Anybody who was at Taupo trackday get a photo of me knee down?

[skidMark]

Hey all...

at taupo trackday on sunday i managed to start getting knee down in the 2nd to last medium session (the last 20 minute one) (i did not do the 10 minute one)

now both felix and bikestore have managed to somehow not capture me...theyve got me in all the sessions prior thou but i really want one of knee down

green zxr 250 bright orange blue and white leathers, like in my signature picture...see below...

so yeah anybody got me ? :2thumbsup

[HDTboy]

Have you considered that maybe it's not all about you? People are out the taking photos for their own personal reasons. If you want a specific photo, it's quite often good to arrange to have it taken.

[jrandom]

Have you considered that maybe it's not all about you?

Generally, I suspect not.

[Finn]

I've got a photo of you with both knees down, but your face is obscured by Quasi's arse. Apparently you were negotiating some free leathers.

[pritch]

Come on guys, the boy is just asking if someone has a picture? :whistle:

[Tank]

Come on guys, the boy is just asking if someone has a picture? :whistle:

Jesus - Finns reply was hilarious! and you got to admit thats more fun than someone actually helping.

[kiwifruit]

Have you considered that maybe it's not all about you?

preposterous!!!

[imdying]

Have you considered that maybe it's not all about you? People are out the taking photos for their own personal reasons. If you want a specific photo, it's quite often good to arrange to have it taken.When I take snaps at the track, I don't just take pictures of the people I'm with... be pretty for me if I was only allowed to take a picture every 90 seconds or whatever :rolleyes:

[westie]

I found some of me with my knee down and seeing as your wore my sliders you could say it was kinda you...:confused:maybe.

[surfchick]

I've got a wee bit of video footage of you ambling around the pits... but no knee down. I know it's important to get that pic :) as they say... "if a knee scrapes down in a forest and there's no-one there to see it..." :innocent:

[Morcs]

A knee down picture like this?

Oh sorry that was me.

:P

[westie]

I have only just started to get my knee down too skids.
Its can be the radest feeling/sensation(same thing).
If you hold onto that feeling then you dont need pictures.
I may have seen it but I cannot confirm or deny, and well maybe my sliders were like that before I lent them to you. Lol:laugh:

[skidMark]

A knee down picture like this?

Oh sorry that was me.

:P


bastard lol

[Morcs]

Just go to a roundabout with someone who has a camera.

Most roundabouts you can hit at 50ish and just go straight over and hold knee down round and round, then its just 'clik, clik, clik' and hey presto, piccies :d

Tho naturally I dont recommend doing the likes of panmure roundabout in the middle of the day... :rolleyes:

[surfchick]

A knee down picture like this?

Oh sorry that was me.

:P

it helps if you are a daddy-long-legs on a pickle-sized bike :lol::lol::chase::chase:

nice by the way

[0arbreaka]

Heres the photographic evidence..

[xwhatsit]

A knee down picture like this?

Oh sorry that was me.

:P

I'm not really a knee-down sort,

BUT!

I can lean that far with both knees firmly against the tank pads, body completely square. In fact I think I'd only just slightly be scraping a peg. Perhaps my riding style is old-fashioned, but what's the point?

[Krusti]

Got my knee down when I put my socks on and yes it did seem to make it easier!

[EJK]

Heres the photographic evidence..

:sick:

+ char

[barty5]

these piss takes get better and better :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[sAsLEX]

I'm not really a knee-down sort,

BUT!

I can lean that far with both knees firmly against the tank pads, body completely square. In fact I think I'd only just slightly be scraping a peg. Perhaps my riding style is old-fashioned, but what's the point?

ah but you have run out of clearance if your peg is down, hanging off like daddy long legs there means you can lean the bike less to go around the bend

[Mountlocal1]

Heres the photographic evidence..

.... And who was holding the camera.... Hmmmm? :yes:

[Usarka]

The knee down is the holy grail of sports bike riding. much more important than lap times, lines, braking points and decision making. :not:

[yod]

exactly - thats all i strive for, getting my knee down and hopefully ripping my patella clean off if at all possible

[jim.cox]

exactly - thats all i strive for, getting my knee down

Odd, I keep working on getting my leg over :)

[skidMark]

Heres the photographic evidence..



i'm sorry u wish i was that was patrick...

but i'm not a massive giant oger homo like you....

try...

www.meatspin.com

[riffer]

:Playnice:

you meanies. :shifty:

[Wiki Drifter]

i'm sorry u wish i was that was patrick...

but i'm not a massive giant oger homo like you....

try...

www.meatspin.com

oh why did I have to click on that link... :pinch:

[0arbreaka]

.... And who was holding the camera.... Hmmmm? :yes:

Well, Mark got his knee down in Taupo, I was in Auckland working..

[The Pastor]

you spin me right around baby right round

LIKE A NIGGA BABY!

hahaha meat.

