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Hello everyone...I just bought my first Duc last week and its a 02 ST4S. I'm coming off of 10 years of riding a Honda Magna which is a cruiser style motorcycle.
So the riding position is all new to me and I want to develop good habits early rather then have to relearn them later. I've read an article by some guy named Frantz (I think) and he said to:
Bend at the hips not the waist
Slight arch to the back
butt aft so weight is on the feet
elbos bent and no weight on wrists.
My question is this....the only way I can get all the weight off my wrist is to slide as far forward til my....ahem...boys are right up on the tank and my stomach is touching the tank.
Is this correct?
This causes a few other things...it makes shifting a little awkward because my feet are now at a steeper angle. It also causes my knees to barely brush the fairing and my chin guard to block the gauges (somewhat). Because I am leaning forward should I arch my neck and keep my eyes level or basically face the gauges and look forward with my eyes.
Anyway, I know there's a lot of stuff there but I'm just trying to figure this out.
So the riding position is all new to me and I want to develop good habits early rather then have to relearn them later. I've read an article by some guy named Frantz (I think) and he said to:
Bend at the hips not the waist
Slight arch to the back
butt aft so weight is on the feet
elbos bent and no weight on wrists.
My question is this....the only way I can get all the weight off my wrist is to slide as far forward til my....ahem...boys are right up on the tank and my stomach is touching the tank.
Is this correct?
This causes a few other things...it makes shifting a little awkward because my feet are now at a steeper angle. It also causes my knees to barely brush the fairing and my chin guard to block the gauges (somewhat). Because I am leaning forward should I arch my neck and keep my eyes level or basically face the gauges and look forward with my eyes.
Anyway, I know there's a lot of stuff there but I'm just trying to figure this out.