Nope, I agree with Kelly's point. Actually, I was responding to Louis's
comment and I believe has WAS talking about moving his body mid-turn after
the pegs began scraping. I don't know....so much translation can be lost in
email. :^)
Kevin Hawkins // Greensboro, NC
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Y2K Kawasaki ZRX1100 // '93 Yamaha GTS1000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BENSON [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 12:11 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: draggin' the knees (was RE: draggin' the centerstand)
>
>
> Kevin, I think you may have missed Kelly's point--if you scrape the footy
> pegs (damn, there I go again!), you slide your heiny off THE NEXT TIME
> THROUGH THE TURN. Oh, and Kelly, check the photos of roadracers--they
> "reach" with their knees to find the ground. It's not just that they
> lean that far over, but the knee is a source of feedback about just where
> the ground is.
>
> Phil (who has leathers without little pucky thingies, thank you very much)
>
>
> On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Hawkins, Kevin L, SITS wrote:
>
> > I can honestly say that I've never heard of this technique. Sliding the
> body
> > AFTER the pegs begin to scrape is certainly risky business due to the
> > limited additional traction that is available to you at that time. Even
> > gently sliding your body off the seat at that point will likely unsettle
> the
> > suspension unless you are INCREDIBLY smooth. Obviously the best scenario
> is
> > to have your body in correct position before you enter the turn.
> Thousands
> > of roadracers couldn't be wrong! :^)
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Louis E Tweed [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 6:19 PM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > > Subject: Re: draggin' the centerstand
> > >
> > > If you slide your body off to the inside of the corner and the peg
> > > touches down and the corner is tightening where are you then? I would
> > > rather the pegs touch down then slide my body if needed.
> > > Louis
> > > P.S. I am looking for a YSR in good shape for reasonable $ if anyone
> > > knows of one for sale. :)
> > >
> > > > They're really called "Hero Blobs."
> > > > And while I'm not a racer, I understand that if you're dragging
> > > > parts,
> > > > you're not doing it right. You need to slide your posterior off the
> > > > seat in the direction of the lean. Sometimes so far that your knee
> > > > puck (assuming you have one) touches down.
> > > > (yes Phil, I know you know this ;-)
> > >