[Cr1MiNaL]

U didn't get ur bloody knee down Mark. :bleh:

[barty5]

i'm sorry u wish i was that was patrick...

but i'm not a massive giant oger homo like you....

try...

www.meatspin.com

now your going to have us all wondering way you have that link on your pc let alone knowing how to find it:sick::puke:

[speights_bud]

Buahahaha look at Moi!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/felixlacat/1797771255/in/set-72157602782216447/

Sorry dude, but er, knee down? me yes, you? haven't seen the photo yet to prove it:bleh:

[skidMark]

Buahahaha look at Moi!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/felixlacat/1797771255/in/set-72157602782216447/

Sorry dude, but er, knee down? me yes, you? haven't seen the photo yet to prove it:bleh:


says the guy on the gixxer 750 srad who sat behind while i did it for two laps before passing...then got passed back 2 corners later round the outside by me kneedown???? :buggerd: :banana: :wari: :banana: :wari: :banana: :wari: :banana::wari:

[speights_bud]

yea yea :tugger: what were your laptimes again? hehe i bet this argument could go for days... :blank:

[Sketchy_Racer]

mark stop kidding yourself mate.

Your not a patch on the rider speight_bud is. He'd whip your ass so hard round a track, your nose bleeds!

[skidMark]

mark stop kidding yourself mate.

Your not a patch on the rider speight_bud is. He'd whip your ass so hard round a track, your nose bleeds!


yer but he had to sleep in the same room as me the night before....probly threw him off a bit...we spooned pretty close.

[speights_bud]

Fuck of, one step too far, me and Aaron might be good enough mates to talk like that, you and me. not a chance mate. i'll leave it at that.

[skidMark]

Fuck of, one step too far, me and Aaron might be good enough mates to talk like that, you and me. not a chance mate. i'll leave it at that.


**ducks** :girlfight::girlfight:

[westie]

Thats some pretty tough talk there girls.:hug:

So where is this picture mark?

[skidMark]

U didn't get ur bloody knee down Mark. :bleh:


oh true bro

aww ok if u say so aye...

note below:

[Cr1MiNaL]

oh true bro

aww ok if u say so aye...

note below:

WOW WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT ON A BIKE THATS 2 FEET OFF THE GROUND !:buggerd: still don't c ur knee on the ground barely near it Mark !!

[skidMark]

WOW WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT ON A BIKE THATS 2 FEET OFF THE GROUND !:buggerd: still don't c ur knee on the ground barely near it Mark !!


thats through the sweeper u plonker...and i am knee down.... use your eyes boyo lol

[Sanx]

It's actually turn 1, Mark ... and he did have his knee down. Got six or seven consecutive shots showing it.

[enigma51]

thats through the sweeper u plonker...and i am knee down.... use your eyes boyo lol

What you dont get the knee down through the sweeper

what a homo

[skidMark]

What you dont get the knee down through the sweeper

what a homo


ummm
it's called not backing off...soo many people hcicken out through the sweeper (turn 8)

like wtf?

you keep it pinned the whole way...you pass so many people round the outside 3-4 at a time if they are bunched up....

have enough speed round the outside....knee down peg down ....alll good :cool:

you just gotta be going for it to knee down the sweeper

i can knee down every corner at tupo except turn 6....

because soon after you are under brakes for turn 7....

any more questions smartass....?

[westie]

We need more pictures. Some evidence of each corner where allegedly there is some "mark-knee-tarmac loving"
Also an afferdavitt.

Oh and witnesses.

:laugh:

[Firefight]

Hey all...

at taupo trackday on sunday i managed to start getting knee down in the 2nd to last medium session (the last 20 minute one) (i did not do the 10 minute one)

:2thumbsup


Never mind your fucken knee, how did my welding last ?



F/F

[aff-man]

Never mind your fucken knee, how did my welding last ?



F/F

long enough till he blew up the engine...

he did get his knee down. On quite a few corners. But it's not about that. getting your knee down can slow you down. I have my leg up against my fairings and so when the knee goes down I know it's over quite a way. There are 3 corners I stick my knee out a little just to see how far over I am so as not to loose the front.

[DMNTD]

...any more questions smartass....?

Do you gargle before you swallow?

[enigma51]

ummm
it's called not backing off...soo many people hcicken out through the sweeper (turn 8)

like wtf?

you keep it pinned the whole way...you pass so many people round the outside 3-4 at a time if they are bunched up....

have enough speed round the outside....knee down peg down ....alll good :cool:

you just gotta be going for it to knee down the sweeper

i can knee down every corner at tupo except turn 6....

because soon after you are under brakes for turn 7....

any more questions smartass....?


Maybe you should move to the fast group cause it sound to me like your fucking fast :sleep:

[jrandom]

Maybe you should move to the fast group cause it sound to me like your fucking fast :sleep:

skidMark is a legend in his lonely little kitchen.

Mark, dude, how about you stop frantically begging everyone to suck you off about getting your knee down, and go get a job so you can afford a proper bike?

[yod]

i've got my knee down right now....i can knee-down and type at the same time and sometimes I can type with one hand, drink a coffee and have my knee-down...i can tell you're all just amazed. If i really lean off my chair I can actually get BOTH knees down, of course then I sometimes need to balance with a hand so I have to either stop typing or put down the coffee....

[GSVR]

I dunno why you guys hassle Mark so much. Possibly the way this all started is because he was being hassled for not getting it down and now he can you want to hassle him again.

Don't know how many trackdays your've done Mark but from what I saw after you passed me you weren't doing to badly. One comment a would make is try and lean your whole head and body off the bike and low. The point is to have the bike leaning as little as possible as more bike lean means less drive and steering precision.

For the record my sliders didn't touch the track all day.

[EJK]

any more questions smartass....?

See my profile pic.

now THATS how you get your knee down! lol

well.... sort of lol!