Reply To: High speed maneuvers – be ahead of yourself
February 17, 2010 at 8:25 pm
#24569
JackTrade
Participant
…experimenting with a very mild “alignment change” in reasonably tight turns, basically moving my head to about even with the inside grip, and shifting my weight slightly inward. (Got this from the MSF “motorcycling excellence” book)
Once I got comfortable moving around the bike at speed (hard for a newbie), I was amazed at how just that tiny bit of “hanging off” (such as it was) decreased the lean angle. And safety aside, I also noticed that the turns became much more fluid…I felt less like I was purposely directing the bike, and more like we were in harmony (kinda like the difference between steering the bike at low speeds vs. countersteering the bike at regular speeds).