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Old 03 Jan 08, 03:20 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Shoot me down if you will, but the best way to tighten a turn mid corner is to accentuate the turn of the head in towards the apex of the bend, simultaneously dropping your inside elbow and shoulder which also all helps to weight the inside footrest more.

By doing this you subconsciously/automatically push the inside bar away thus increasing the counter steering effect.

In a high speed understeer situation it has an immediate effect and is intuitive rather than thinking about pushing/pulling bars, which could be all too late.

If it doesn't work you will lowside but in 9 times out of 10 the bike will go round because it is much better at cornering than you are. It has saved my bacon on more than one 'too hot' corner entry.
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