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As was mentioned earlier, Rossi has been sticking his leg out to assist him with feel and balance under very hard braking. It seems to me anyways, that Rossi started this after he broke his leg and injured his shoulder. Maybe it was something that just made it easier on him, and has since become a habit. It worked for awhile too at keeping some riders back, because they seemed to hesitate in fear of hitting Rossi's injured leg. Jorge Lorenzo just ignores it now, and if Rossi isn't careful, Lorenzo might just take his leg right off! ( I seriously hope not though) So, there's my two cents worth.
1. Used to assist him with balance, and to take pressure off of his shoulder.
2. It makes him a lot wider and difficult to pass.
3. A temporary fix that has become a habit.
i believe the technical engineering answer is that rossi started doing it because "he just felt like it was what he should do". It helps him settle the bike going into the corner, start it turning whatever, he just started doing it one day because it felt right, and since he's stupid fast other people started doing it too.
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