maDDtraPPer said:Well the reason I ask this is because I once took a corner at night too fast on my ZX9R, (too fast for my ability not the bike) and anyways the old rule of just laying it over because the bike can do it took over and everything was fine. However the beauitful young lady on the back got scared, and half way though the corner thought she was going to scrape something on the road and she sat up straight instead of leaning with the bike...YIKES my rear tire broke traction for a second and the bike made a bit of a snake but we made it just fine. I didn't even realise what happened until she told me afterwards. So thats why I get confused looking at these pictures I can't wrap my head around how your able to sit like that and still hold the corner.
This is the same as dirt riding yes? I know I also have this problem of making turns at high speed on my dirt bike when the road is flat and theres no bank...do you use the same method there? Lean it over let it slide and come on the throttle? It took me all summer to get used to putting my foot out, and then I looked like an ***** when I was riding my sportbike around town after the summer.
Its a bit different on a race bike mainly because you have so much more grip than a road bike due to your tyres, suspension, chassis etc. On a motard, you don't try and sit upright on the bike as your turning, you just lean is as much as you can and try to position your self as best as possible given the need to put your leg somewhere when theres no room on the peg.