Why don't Police riders hang off the seat?

[ChristoT]

Put any of the current day guys on one of Mike's old bikes and see if they could get round something like the IOM in the times he did.

I bet you they won't even get close......I doubt if they'd even manage to stay on the bike. Because he was riding with archaic suspension, pisspoor brakes, and wafer thin tyres barely better than a bicycle.
The current generation couldn't even begin to imagine riding a bike that they had to battle with just to keep it upright.
So strip away all the high tech from these guys today and you'll see a different picture.

And the reason guys of that era rode in that way was because in those times the damn tyres were square. It was only in the early 70's with Saarinen and then Kenny Roberts that the present riding styles started taking shape due to technology moving forward.

But in Hailwood's day it was no nonsense stuff.......and virtually non existent safety standards. Different world and those guys were brave men.

Without a doubt. But the new racers have adapted. In Hailwoods' day, you needed skill, luck, and balls the size of melons to race bikes. Now it appears cushier, buit a whole new skills set is required.