{"id":491790,"date":"2010-03-31T00:37:35","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T04:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/chicane-saddle-moving-motorcycle-seat\/14674\/"},"modified":"2010-03-31T00:37:35","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T04:37:35","slug":"chicane-motorcycle-seat-helps-you-slide-smoothly-from-kneedown-left-to-kneedown-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/491790","title":{"rendered":"Chicane motorcycle seat helps you slide smoothly from kneedown left to kneedown right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/chicane-saddle-moving-motorcycle-seat.jpg\" alt=\"The chicane seat and tail unit\"><\/p>\n<p>A British company believes it has come up with a revolutionary seat upgrade for racetrack riders. The Chicane saddle unit ditches the traditional foam butt-pad for a series of rollers and gears to allow riders to slide smoothly from knee-down left to knee-down right in a tight series of corners without having to lift their entire bodyweight off the seat to do so. It&#8217;s a fascinating idea, particularly for those of us that find track riding physically demanding on the legs &#8211; and the inventors believe it could help dampen the bowel-loosening sideways flick of a highside as well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/motorcycles\/\" rel=\"tag\">Motorcycles<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/racetrack\/\" rel=\"tag\">Racetrack<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/racing\/\" rel=\"tag\">Racing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/the-bottom-friendly-bicycle\/11149\/\">Stylyx: The bottom and back friendly bicycle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/2010-buell-blast-crushed\/12389\/\">Erik Buell announces 2010 Buell Blast: a crushed cube of metal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/seat-shield-reduces-addresses-potential-health-risk-for-motorcyclists\/9149\/\">Seat Shield Reduces addresses potential health risk for motorcyclists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/run-while-you-ride-on-the-elliptigo-bike\/10076\/\">Run while you ride on the elliptiGO bike<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/3261\/\">A new type of childs seat for bicycles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/seat-less-bike-promises-fitter-children\/10243\/\">Seat-less bike design promises fitter children <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/EdKhNbny9fY8HofW4n89QMjspPY\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/EdKhNbny9fY8HofW4n89QMjspPY\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/EdKhNbny9fY8HofW4n89QMjspPY\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/EdKhNbny9fY8HofW4n89QMjspPY\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=f6rTTaeXP38:w-urfAGF69Q:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=f6rTTaeXP38:w-urfAGF69Q:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=f6rTTaeXP38:w-urfAGF69Q:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=f6rTTaeXP38:w-urfAGF69Q:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=f6rTTaeXP38:w-urfAGF69Q:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=f6rTTaeXP38:w-urfAGF69Q:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=f6rTTaeXP38:w-urfAGF69Q:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/f6rTTaeXP38\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A British company believes it has come up with a revolutionary seat upgrade for racetrack riders. 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