Forget pegs & knees, try elbows

[T.W.R]

Could be the start of niche market for elbow sliders:crazy: :whistle:

[SlashWylde]

It's insane how far a good rider can lean a bike over. Very cool picture too, much respect to the photographer.

[NC]

:2thumbsup

Is he going over though?

[bladez]

i can do that but dose the bike still have to be with me if it dose bloody hell i carnt :argh:
now that is some skill very cool pic there :not:

[Paulus]

From the look of the photo the bike isn't actually that far over, he's just climbed off it as far as possible. Shame to ruin those unreplaceable titanium elbow plates on that Dainese suit.

[R6_kid]

if you look at the leather the MotoGP guys are wearing they also have slider pads on the edge of their shoudlers :mellow:

[Edbear]

if you look at the leather the MotoGP guys are wearing they also have slider pads on the edge of their shoudlers :mellow:
Yeah, but isn't that in case they fall off? Some kinda cornering if you rub your shoulder on the road!!! I get all excited when I get my pegs to scrape!

[Krusti]

I get all excited when I get around a corner!

[HDTboy]

His peg is still a fair way off the ground

[Edbear]

I get all excited when I get around a corner!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

[bladez]

I get all excited when I get around a corner!
thank god im not the only one who gets excited getting around corners :yes:

[T.W.R]

this fella has got a fair way till the Aprilia touches down which is the impressive part. The Moto GP riders & SBK guys get way further over like the shot of Akira Yana(whatsit?)http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=19429&d=1131090593

[Coyote]

Phff, easy. I got both elbows down, and my knees, and muffler, and engine...

[SPman]

Just how do they do it!
06 R6 at Daytona last week

[onearmedbandit]

lol, knee down and they're trying to keep their knees tucked in. Now that is lean angle.

[2much]

Fark! if he climbed of that bike anymore he'll fall off!

There's a point where it looks like you're just trying too hard.

[onearmedbandit]

I remember Mick Doohan years ago saying that he prefered to keep his head and shoulders in line with the middle of the tank. He claimed that if the bike started to highside it was far easier for him to catch if he was in the middle of the bike rather than hanging completely off. While I'll never experience what he went through (ie 190hp 135kg two stroke gp bike!) I can see his reasoning.

[Waylander]

Cooler shot would be a guy getting the knee down on a cruiser. Hurts when only wearing jeans though.

[jonbuoy]

Yeah those two stroke GP's sound like a real handfull. Cool pic but I can't see any reason why you'd want to. At least theres a reason to slide your knee. It cracks me up to see shots of riders trying so hard to get their knee down - even when the bikes not that far over and in no danger of sliding.

[oldrider]

Envy!
The only time I ever experienced angles like that was when I was binning it. Damn!
I never really had an opportunity to test myself in the racing world.
Can't only blame lack of money, I guess a little bit light on guts or I would have found a way to overcome the lack of money.
Good luck to all you fellas that have a go. John.

[ducatilover]

Phff, easy. I got both elbows down, and my knees, and muffler, and engine...
fuck thats nothing! i got my head down:ride:

[emaN]

Was gonna point you lot to specialmag.it, but then 'opened' the pic...phew!

Why they do it? Guess it shows how much feeling the chassis & tyres give, and how 'balanced' the whole package is...

Pictures being worth a 1000 of these, y'see..

[Arven]

Those pics are impressive. Anyone got some more pics of racers getting real low? Preferably High res ;)

Not a huge fan on the Albow thing, but getting low like that R6 is mean!

Damn That R6 looks sexy...

[Sniper]

I could do that if I really tried

[onearmedbandit]

LMFAO!! Thanks for Sniper, needed a good laugh!

[bugjuice]

that's just bling shit..
now this is getting your elbow down.. these guys deserve respek

[awd]

Mmmmm, criteria for respect have changed since the days of Mr. Hailwood.:drinkup:

[WRT]

Well, I dont feel so bad for not having touched my pegs down now . . . thanks guys.

[bugjuice]

no no.. they still have a whole heap of respek.. so much so, that if you hover over them, they say "I have a reputation beyond repute"..

[imdying]

Heh, seen those tyres that Mike the Bike was running? :puke: FXR150s come with better tyres than those!

[2much]

respect...

[T.W.R]

Regis Laconi at jerez 04

[nudemetalz]

That snowmobile pic from Bugjuice is way cool !!!

[SPman]

That snowmobile pic from Bugjuice is way cool !!!Maybe the snow's got something to do with it................

[kev4eva]

you'll have to got super fast to do that,,,, anyone here tried???:shifty:


Just how do they do it!
06 R6 at Daytona last week