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Does Balance Make a Difference?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13% of motorcycle accidents involve groin injuries.&nbsp; Most of these are from a rider hitting the tank.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I got to thinking about this recently, when considering riding position.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Great riders have well developed stomach and back muscles.&nbsp; The pros work out regularly to improve this muscle tone.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because if the rider doesn't rely on the bars to keep upright, then there is less weight on the front wheel, and the bike handles better and more smoothly.&nbsp; Without the rider's weight, the front end can more easily deal with irregularities in the road.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Another side effect of this, is that the rider sits a little farther back in the seat.&nbsp; No longer is the groin flush against the back of the tank.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I'm speculating, but it seems logical that a rider who is sitting a little further back in the seat, will be a little higher as he/she gets thrown over the tank.&nbsp; Again, logically, this should somewhat reduce groin injuries.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am unaware of any studies of this topic, but would be interested if anyone knows of one.<br /> 10 application/xml false groin injuries Motorcycle Accidents seat position tank Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 mpadway 12.197.80.190 false true false false true 201650 false false true false false false true 106829 blog blogsite/MichaelPadway/web