Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
Some moto techniques don't translate to cycling well. Something gets lost when going from a 150 lb. rider on a 300 lb. bike with LOTS of power at the rear wheel to a 150 lb. rider on a 30 lb. bike that is often unable to apply any power at all to the rear wheel when in a turn.
Those moto GP guys' bikes are at maximum lean angle so they practically crawl off their bikes to get weight into the inside of the turn but that don't work on bicycles IME.
ya know, just reread your post in a different way. blame neo for the bump.
me + my bicycle ~180#
me + my motorbike ~ 575#
moving my body on the bicycle will have a much larger effect on our collective CoG that moving around on the motorbike. if anything, it makes more sense to body english the bicycle than the motorbike to increase safety margin and/or corner speed.
as you say, it's not that simple; sliding the butt to the side is hard to do on a bicycle. but a leg/torso are significant chunks of weight and make some difference in lean angle.