Rectifying bad habits

Whosthedaddy · Super Spammer Joined: 11 Dec 2005 Karma :

After 12+ years of being on a bike, for the most of that time it was my only mode of transport its inevitable that a few bad habits have been picked up.

A few have come to light after switching bikes from the little MSX125 to the RSV1000R.

The one that's baffling me is the way I hump and straddle the tank.

How do you get used to having a distance from the tank and nads?

It feels so odd and unnatural and as if I'm superman outstretched in the upper body? I can certainly feel the difference in the corners when I'm against the tank compared to further back in the saddle.

Maybe I should stick a tennis ball on the tank to stop me mounting it and forcing me to sit further back???

Teaching an old dog new tricks and all that, any suggestions?
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Open the throttle all the way. Sitting too close to the tank will cease to be an issue.
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B5234FT · Brolly Dolly Joined: 28 Sep 2009 Karma :

I always sit against the tank, find I slide forward under braking otherwise. Is it a bad habit?

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hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Sometimes, if I am going at it full tilt, shoulders hunched and the full vroom-vroom nine yards, I can feel my nipples brush the tank.

But I think its just that I'm getting old and my tits are starting to sag.

I dunno ... what do you reckon.
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c_dug · Super Spammer Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Karma :

I tend to sit right against the tank pretty much all of the time, I find I have better control and posture like that.

The exception for me being the rare times I do a few motorway miles, where I don't need to move the bars or my bum on the seat much, and pretty much never touch the brakes.
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