Good video on getting your knee down and body position in general

[SCOTTinNJ]

Not sure why they are doing this on a public road, but it's one of the better instructions I've seen. Actually focuses on the UPPER body and not LOWER body, like most of the others.

 

http://tinyurl.com/n59zg

[chrisolson]

funny how these guys have the same square shoulder attitude ...

[GelStra]

Actually focuses on the UPPER body and not LOWER body, like most of the others.

Interesting. He talks about dropping the shoulders and how the bike just follows it around. I heard the chant from this DB about "kissing the mirrors."

[KeithC]

As you can see by the two pictures above, it isn't easy to get your shoulder pointed into the turn even these pros are a little twisted on the bike.

 

The rider in the video was still crossed up on the bike compared to these two shots, so he didn't quite get that part of it sorted out.

 

This is the most commone error in "hanging off" the rider puts their butt off the seat but the upper body is across the tank.

 

The butt off the bike has the theoretical effect of lowering the combined bike and rider C of G. But with the butt off and the body across the top of the bike to the opposite side you see that, at best, the butt off is neutralized by the body being over the tank and at worst, he may actually be raising the combined C of G.

 

Keith