Do you ride BOTH Racing bikes and also Touring bikes? If so, how many of ya'll actually hang off your Touring Harley on sweepers?

Yes, I use counter steering. And no, I'm not talking about slow tight turns; I'm talking about higher speed curving turns, or what some folks refer to as 'sweepers'.

So, I'm reading "Total Control" by Lee Parks. And actually he makes sense to me. So I head out and try taking a curve with counterbalance, and then again sitting inline with the Road King, and then again with a butt cheek into the turn. I can't scientifically prove it, but it did seem to me my Road King didn't have to lean nearly a much when I put more of my body mass into the turn.

Now, that's where I chickened out. I did not feel comfortable going as far as hanging off the bike like GP racers do. It's just not natural to me, and I would need to invest a lot of time into learning how to do so. Also it seems to me it might be more awkward to do that on a Road King, than some of those racing bikes.

So, before I go off in a direction like that, I thought I would see if the more proficient riders in this forum actually do hang off a touring harley. I'm hoping there's folks here who ride both Racing bikes and also Touring bikes. Those are the folks that may have the info I'm looking for.
Thanks in advance.

 

The technique will work on any bike. I just don't go fast enough to need it on my Road King. IMO, that's not what the Road King is designed for. My boy racer days are WAY over but, I am looking for a Ducati Streetfighter right now for those days that I am feeling young and dumb again...

 

"hang off? I'm so old I'm lucky to hang on, much less hang off.

 

Ha, me too, hey if you want to go so fast you have to hang off to make the turn maybe you should take it to the track. Just a thought

 

Yeah....I did that once or twice when I was young and owned a sportbike. I just put put now. I don't need to be anywhere in a hurry.

 

I don't hang off but I do shift my *** around into tight turns.

 

 

 

 

Oh man! that poor lady, she's hangin off alright