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your position on the motorcycle
with your butt rarely touching the
seat over the course of the lap.
At times, you need to ride
your road racer like a dirt bike—
butt off the seat, weight tilted to-
wards the rear of the bike, allow-
ing it to track where it wants and
let the suspension do its job.
Places like the mile-long straight
after the sixth-gear Ballacrye
jump are dealt with by minimal
handlebar inputs, the rider sim-
ply angling the motorcycle into
the direction of travel and letting
the mechanical forces take care
of themselves.
(Right) Davy Todd
(left) and Nathan
Harrison (right)
are part of the new
wave of TT stars.
