanging off") certainly reduces the lean angle of the bike for a given corner speed and is a required technique for road racing.</p><p></p><p>But I'd never recommend that anyone do it without some training at a track school. When I attend track schools, you can tell the people who hang off without training - they are the jerky ones who completely destabilize the bike at corner entry using the handlebars as grab handles to move around on the bike and who wobble through the corners with their bodies in ackward positions. It takes practice and coaching to do it properly.</p><p></p><p>For street riding, I recommend simply staying nicely centered in the bike and smoothly counter-steer - no body english. Or perhaps a little butt shift and leaning of the upper body down and to the inside IF you've had training. Make sure your suspension is set up properly for sag. If after doing all this, you're dragging stuff, you probably should be on a different bike.</p><p></p><p>- Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="markjenn, post: 15142, member: 42"] Shifting your weight to the inside of the turn (i.e., "hanging off") certainly reduces the lean angle of the bike for a given corner speed and is a required technique for road racing. But I'd never recommend that anyone do it without some training at a track school. When I attend track schools, you can tell the people who hang off without training - they are the jerky ones who completely destabilize the bike at corner entry using the handlebars as grab handles to move around on the bike and who wobble through the corners with their bodies in ackward positions. It takes practice and coaching to do it properly. For street riding, I recommend simply staying nicely centered in the bike and smoothly counter-steer - no body english. Or perhaps a little butt shift and leaning of the upper body down and to the inside IF you've had training. Make sure your suspension is set up properly for sag. If after doing all this, you're dragging stuff, you probably should be on a different bike. - Mark [/QUOTE]
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