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pplassm · 07-06-2010, 06:06 PM

So, this weekend, I noticed a lot of the front runners flapping their legs out at the entrance to turns, mostly lefts. I thought it was exclusively lefts, but then I saw DePuniet flap out a right.

I don't see any of the 'Mericans doing it. Maybe they need to step up?

Can anyone shed some light on this strange, Karate-Kid like activity?

Kenneth_Moore · 07-07-2010, 05:29 AM

Somebody decided riding flattrack style on pavement helps out somehow... You know kids: "monkey see, monkey do."

MOKE1K · 07-07-2010, 05:41 AM

It was a bet Rossi had with his buddies to see if other riders would follow. And they did. Rossi was the first one to do it.

pplassm · 07-07-2010, 06:51 AM

Ha. That's just wrong.

And yet, so right!

seruzawa · 07-07-2010, 07:16 AM

Good thing he didn't whip his member out!

acecycleins · 07-07-2010, 07:38 AM

In short, GP bikes have lousy engine braking by design. Throw the leg out for drag and the bike tips in easier. Rossi was the first to use it regularly, but the practice has found itself mainstream for the grid. Bet that doesn't happen as much when they switch back to the 100occ bikes. It's just a progression of the shifting off the bike lean to get the knee down. Who did that first- Schwantz, Rainey, Gardner?????

Buzglyd · 07-07-2010, 07:42 AM

Yeah but they only do it on the left side.

I never see a right leg hang off.

acecycleins · 07-07-2010, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buzglyd

Yeah but they only do it on the left side.

I never see a right leg hang off.

Rossi uses it on both. Maybe the kiddies are just learning the technique.

Buzglyd · 07-07-2010, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acecycleins

Rossi uses it on both. Maybe the kiddies are just learning the technique.

I just can't wait until I see some squid doing it on the street.

I'll bet if I ride up Palomar Mountain they're all doing it!

I think Duke does it.

sarnali2 · 07-07-2010, 08:28 AM

If sitting bolt upright with your knees gripping the tank was good enough for Mike the Bike and Ago it should be good enough for these young whippersnappers....

07-06-2010, 06:06 PM	#1
pplassm Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,875	MotoGP Leg Flappin' So, this weekend, I noticed a lot of the front runners flapping their legs out at the entrance to turns, mostly lefts. I thought it was exclusively lefts, but then I saw DePuniet flap out a right. I don't see any of the 'Mericans doing it. Maybe they need to step up? Can anyone shed some light on this strange, Karate-Kid like activity? __________________ Mongo just pawn in game of life.

07-07-2010, 05:29 AM	#2
Kenneth_Moore Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: VIsiting the GIft Shop in the Pit of DIspair Posts: 7,118	Somebody decided riding flattrack style on pavement helps out somehow... You know kids: "monkey see, monkey do." __________________ www.kennethmoore.org

07-07-2010, 05:41 AM	#3
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	It was a bet Rossi had with his buddies to see if other riders would follow. And they did. Rossi was the first one to do it. __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

07-07-2010, 06:51 AM	#4
pplassm Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,875	Ha. That's just wrong. And yet, so right! __________________ Mongo just pawn in game of life.

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07-07-2010, 07:38 AM	#6
acecycleins Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Georgia Posts: 4,125	In short, GP bikes have lousy engine braking by design. Throw the leg out for drag and the bike tips in easier. Rossi was the first to use it regularly, but the practice has found itself mainstream for the grid. Bet that doesn't happen as much when they switch back to the 100occ bikes. It's just a progression of the shifting off the bike lean to get the knee down. Who did that first- Schwantz, Rainey, Gardner????? __________________ "Slack" - a state of being in which everything flows smoothly.....a frame of mind so at ease that the universe naturally cooperates.

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Buzglyd Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 10,137	Yeah but they only do it on the left side. I never see a right leg hang off. __________________ Jay Leno: "President Obama released his tax returns. It turns out he made $900,000 less in 2011 than he did in 2010. You know what that means? Even Obama is doing worse under President Obama."

07-07-2010, 08:28 AM	#10
sarnali2 Aging Cafe` Racer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sittin' down by my window, lookin' at the rain. Posts: 8,132	If sitting bolt upright with your knees gripping the tank was good enough for Mike the Bike and Ago it should be good enough for these young whippersnappers.... __________________ "Carpe` Throttelum -Loud Suits Save Lives" "All the BMW riders in the room, I want you to leave. Now. Out. "