Dropping your hip

[Fonz]

What does it mean to drop your hip in the turns

 

[MouthPiece]

What does it mean to drop your hip in the turns

I've always used the term, "cock" your hip. I guess it's just a question of semantics.

Chris

 

[Fonz]

Does it mean to lean your body into the curves

 

[boborgera]

Does it mean to lean your body into the curves

Yep, But to the extreme, As in Lotta body english. hyea:

 

[NancysToy]

To me, as an old road racer, it means sliding my butt off the seat to the inside of the turn. It is usually accompanied by lowering (extending) the inside knee. On a motorcycle, that puts you lower on the inside of the turn...thus "dropping a hip".

 

[BajaRon]

What does it mean to drop your hip in the turns

Sounds like a shoddy joint replacment job to me! :roflblack:

It does 2 things in your favor.

1- It lowers your center of gravity giving centrifugal force less leverage to work with.
2- It moves your mass toward the center of the turn. Like moving to the center of a fast turning merry-go-round. The further towards the center of the merry-go-round you get, the easier it is to say on. The further towards the rim of the merry-go-round you get the easier it is to get flung off.

And that, my friends, is your physics lession for today.

 

[SteveMac]

I dropped a hip one time while riding my old Honda back in 1979.
I have a scar from knee to a$$ and the steel pins to prove it...:yikes:

 

[BajaRon]

I dropped a hip one time while riding my old Honda back in 1979.
I have a scar from knee to a$$ and the steel pins to prove it...:yikes:

You must be a lot of fun at security check points! :helpsmilie:

 

[Bob Denman]

If you follow him through you have to be prepared to spend some time waiting... but then they pretty much ignore you!

 

[SteveMac]

You must be a lot of fun at security check points! :helpsmilie:

Tough to explain for sure! But I have developed brief, but powerfully deep relationships with airport security guards all over the country. Never a second date though. !!!

 

[SteveMac]

If you follow him through you have to be prepared to spend some time waiting... but then they pretty much ignore you!

I think they are profiling me just because my bones have steel protruding out. Just isn't fair. . I'm calling the ACLU. !!

 

[Bob Denman]

Newsuan,
If you've ever seen motorcycle roadracers leaned WWAAAaaaaayyyyy over in a turn.... Kind of like that, only not nearly as insane! :shocked:
I think that we had a video on here of a guy scraping his helmet on the ground through a turn!

 

[Fonz]

To me, as an old road racer, it means sliding my butt off the seat to the inside of the turn. It is usually accompanied by lowering (extending) the inside knee. On a motorcycle, that puts you lower on the inside of the turn...thus "dropping a hip".

If you have a 2011 RT LTD, do you still drop a hip or more or less just lean your body

 

[NancysToy]

If you have a 2011 RT LTD, do you still drop a hip or more or less just lean your body

I have a 2011 RTS, not a Limited, and I had a 2010 RTS. I mostly just bend at the waist toward the inside of the turn. Mostly, I don't ride the RT so hard that I need every bit of cornering technique available. On my 2010 the excessive body roll necessitated more compensation on the riders part, but the revised suspension makes my 2011 need much less. Jacking up the front spring preload makes it comfortable to just stay planted in the seat for most turns. On Nancy's GS, or when I am trying real hard on the RT, I sometimes will slide my butt part way off the seat to the inside, but it isn't as easy with the fitted seats as it is on a motorcycle with a plain seat, or on the original seat on Nancy's GS. I see no good reason to ride a full touring machine like a road racer. I reserve that for my sport bikes and sport-tourer.

 

[SteveMac]

I have a 2011 RTS, not a Limited, and I had a 2010 RTS. I mostly just bend at the waist toward the inside of the turn. Mostly, I don't ride the RT so hard that I need every bit of cornering technique available. On my 2010 the excessive body roll necessitated more compensation on the riders part, but the revised suspension makes my 2011 need much less. Jacking up the front spring preload makes it comfortable to just stay planted in the seat for most turns. On Nancy's GS, or when I am trying real hard on the RT, I sometimes will slide my butt part way off the seat to the inside, but it isn't as easy with the fitted seats as it is on a motorcycle with a plain seat, or on the original seat on Nancy's GS. I see no good reason to ride a full touring machine like a road racer. I reserve that for my sport bikes and sport-tourer.

Agree 100%.

 

[BajaRon]

Tough to explain for sure! But I have developed brief, but powerfully deep relationships with airport security guards all over the country. Never a second date though. !!!

I just hope they were wearing GLOVES! :yikes:

 

[BajaRon]

I think they are profiling me just because my bones have steel protruding out. Just isn't fair. . I'm calling the ACLU. !!

They are just testing your 'Metal'! :roflblack:

 

[Fonz]

I have a 2011 RTS, not a Limited, and I had a 2010 RTS. I mostly just bend at the waist toward the inside of the turn. Mostly, I don't ride the RT so hard that I need every bit of cornering technique available. On my 2010 the excessive body roll necessitated more compensation on the riders part, but the revised suspension makes my 2011 need much less. Jacking up the front spring preload makes it comfortable to just stay planted in the seat for most turns. On Nancy's GS, or when I am trying real hard on the RT, I sometimes will slide my butt part way off the seat to the inside, but it isn't as easy with the fitted seats as it is on a motorcycle with a plain seat, or on the original seat on Nancy's GS. I see no good reason to ride a full touring machine like a road racer. I reserve that for my sport bikes and sport-tourer.

Thanks for your input, thats what I neede to hear