riding no hands?

[Ric]

i tried this the other day to see how much body weight effected direction

im shit at it, why does ne one wanna do it, dangerous!!

it seems once ur bodys set its hard to stop it, does this mean the same while tryin knee down which ive been tryin recently??

[Sparks!]

Don't quite understand what you mean?

Riding no hands is easy... stand up on the pegs too, that's cool hehe

I've been known to do 90% of a rideout with my left arm off the bar too lol.. just stick it in 3rd, then who needs to change gear?
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[Ric]

i mean arms crossed

using your weightto steer

[Sparks!]

Push down on the peg, the way you want to go...

Altho last time I done this on the R6, I found myself veering off towards the kerb, although, I was standing completely upright on the pegs and think I was leaning to the left a bit

Why do you want to go around corners with no hands, anyway?
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[Rob W]

Never really done it mate, was riding today with my left arm off the bar whenever possible as it's still phucked and after a while starts aching.
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[Ric]

i was curious regarding weight i was tryin to change lanes using my weight

kinda science experiment

im odd neva mind!

[Rob W]

To be honest mate, I wouldn't risk chancing it in case something did happen and I ended up coming off.
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[instigator]

Do it all the time whilst riding, but only really when its quiet and I'm going down a slight gradient. As you say, only the slightest movement of your body will change the direction of your body. When I first done it a week ago, I was going well over to the left, but now can keep it perfectly central. Go left or right whenever.

Much more fun perfecting the blip of the throttle when down changing. Works to great effect when smoothing out changing down.

Just need my new exhaust to arrive to make better sound out of doing it

[Claud 14.7 to 1]

You wanna change lanes/direction fast use couter-steer.

It's saved my skin a few times, and its good for turning fast

[Claud 14.7 to 1]

Oh whlile we're on the subject of weight distribution.

In the wet if you hang off, (to reduce the lean angle of the bike), it's quite effective.

[stinkwheel]

You don't really want to do it on a full-on sports bike. The rake angle is too sharp (front wheel tucked in under the bike) which makes the bike turn sharply but also tends to make the steering flop from side to side easily. You are asking for a tank slapper...and if your hand isn't on the throttle to gas out of it

Even the worlds best riders have difficulty with this. Watch the finish of the WSB, they ride around and wave both arms in the air to celebrate a win then suddenly have to snatch at the bars to stop it going over.

Now a trailie is a different matter entirely. As Yams says, push down on the peg on the side you want to go and roll your hips in the same direction.
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[mrchips]

I think it's quite fun but never do it cause knowing my luck the peelers will see me cruising down with no hands swerving left and right.
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[octane]

Hehe, I used to crank it up to about 50 at work, kick it into neutral and then grab my phone out of my pocket to check a text or a missed call. The car drivers faces when some guy on a bike drifted past fiddling with his phone was classic.

Warning: This should only be attempted by idiots like me.

[Rob W]

[stinkwheel]

[hugo-a-gogo]

as you lean it does turn the bars, countersteering itself

weld the headstock up and lock the front wheel straight, no matter how much you lean you won't move it from straight ahead
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[octane]

[Josh]

I often sit up and ride with one hand, just work out the stiffness of the back/wrists although people do give me funny looks when I do this overtaking them and waving at thier children
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[Rob W]

What would the penalty be if old bill spotted you with one hand on the bars? Gotta be undue care and attention surely?
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[hugo-a-gogo]

yep, i've heard of a lad being done for it

claiming the defense that it was a zxr750 and thus dead uncomfortable, so he was resting his wrist didn't help
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[Demonic69]

I do it all the time on the GPZ. Now pretty skilled at changing down and braking too.
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[tintin]

No Hands around a corner or changing lanes....WHY?
What possible benefit is there in doing this apart from acting like a total twat?
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[mchaggis]

No hands = engine braking brings me to a rapid halt and the engine will stall... How fast are you going before you do this?
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