That's right, there's no such thing as body steering. Now, don't tell that to all of the road racers out there.
Actually, what's perceived as body steering is actually displacing your weight to one side of the motorcycle which effectively changes the Center of Gravity (CG). This change in CG affects the amount/type of inputs required at the bar to achieve "the turn". Now, what about peg pressure to help lever the bike over? :^) Inside pressure, outside pressure? Kevin Hawkins // Greensboro, NC [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kevinhawk.com Y2K Kawasaki ZRX1100 //'93 Yamaha GTS1000 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 >
