{"id":1301,"date":"2011-09-26T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2013-02-05T07:44:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T12:44:04","slug":"where-you-want-the-bike-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1301","title":{"rendered":"Where You Want the Bike To Be"},"content":{"rendered":"

I see this all the time when professionals ride motorcycles in competitions, yet I remain in awe every time I see it — look carefully at the photos below. My friend-the-cop is demonstrating a riding technique that is very difficult to master. The technique is, “look where you want the bike to be, not at the path of travel.”<\/p>\n

This is how such professionals — and some friends in my motorcycle club who have overcome fear of dropping the bike — get a heavyweight motorcycle to turn in a 16′ (4.9m) circle.<\/p>\n

Personally, while I have practiced, I cannot do that. You have to be able to turn your head 90 degrees to the left and to the right. Unfortunately, due to a past skydiving injury, my head no longer swivels like that. I barely have a 30-degree turn to the left and a 45-degree turn to the right capability.<\/p>\n

Oh well, it’s great to watch the pros do it.<\/p>\n

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