Caught this on vid at BikeSafe. All were doing it on a 125 then the Police came out to play
Daz
Forgive me, but its really not the reason why the Police do not have to hang off their bikes, it's irrelevent and has nothing to do with skill. The reason is simple, they arn't going fast enough!
Hanging off was invented and refined on the racetrack, as bikes got faster and more powerfull you needed to hang off to keep the bike as upright as poss (more rubber on the track) plus keeping your c of g lower gives you leverage over the centrifugal force -a race bike is always trying to stand up when you dial in the power.
People who do it on the road are doing it for two reason, firstly to emulate racers and secondly because it simply feels cool doing it, although the bike is in fact benefiting from being more upright if you do hang off.
It's a bit stupid trying to infer that riding 'properly' like the police means no hanging off is required. If you put a Policeman on a racetrack they would all hang off the bike -as required. The reason is speed and power not skill. Simples.
