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Motorcycle SuperBike racing.?
When watching MotoGP, and AMA superbike racing, I noticed some riders when say coming into a right hand corner, they will hang their right leg out. What are they doing that for? Is it to create a little more drag to help slow down?
7 Answers
- JoeLv 75 years ago
People hang their leg out, hang an elbow, throw their whole body over, ect.
It's mostly psychological.
Read "Proficient Motorcycling".
- J.B.SchneiderLv 75 years ago
It provides the rider with some extra confidence, balance, a way to measure the angle of lean. Flattrack racers put their foot out for similar reasons.
- FirestormerLv 75 years ago
An explanation I saw a while ago said that Rossi tried it one day , thought it felt better so he continued to do it even though there was no improvement in lap times. The other riders copied him because "If Rossi does it, it must work!".
- RebmilcLv 44 years ago
MotoGP bikes are very fast and have very strong carbon brakes.
Braking is limited more by weight transfer (rear wheel lifting) than front tire traction.
The leg "drag" shifts more of the riders weight to the seat and theoretically allows harder braking or more stable braking.
Note how many riders will use it at times during a race but not all the time, it's a special tool in the toolbox.
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- GeezerLv 54 years ago
The banking in swift speed makes the rider make a 'pivot position' to clear the curve faster----
