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this was touched on another thread but i wanted to make one of its one.

in regards to sitting up and using only one hand to drive, do you guys rest your left arm on your leg using your fist, or kinda of lean forward putting your left forearm on the gas tank etc. please elaborate im just curious no real motive here

Neither.

Tankslappers make the baby jesus cry.

You would have to ask a squid that question.

jmillheiser wrote:You would have to ask a squid that question.

well then there must be alot of squids because 90% of the sport bikes i see ride in an upright position with one hand, they appear to be wearing gear, they are maintaining a safe speed limit....

i dont know seems kinda wierd you guys throw that word out for everything that is somthing different. i didnt say it was the safest or the smartest thing to do but i know some of the sportbikers do it on this forum so let me know squids

Kal wrote:are you trying to bait the sportsbike riders among us?

Theres a long, more or less, straight road between Nottingham and Leicester - I've been known to take a hand off the bars to get feeling back into it.

Otherwise, yeh, Tankslappers make the Winterking cry...

im not sure if i follow? bait the sportbike riders among us? i am one, so this is y i am asking questions.

still dont know what a tankslapper is

I ride one-handed all the time. It helps to have a nice stable bike. I don't have nor do I want a crotch rocket, but on my bike I can ride for days with just one hand and even corner and traverse bumps.

YMMV

skinnyjoint wrote:this was touched on another thread but i wanted to make one of its one.

in regards to sitting up and using only one hand to drive, do you guys rest your left arm on your leg using your fist, or kinda of lean forward putting your left forearm on the gas tank etc. please elaborate im just curious no real motive here

i do it only but only when im riding straight, im not yet good enough to manuever the bike w/ one hand at corners.

i rest my hands on my legs and mostly open to relax it for a while.

i also ride one hand to give a quick thumbs up to my escort car and that's my signal to them to take pics.

so now are people just f.ucking with me or are we back on track of the topic?

get a throtle lock and you can take both hands off the bars.