Found this on the WSBK site with the link to YouTube,keith code is awesome,think this is from A Twist of the Wrist 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... rbZJbXwgrY
trailbraking and downshifting
Re: trailbraking and downshifting
Why do modern day G.P riders drop their foot out during cornering ?
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Re: trailbraking and downshifting
They say for stability
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Re: trailbraking and downshifting
According to Simon Crafar in the Motovudu book it helps keep the weight behind the front contact patch, if they don't want to back it in.ZX9R Man wrote:Why do modern day G.P riders drop their foot out during cornering ?
That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba.... Hunter S. Thompson.