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Ogremeister said:

You do not have to "drag your knees" or "get off of the seat".

Relatively small shifts will greatly enhance your cornering clearance.

Many riders tend to keep their body upright as the bike leans....this REDUCES your cornering clearance.

The way some people discribe proper weighting to enhance cornering clearance has been called "kissing the mirrors".

As you approach a left, your body moves a bit as if you were going to look at your lips in the left mirror (you don't actually look at the mirror or kiss it).

So approaching a sharp left, you would roll onto your left butt cheek....not leave the seat or move position but your right butt cheek would be up a bit or at least unweighted.

You will develope a feeling of the left butt cheek pushing the seat towards the right.

And, of course, this is all reversed for the appproach to a sharp right turn.

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