The Rossi Leg Wave

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Great article! I thought that was the first time I remembered seeing that leg wave from Vale, and I remembered thinking it was an indicator of the barely in control last split second pass.
He was really throwing it out there this weekend! :cool:

[image: View Post]Auspañol, on 03 May 2010 - 06:10 AM, said:

Extra extra read all about it!!


Thanks for the article.

Some moves are picked up on better than others.

I'm sure Casey thought that the door was closed at this apex...in 08
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Haven't seen it used since.


Maybe Rossi recalled this particular move from 11 years earlier by the now parapalegic Alex Zenardi, leaving the loser "on track".
Rossi claims to have studied "that area" previously that week...

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no penalty for cuttin the course? Figured some rule was broken as many as there are nowadays.

[image: View Post]bayarearider, on 03 May 2010 - 01:34 PM, said:

by the now parapalegic Alex Zenardi


I thought his legs were amputated and he wasn't paralyzed.

[image: View Post]bayarearider, on 03 May 2010 - 01:34 PM, said:

[image: View Post]Auspa�ol, on 03 May 2010 - 06:10 AM, said:

Extra extra read all about it!!

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Maybe Rossi recalled this particular move from 20 years earlier by the now parapalegic Alex Zenardi, leaving the loser "on track".
Rossi claims to have studied "that area" previously that week...





I think it was more like 11 years ago.

[image: View Post]swimmer, on 03 May 2010 - 02:11 PM, said:

[image: View Post]bayarearider, on 03 May 2010 - 01:34 PM, said:

[image: View Post]Auspa�ol, on 03 May 2010 - 06:10 AM, said:

Extra extra read all about it!!

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Maybe Rossi recalled this particular move from 20 years earlier by the now parapalegic Alex Zenardi, leaving the loser "on track".
Rossi claims to have studied "that area" previously that week...





I think it was more like 11 years ago.


corrected, thanks!

the first time I saw him do that. I thought it was to prevent his left boot from accidentally changing gear because it was always on left handers and usually on corners with big lean angles.

Rossi has been quoted as saying that he doesn't really know why he started doing it but that he knows why the guys running behind him do.

During last weekend's race, it almost seemed like he was using it to try to block Lorenzo from passing! He was almost doing a side kick while sitting on the bike... :rolleyes:

Or he was just farting in his general direction

Bayliss was doing it prior.

Kevin Schawntz used to grind the tips of his boot soles into his pegs right before the leaning into a turn by twisting his ankles quickly from side to side. I only disvovered this late in his career while watching his GP races. He did it for every turn he took. I think that these actions like Rossi's "leg wave" could be just a sort of "tick" or habit developed by the riders. I suspect that they could also be copying each other not because of any real recorded advantage, but just to make sure they do not get left behind by the competition that might discovered something great. Rossi and his team discovering that the data does not show any difference in performance kinda proves it................(for now?)
Maybe Rossi just wants to leave his legacy in road racing style as I think Jarno Saarinen did with his hanging off style in the early 70's that everyone eventually copied, but that one actually did help speed up the races.

Beck
95 VFR

Well, when racing dirt bikes, I used to do it to help balance the bike through the turn,especially in a power slide.
If I do it when riding on the road, it is usually because my eyes get really big just before I scare myself really, really good. After I recover, I say to myself, ' Ride your pace, not the guy whose aheaed of you.'

[image: View Post]MisterBill, on 05 October 2010 - 11:24 AM, said:

Well, when racing dirt bikes, I used to do it to help balance the bike through the turn,especially in a power slide.
If I do it when riding on the road, it is usually because my eyes get really big just before I scare myself really, really good. After I recover, I say to myself, ' Ride your pace, not the guy whose aheaed of you.'



I'm leaning more toward a perfected balance point that Rossi has developed as a means of helping him prep and steer into a turn, causing drag on the hang side of the bike, then late on pinchers to either make the pass or block. (He's known for being a late breaker while holding lines)

If you've tried sticking one of your legs out of the air foil bubble while riding at over 100mph you know what I mean.
I'm rarely in excess of those speeds but have felt on the tug of the bike when sticking a knee out at times.

If it does help in lap times, I would claim no knowledge of it as well :cool:
But I am noticing more "hangers off"

[image: View Post]bayarearider, on 03 May 2010 - 01:34 PM, said:

I'm sure Casey thought that the door was closed at this apex...in 08
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All good racers walk or take a golf cart around a track before they get on a track for the first time. I'd bet $100 that Rossi had that pass planned the Thursday or so before the race - not the previous lap. He knew there was old asphalt underneath that thin layer of soil and just how thin the layer of soil was.