Henry's right on this one, there's no body steering in motorcycling. No BS George
----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry S. Winokur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 7:28 PM Subject: Re: Another new GTS'er > > 3) Steer with the hips for minor corrections to line. > > I beg to differ. You CANNOT turn a bike by shifting your hips--not even > minor corrections. Any and all corrections are done with the handlebars. > You may not think you're doing it with the bars, but you are. Check out > Keith Code's "NO BS bike" if you doubt me. I've seen it ridden. Body > steering in any way, shape or form simply doesn't work to steer the bike. > The fact is, you (or I) cannot get enough body english on a bike to turn it > when it's going straight--it's inertia is simply too great--after all how > much do you weigh?--the bike outweighs most of us by 300-400 lbs and it's > moving--and I don't know anybody BIG enough (do you?) to change it's > direction by throwing one's body around on it. > > The NO BS (body steering) bike has a pair of handle bars that are frame > mounted-- they don't turn anything, but you can control the throttle to keep > the bike going. But you can't turn the bike, when you're riding it, by > using body english, which is what you are suggesting. > > Regards, > > Henry S. Winokur > 94 GTS1000, R1100RT-P, AMA, MRF, > Nationally Certified Riding Instructor > Columbia, MD Ride for Kids Task Force > West Bethesda, MD USA >
