'splain to me how I can weave from side to side without touching the bars... FL Kev
--- "George C. Paramithas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/
