So who's got their knee down?

**Coldkiwi** · 25th March 2004, 13:23

Right, and no lying about it either! You may of course have been hanging off like a monkey with 4ft arms to get some 'knee down action' but we'll let that count.

and before you decry me for being an egotistical rice rocketer.. Fazer Bloke asked!!

**k14** · 25th March 2004, 13:26

Nope, not me. Got some virgin knee sliders on my spidi leathers and i intend to keep them that way. Maybe have a go at a track day at ruapuna sometime. But i am quite happy not to have done it at the moment.

**Solarwind** · 25th March 2004, 13:29

No point, I just use counter-steering if I need a tight turn

**duckman** · 25th March 2004, 13:30

Yea on the race track (taupo) a few times but never on the road, and not because I think it silly,irresponsible, reckless e.t.c. but because I can't get that low on most public roads. I guess I do think the roads a bit dodge for getting a knee down but I wouldn't bag anyone for doing it.

**Motu** · 25th March 2004, 14:05

I don't do knee down,but foot down is cool - this is my old steel shoe.

**jrandom** · 25th March 2004, 14:11

Had both knees down at various times, closely followed by elbow, shoulder, back and head.

**bungbung** · 25th March 2004, 14:13

I tried getting my knee down, I got such a fright when it actually happened, it put me off going again

**Hitcher** · 25th March 2004, 14:51

Oh yeah, I tried that once... But I didn't inhale!

**Joni** · 25th March 2004, 15:06

Only on the track for me.....

**Jackrat** · 25th March 2004, 15:21

The type of bikes I ride,the day I get a knee down it will be closly followed by the rest of me.Even on me old duke' I never did,I don't think my style of riding lends it's self to it.

**slob** · 25th March 2004, 15:38

Was bit of a struggle getting it down on my previous bike (TL1000S), piece of piss on my current one (FZR400), but I've cut down on doing it on the road after an encounter with a cateye... (**ouch**)

**SpankMe** · 25th March 2004, 16:00

My legs are too short. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.

**Two Smoker** · 25th March 2004, 16:04

WIth my arse all the way off the seat and knee fully out, my pegs followed by my Exhaust chamber scrap

so next time, im goin to try even harder and hang off even more... Its really hard on a really skinny bike :sneaky2:

**matthewt** · 25th March 2004, 16:22

I got both knees down last year !!!

**jrandom** · 25th March 2004, 16:37

Seriously though, it's quite difficult on a skinny wee bike like the FXR or an RGV150, the problem is that it turns in so quick with not much more than a general thought cast in the direction of the corner.

I pretty much have to climb right off and drop down on one side while the bike goes round the corner nearly upright if I want to GMKD. Being a fat bastard has a lot to do with it I suspect, I can drag the bike through corners with very little countersteering just by flopping my torso over the tank in the right direction.

In any case I've only achieved touchdown a couple of times at roundabouts (the one in Massey at the top of the northwestern motorway where SH16 heads off to Kumeu is a good 'un).