You'll see this advice many, many times. Standing will often give you more control, but it raises the CG of the rider. The bike's CG stays the same.Joburble said:Standing... gives your bike a lower centre of gravity...
mudpack said:You'll see this advice many, many times. Standing will often give you more control, but it raises the CG of the rider. The bike's CG stays the same.
In other words, raise part of the mass of an object (in this case, the object is the bike/rider) and you raise the CG of the entire object.
I know where this standing-gives-lower-CG comes from; logic would tell you having the rider's weight on the pegs instead of the seat would place the weight of the entire object lower. It doesn't. The bike's CG is unchanged, and the rider's CG is raised slightly. The "attachment point" of a component to the whole does not effect the CG. Only the positioning of the component affects CG...and when you raise the component, you raise the CG of the whole.
Standing gives you more control because you can move more easily and you can allow the bike to more more easily beneath you. That's why telling you to stand is good advice.
Stand up! :nod:
reepicheep said:Wouldn't lowering the front and rear by an equal amount significantly shorten the wheelbase?
reepicheep said:It's more like driving a boat, the more it's pointed the direction you want to go, the more throttle you give it, then hang on and hope.
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