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[QUOTE="duke, post: 85500, member: 16522"] Over the years, I have had access to several different training tapes on riding a dirt bike. There have been a few theories which tend to contradict the other. For example, the issue of turning. Multi-Time enduro champ **** Burleson advocates turning the bike by simply pressing in against the gas tank/seat, while turning the shoulders slightly in the direction that you want to go. But do not, according to Burleson, lean away or remian upright as you turn. He feels the shoulder posistion dictates the bikes direction of travel, and that by keeping the upper body upright, you are giving mixed up signals to the bike. Gary Semics and Brad Lackey on the other hand insist that on flat/off-camber turns, you tilt the bike, while keeping your upper body verticle and erect. In negotaiting berms, you would lean with the bike. In all turns, it was noted that leaning your head into the turn would aid in cornering. I have tried both and have found the Semics/Lackey appraoch more effective for me. I suspect body size and type, have an effect in the way the bike responds to body input for direction changes. Another factor is that by completley relaxing the upper body, all your weight goes low to the foot pegs through your legs. This seems to aid in gaining traction and improving handling since the bikes weight is lower instead of being top heavy. A factor which will surface if your are tense. [/QUOTE]
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