Peg scraper

[blue eyed savage]

ok hear is the problem. i want do get my knee down once just to say iv done it, but when im cranked over hanging off da bike at 70 like today i scrape the peg. im on da balls of my feet looking round the left hand side of the left mirror. so what do i do? by bike bows heeps under brakeing so i think the suspension is heeps soft.

[TOTO]

ok hear is the problem. i want do get my knee down once just to say iv done it, but when im cranked over hanging off da bike at 70 like today i scrape the peg. im on da balls of my feet looking round the left hand side of the left mirror. so what do i do? by bike bows heeps under brakeing so i think the suspension is heeps soft.


Here is my way.

Go around corner fast, lean as much as possible , hit gravel bits, scrape Peg, Srape Knee, Scrape Schoulder, scrape fairings, scrape clutch lever. Then pick the bike up.

Lol keep us posted on how you go. I 'm now satisfied so i'm not trying to scrape stuff intentionally.

Nice post.

[Mom]

ok hear is the problem. i want do get my knee down once just to say iv done it, but when im cranked over hanging off da bike at 70 like today i scrape the peg. im on da balls of my feet looking round the left hand side of the left mirror. so what do i do? by bike bows heeps under brakeing so i think the suspension is heeps soft.

I think you may have identified one of the reasons you are not able to get that old knee down, that being the suspension. But I do wonder if your spelling etc may be part of the problem.

This message partly brought to you by the BDOTGNZA!

[ArcherWC]

go to the track !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[blue eyed savage]

no track around new plymouth and yes 70kph turning off main road into waitara (100k zone into 50) up into the high school road. i do it every day and 70 is the fastest i get.

[johan]

Hey Rossi, you're close to two tracks - Taupo and Manfield. Bring your bike before you hurt someone on that high school road.

[The Pastor]

do a wheelie bro.

[blue eyed savage]

i see what u mean about my spelling (im a shoker, my bad)
high school is a long time finished by the time i get down that road. and i am very keen to get to a track its on my todo list. and the wheelie just not going to happen on my bike. and then theres the licence thing with that

[enigma51]

Getting you knee down is not cool anymore ever since poo stain thinks its cool

[blue eyed savage]

i dont think its that cool i just want to give it a go. might have to wait till im on a beter bike.

[enigma51]

i dont think its that cool i just want to give it a go. might have to wait till im on a beter bike.


The best place to learn is the track trust me

I know a guy who said he dont understand the knee down thing and he has been riding for a few years. After one session at taupo he was complaing cause of the lack of knee sliders

[Trudes]

Seriously, get you and your bike to one of the tracks and practice it there, it's easier to do and safer.

[enigma51]

One on the 29th Go to http://www.motott.co.nz and register NOW

[blue eyed savage]

ok i will ask for the day off on the 29th

[kiwifruit]

what do i do?

trackday and hang off like a monkey :D
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[The Pastor]

Thats the poser way of doing it, stick that knee in to the Bike! not way out there like a fag.

[wildcat_lgf]

Or you could try Motorcycle News (MCN)...check out these vids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCg3BMGe52M

OR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0v4greHKuI

[xwhatsit]

I think you're missing the point of getting your knee down (or hanging off at all). The whole point of hanging off the bike (and perhaps then getting your knee down if you're really pushing it) is to go around the same corner at the same speed with the bike leaning less (you're leaning more to compensate for that). If your bike is leaning less, then you're not going to scrape things.

In short, the reason you're scraping your pegs is because you're not hanging off enough.

[TOTO]

I think you're missing the point of getting your knee down (or hanging off at all). The whole point of hanging off the bike (and perhaps then getting your knee down if you're really pushing it) is to go around the same corner at the same speed with the bike leaning less (you're leaning more to compensate for that). If your bike is leaning less, then you're not going to scrape things.

In short, the reason you're scraping your pegs is because you're not hanging off enough.


Wow first time someone explains it like that so I can understand. green bling for you :rolleyes:

[HTFU]

Or you could try Motorcycle News (MCN)...check out these vids



Oh shit, now we going to have everyone trying it. Looks so easy I might even give it go :baby:.

Good videos though. The don't scrape the bike thing would have saved a few people some grief as they went for the knee down.

Nice work.

[breakaway]

I once got my swingarm down

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[jcupit69]

Oh nice, never seen that second video before!!!

The mcn vids are awsome for just teaching you what i find is a slightly better way to corner. You wana be ova the side of the bike cus knee down or not i find it a better way to corner, and if your pushing it in twistys you usually find you start to get over the side anyway.

Like it says in the second video, you've generally got to move your foot so your toes are on the peg when you move off the bike.

If you still dont have any luck from hanging over the side, you could have a look round the web see if anywhere does replacement pegs, seen afew sites that do new ones that are up and back a lil....then get it on a track :yes:
but good effort...keep us informed

n.b. god i miss english roundabouts :crybaby:

[enigma51]

I say again motott.co.nz register for the 29th and I will give you free advice

[skidMark]

i dont think its that cool i just want to give it a go. might have to wait till im on a beter bike.

I will teach you.....chuck me ya keys....

nah seriously....

goto a dead end colder sack.....in an industrial area...after business hours...

go round and round in circles..slow at first...get your tyres warmed up....

then just hang off and try different positions until you can do it.

ive taught a few mates this way...it's easy....

just dont go too far over and get alternator cover down...then it lifts the rear and drifts as i found out **oops**

[skidMark]

I once got my swingarm down



Man you did one hell of a doosey putting in there lol

worst ive seen is photos of a guy on kb who lost it trying to dodge a pinecone (n00b!) and put his zx9r or something (i duno it was big blue and totalled)

straight over a farmers fence...and about 50 metres into a paddock.

it just flewwwwww

ive seen a zx9r take to tree climbing before also on the ATNR

skid.

[snot]

Trying to get your knee down is the biggest load of wank. When you go faster and faster round the same corner, you will run out of ground clearance quickly therefore leaning your body further towards the inside is the only way you can increase your corner speed, eventually you will start scraping limbs when your speed warrants it.

Flame away:tugger:

[TOTO]

Trying to get your knee down is the biggest load of wank. When you go faster and faster round the same corner, you will run out of ground clearance quickly therefore leaning your body further towards the inside is the only way you can increase your corner speed, eventually you will start scraping limbs when your speed warrants it.

Flame away:tugger:

You dont need to be extreemly fast to scrape knee mate. I've seen it done with 30k/hr so I dont agree :nono:

[gtr boy]

choice vids wildcat.
i was doin the twist thing as well
some more ammo for those pesky corners..............:whistle:

[Weaver]

You dont need to be extreemly fast to scrape knee mate. I've seen it done with 30k/hr so I dont agree :nono:

I think he means the speed at which you take the corner. Lets say you take a corner normally at 50ks. To go round it faster you have to lean over more. Then it gets to a point where you can't lean over any further because your pegs are scraping.

[Matt Bleck]

i dont think its that cool i just want to give it a go. might have to wait till im on a beter bike.
Now your on to it...... :niceone:

[Zuki Bandit]

ok hear is the problem. i want do get my knee down once just to say iv done it, but when im cranked over hanging off da bike at 70 like today i scrape the peg. im on da balls of my feet looking round the left hand side of the left mirror. so what do i do? by bike bows heeps under brakeing so i think the suspension is heeps soft.
You could cut your pegs down to about half there current size and strap skateboards to your elbows. Imagine the lean angles!:shit:

[blue eyed savage]

i think ur on to something mate +1

[trump-lady]

pegs! Sheiiit what about fairings and pegs (as happened to me last week) HTF does that happen?