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RE: [ST] U-turn diameter



> About the U-turns...  I'm not sure I can explain this, but the MSF
> instructor showed me a little trick for doing them...  When you go into a
> tight u-turn, you should shift your body weight to the outside of the
turn.
> That is, if you are doing a tight left hand turn, hang off some to the
right
> side of the bike.  Standing slightly on the pegs can help too.  I know
this
> sounds wrong.  It feels really wrong the first couple of times you try it.
> But it really does work.   This guy then proceeded to drag the jugs on his
> BMW airhead  -- at 10mph.

No problems with the concepts here, and definitely no problems on any other
bike. I think I was just looking for reassurance that somebody somewhere
finds it natural and easy to turn the ST. (Fresh out of excuses now, I'd
better get back to it.) I will say, though, my hands hurt more after a half
hour session in the parking lot than after a 600 miler. I definitely had too
much weight on them, and I'm sure I was strangling the grips, too.

Speaking of which, I don't know if it's a torso or arm length thing. I'm
finding it more difficult than I expected to find a good riding position on
the ST. (My last bike was a Bandit; not quite but mostly upright.) It
doesn't matter much at fast highway speeds; the wind holds you up. At slower
speeds, though, I find myself propping the knee pads on the back edge of the
fairing and almost stiff arming the left to take the remaining weight, while
the right just droops loose and free.

I was gonna hold off on getting the GenMar risers, but I'm thinking more and
more that I'm sure.



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