On Jun 11, 9:29 am, Mxsmanic wrote:

In the training I received, it was made very clear that your head must remain
level with the horizon. The reason? Because you'll suffer spatial
disorientation if you move your head.

No, you had to be told because you obviously didn't do the right thing
naturally. On a bike, as the lean angle increases a normal person
normally adopts an angle somewhere between the horizon and the normal.
At full lean ~50 degrees the difference between eye level angle and
horizon is obvious. Look at some photos of GP racers.
http://www.moto-station.com/ttesimag...si_action2.jpg
It is also important to realize (!) that bike is _not_ doing a co-
ordinated turn. Now think, you can tilt you head maybe 45 degrees but
what would a pilot do for a 60 or 90 degree turn? Or are you saying
aerobatic pilots are disoriented? Susceptability to disorietation is
highly dependent on the individual and training.

The same should apply in an aircraft.

Maybe the MS code for bike is similar to that of a plane but they are
not the same in _reality_.

Remember that.

Cheers