So you want to get your knee down, and know more..??

**sugilite:Me** · 10th May 2006, 21:20

My understanding that Kenny Roberts started to do it 1st, at least properly. He initially duct taped squashed coke cans to his knees!

Just duct tape is horrendous, your knee grabs at the road and the bike attempts to pivot on it, I know!

I was highly pissed years ago when racing leathers used to make the cops hyperventilate at the sight of you, I used to wear smart casual pants over my leathers (with Jacket) I put my knee down by accident and was immediately awarded a bloody great hole in said pants

**kickingzebra** · 11th May 2006, 01:30

Hmm, good so far... still reading!

**OMG** · 11th May 2006, 04:32

Originally Posted by bugjuice

read up then.
http://www.sasbk.co.za/track_day_bible.htm

Should help even the worst rider (no names), corner better and understand what's going on between your legs

Read it, but still don't understand what's going on between my legs

**Kwaka-Kid** · 11th May 2006, 07:03

theres a site about it? havnt clicked hte link yet. Just roll up to the racetrack and go for a blat, pokeypokey that knee thing at the ground and boom.

Aye Buggie? :P

**RiderInBlack** · 11th May 2006, 08:32

For those having trouble reading the font on the "KneeDown" documents as viewed on-line, they are JPEG images, so are "resized" to fit your screen. To see them "full size" go to the bottom right hand corner of the document/image you have opened and when the little square with the arrows pointing out shows there, left click on it (this makes any on-line image go to full size, rather than just ta fit ya screen). You should be able ta read it then.

**Motu** · 11th May 2006, 08:50

Originally Posted by sugilite

My understanding that Kenny Roberts started to do it 1st, at least properly.

Yes Kenny Roberts was the first rider to really develope the style - but even he says he saw other people doing it,or at least parts of it,he just put the whole thing together and made it work.So it was going to happen anyway,it just needed someone with all the pieces of the puzzle.I was riding that bike in my avatar in 1973,and would drop a cheek off the seat and point my knee into the turn...I had seen no one do this,I just found it helped pull the heavy slow steering bike down into the turn.Sometimes the time is right and the whole world changes overnight.