MotoGP: Cornering Beyond Knee Down with Elbow Pads

[berkeman]

I haven't been keeping up with MotoGP racing the last couple of years, but it looks like they have taken cornering to a new level. It's one thing to get your knee down at the racetrack. It's another thing to get your knee *and* elbow down! Check out the elbow pads that they wear now!

http://keponews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Pol-Espargaro-MotoGP-Test-Valencia.jpg
http://keponews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Pol-Espargaro-MotoGP-Test-Valencia.jpg

 

[Drakkith]

I think he's looking for quarters that have been dropped on the track...

 

[Medicol]

http://keponews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Pol-Espargaro-MotoGP-Test-Valencia.jpg

How come his bike doesn't fall ?
I want to buy one like that but I still can't afford one.

 

[zoki85]

Third wheel is on the knee

 

[dlgoff]

How come his bike doesn't fall ?

 

[RonL]

Third wheel is on the knee

It's a 4 wheeler if he uses the elbow. :D

 

[pantaz]

Yeah, it's gotten pretty wild. Maximum lean angle, for at least some of the bikes, is reportedly 64 degrees!