OK, the man says, when braking from high speed, stay in the middle of the seat and pinch the gas tank with your knees, THEN slide into position for the upcoming corner while trail braking. Thoughts? Auto-generated English subs. You'll laugh but still get the point.
come on,come on guys! Salvadori's reasoning is that the high speed braking loads will tire your hands fairly quickly,so you need to support your weight with your knees on these braking zones. How do you do it? In most cases,if I feel my hands tired and in need of extra support while braking,I can put my inside knee against the gas tank (pad covered area) while being in place (half-ish ass out,outside thigh against the gas tank)
I didn't get the english subtitles but, yeah, squeeze the tank, support yourself with your core - the handlebars are not for doing push-ups. You don't have to be sitting on the centerline to get the squeeze. I get my body positioned before any braking/downshifting. All that's left is to throw the bike into the turn. Floppin' around on the bike while braking, downshifting and setting my body position is asking for instability right before I'll want it most. I'd rather approach the turn-in transition from a point of stability.
In place well before the turn.... Only 2 tracks I am ever in the Middle of the seat at are at Road Atlanta and Road America...
Nope not squeezing with their knees but, look closer. Those guys have such big balls they squeeze with those.
@rcarson15 @fastfreddie have a point. Some motogp riders put their inside knee against the tank while in place for Cornering in some cases. As @MELK-MAN said, it depends. The thing is, these riders are as fit as it gets so they can get away with not "pinching" (or even putting their inside knee against ) the tank throughout the race, at some tracks. But never have I seen anyone sitting in the middle of the seat while braking and getting in place while Trai braking, until now.
StompGrip or whatever other grippy tank pad you may have can allow for a great amount of grip with just one knee. Normally, it's only applied to the knee pocket on tanks but I've seen it wrapped around the rear of the tank, too. Either way, it's a great way to reduce the physical exertion required to lock yourself in place.
same here one pro rider doing something "out of the box" isnt new and its not a good reason for us to change our styles either.
1:58 look at how Miller puts his inside knee against the tank while hanging off the seat https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10156051004838304
It's Luca, again. In the middle of the corner, percentage of his weight supported: 70% on his outside knee/thigh against the tank! 30% on his inside arm!!! Not so sure you're being very helpful Luca...