Lean Angles

[djalbin]

Lean angle corner shots are always dramatic and exciting. These are from this year's Laguna test.







At Willow ...



At Fontana ...





















OK, maybe a little too much lean angle (Melandri at this year's Sepang test)



Don

[Copperslip Cowboy]

Hi All,
now they are some pics, real good.
The one with No 1 in background, (and that damned fine
LANCASHIRE lad Neil Hodgeson, in the foreground).
A) The people who put that bike together know exactly what
lean angle that bike can achive. WHAT IS IT......
B) The rider isn't exactly hanging off a lot, is he. That is not
meant as derogatory, but as an observasion. So is hanging-off
not that important...
yours Slip.

[djalbin]

Slip,
Hanging off allows you to keep the bike more upright, so it helps in a turn where you need more lean angle than the bike or the tires can handle (e.g. a tight radius turn). On a sliding bike you want to be over the bike for control and balance; not hanging off. So you will see roadracers hanging off a slow tight radius turn but they stay over the bike on the fast turns (turns with a wider radius) and through the esses. You also see racers hanging off more towards the end of the race when their tires are worn and losing traction. They get more lean angle from the fresh sticky tires. They don't get the same lean angle from the tires when they are worn, so they compensate by hanging off; this lets them keep the bike more upright.

Don

[djalbin]

DuHamel leads Jake Zemke, and Roger Lee Hayden


Mladin and Spies


Mladin


Hacking and Hayden


Hacking and Hayden


Hacking and DiSalvo


Don

[djalbin]

Jake Zemke


Ben Attard


Ben Bostrom


Damon Buckmaster


Eric Bostrom


Jamie Hacking


Neil Hodgson


Jason DiSalvo


Don

[jjs777]

great pics

[djalbin]

Rossi at Jerez Spain



Don

[trailer rails]

Thanks for the wallpaper.