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JonB
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PostPosted: 20:04 - 20 Jul 2005    Post subject: Sitting on the bike weirdness. Reply with quote

Apparantly and this has been noted by many people on rideouts that I sit slightly too the left of my bike and they notice this by the seam of my leathers not being in line with the bike, now I didn't believe them until I looked at the clocks today and I was practically facing the speedometer but had to move my head a tad for the Rev meter. Now I tried sitting in the centre of the bike but it seems my seat has now been moulded to the left and sitting in the middle isn't comfortable, I know I probably sit to the left because I get on the bike from that side, but my Dad says I look really unbalanced because of it.

Anybody else do this?
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Ric
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PostPosted: 20:10 - 20 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

probably but then again my knees rest on the fairings Shocked

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Bendy
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PostPosted: 20:13 - 20 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

I tend to sit a bit to the left in town. It's simply because that's the side I put a foot down on and tend to shimmy over a bit to get my foot down flatter.

Once I'm not stopping every 5 mins, I tend to stand up and plonk back down in the middle.
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bazza
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PostPosted: 20:21 - 20 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Which side does Sir (ahem) dress? Perhaps Sir needs to re-assess Sir's packing arrangements?
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PostPosted: 20:21 - 20 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used to sit slightly skewed on the supermoto in town because you used to get a hot leg off the exhaust otherwise.
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PostPosted: 22:00 - 20 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ive noticed that when i ride, i sit with my right hand side slightly more foward than my left, dont quite know why :s
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PostPosted: 01:45 - 21 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got told that I sit kind of wonky, back when I did my CBT.

I just told the trainer to stop looking at my a$$ and get on with the training..... Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 10:08 - 21 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

bazza wrote:
Which side does Sir (ahem) dress? Perhaps Sir needs to re-assess Sir's packing arrangements?

I believe that may be the route of my "Left Sitting" problem...
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