> Henry's right on this one, there's no body steering in motorcycling. > > No BS George
But as we all know, there's lots of BS to go around................ 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 > > > > 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 > > >
