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Fifteen15
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PostPosted: 10:13 - 15 Oct 2012    Post subject: Leg hang Reply with quote
I remember reading a thread about this a while ago but can't find it. In MotoGP, why do they hang their leg off the bike before going into a bend? I don't mean knee down, I mean when they take their foot off the peg and hang it at a 90 degree angle.
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garth
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PostPosted: 10:17 - 15 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Doctors Dangle!! Laughing

Transferring their weight back to keep the rear wheel lower under heavy breaking I think.
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PostPosted: 10:23 - 15 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think they look weird when they do it, one after another, and they all seem to do it. Much prefer watching old racing vids than new ones.
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PostPosted: 11:14 - 15 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Probably just ensuring enormous testicles do not snag.
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PostPosted: 13:11 - 15 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah it's to move the weight back more.
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Fifteen15
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PostPosted: 13:50 - 15 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Red Devil wrote:
Yeah it's to move the weight back more.


Why do they only do it on some bends and some they don't bother?
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PostPosted: 16:15 - 15 Oct 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fifteen15 wrote:
Red Devil wrote:
Yeah it's to move the weight back more.


Why do they only do it on some bends and some they don't bother?


Depends on the corner I suppose, some will only do it when they feel they need to.

I saw Cal Crutchlow going into a corner with both legs off the pegs last GP Laughing
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