Hi Jake, and all you other advanced riders out there!

I was watching superbike and motogp races (easiest to observe while playing a pc game actually) and it appears that when they turn, they slide their hips so that one butt cheek hangs off the seat toward the direction of the lean, drag the turn-side knee (or is this an after effect of the hip thing), and they counter-steer (duh), all while keeping the head vertical.

How do you learn to turn like this? Can anyone help me out here?

Also which bikes can you actually turn like this? Sportbikes of course, but cruisers? Scooters? Cubs?

And also how far can you bank a turn before safety wears thin? (Til your pegs start dragging hehehe ?) Thanks!

-antoine

I will leave the full answer to the experts but yes you can do it on cruisers, standards, scooters, underbones, etc. Check out the pages on the various novice races etc.

Very simply the bike has a limit on how far it can lean before metal bits start dragging on the ground or the tires slip due to the lean angle and centrifugal force. If you hang off towards the inside of the corner you shift the center of gravity so the bike does not have to lean so much, or so you can corner faster before metal bits start scraping.

Well, I'm sure this might be answered by Skygo about banking scooters. Skygo !!! Someone needs you here. :D