Body Position Exercise: Reed and Neilson

In this video, Chris Reed and Shaun Nielson use on-bike exercises to help students learn how, why and where they should move their body when cornering on a motorcycle.

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[ridesmart1]

Part 1

Counter steering is the most powerful/effective way to initiate the lean, and thus cornering of the bike. Once the bike is in the correct leaned position, then other means can be used to "fine turn" the steering during travel through the corner.

[ridesmart1]

Part 2

For example, other techniques for steering the bike include: body position (changing the center of gravity), weighting the inside peg, hooking your knee on the tank and pulling the tank towards the inside, increasing throttle to "push" the bike outward and decrease the throttle to lean/steer the bike inwards, trail braking to lower the front geometry which allows the bike to more easily turn inward and of course disciplining yourself to always keep your eyes on where you want to go.

[pilot7180]

Ok I got everything down, except those knees. I see alot of riders push both knees away from the tank in a corner, but this instructor is talking about hooking the tank with one knee. Which way is the best? I personally like the hook...guess I'll go to the track today and try a few things out.

BTW awesome video, helped me a lot.

[Squidablabla]

@MrReed1432 When decelerating, where should I place my weight when I am going from the balls of my feet to the brakes and downshifting. It seems I would have to place my weight back on the seat and a little on the handlebars....

[kikomach3]

@graham6824 it's because the bike is in the upright position... ang you dont have to hang off a lot, it depends upon the turn and your body weight, the lighter you are, the more you have to hang off on tight turns. when in the lean angle, the position of the instructor and student would be okay... peace

[graham6824]

Both the instructor and student are NOT hanging off the seat enough. The wiest postion also needs to be addressed Chris as this can alter the riders steering position.

Just the basic's really that mostly all racers know who are in the bizness

[luq080290]

@MrReed1432 ok thanks a lot man =)

[MrReed1432]

continued ..with countersteering to "tip the bike in" Then look for your clip-point (apex) and as you approach & pass your clip-point (if not before depending on the corner) roll on the throttle, and move your eyes to your exit reference point. Always make sure to stay on the balls of your feet on the pegs with your heels pointed inward. You have much more leverage to move the bike with your toes pointed outward than if they're straight ahead. smoothly roll into the throttle to exit the corner

[MrReed1432]

@luq080290 Before you brake, set up your body position by moving your butt well as your upper body over to the side of bike on the inside of the turn. This is necessary because when you have all of that braking force on your upper body, you'll have too much force to move over effectively. Try to use lines when available that will allow you to get the majority of your braking done while the bike is straight up and down. Once you reach your turn-in reference point, initiate the steering ..cont.

[luq080290]

@MrReed1432 is this the right way? before enter a corner decelerate the bike, set up our body position, countersteer to start leaning, maintain leaning the bike using body position, speed and pressure on peg. correct me if im wrong. thanks

[MrReed1432]

@luq080290 You'll definitely need to countersteer to begin the corner entry.

[luq080290]

@luq080290 thanks a lot man. u replied each of my comment ;)