Originally Posted by stevo
"Anyone else ever look at video of motorcycle racers and wonder how they can hit those corners leaned over so far? I've seen some where they're pretty much horizontal to the road...."
gyroscopy
(and sticky rubber)
They pretty much have to lean that much, don't they? Seems like in a turn going that fast, if you tried to stay upright the bike would flip...
They also have really burly knee and elbow protection...