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Pedro_The_Swift
14th July 2011, 07:13 AM
is that lean angle even possible????

Casey Stoner leans his MotoGP bike at 1,000 frames per second — Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/13/casey-stoner-leans-his-motogp-bike-at-1-000-frames-per-second/#continued)
rick130
14th July 2011, 07:21 AM
How good is that ? :D

Did you notice he's sideways through the corner too. Nice.

[edit] Great interview with CS on technical aspects of riding the current bikes here http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Jul/110707-stoner-hrc.htm
Pedro_The_Swift
14th July 2011, 07:24 AM
yea,,:cool:
It looked like wheelspin too,,
but surely not!:eek:
vnx205
14th July 2011, 08:28 AM
Back in 1967, I believe that this famous photo of Mike Hailwood on his 6 cylinder 250 Honda was considered to set the standard for lean in a corner.

I suspect that one important reason that today's bike lean further is the tyre compounds.
rick130
14th July 2011, 08:46 AM
BTW, a few of the fella's on a Moto GP forum can't believe how relaxed his upper body is in this shot.
They can't work out how he does it.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/
MadBikeBoy
14th July 2011, 09:02 AM
Yeah, that lean angle with the rear wheel in the air is not hard to achieve. Once you learn the mechanics of the bike's traction on the track, you can brake quite deep into a corner, with weight on the front wheel, you can still turn the bike.

The difficulty is that if the rider isn't smooth, he will either overwhelm the traction on the front, or highside when the back wheel realigns itself.

On my 1000cc race bike, under braking, the back will wander from side to side a foot in either direction at most.
rick130
14th July 2011, 12:35 PM
A couple of comments on motomatters revolved around how his arms seem relaxed and legs are splayed while possibly still heavily on the picks.

Always loved watching the bikes all crossed up under brakes.
The Go-Show was good for that in superbikes almost every corner of every race.
Chucaro
14th July 2011, 01:54 PM
Alex Barros was a legend in the corners :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/
Pedro_The_Swift
14th July 2011, 02:10 PM
BTW, a few of the fella's on a Moto GP forum can't believe how relaxed his upper body is in this shot.
They can't work out how he does it.

http://indostiker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/stoner.jpg


balls of steel?;):p:p
rick130
14th July 2011, 02:16 PM
Alex Barros was a legend in the corners :)

http://www.mcnews.com.au/Riders/AlexBarros/2002_Oct/Barros_Sepang_LHF_700p.jpg

Someone else mentioned that if going deeper under brakes was a World Championship, Barros would have more trophies than anyone ;)