Having your knee down make you go faster??

[Motoracer]

I just wanted to demonstrate that we should take any advice with an analytical approach instead of blindly embracing it purely because someone else says it worked for them or they read it somewhere.

Too true... I guess that's why you see some big differences in styles between riders, even in something as extream and competitive as Moto GP.

[Andrew]

Well I took my bike for a burn to Wellsford this afternoon to test out these borrowed knee sliders from Frosty.

I was so surprised how easy it was to get my knee down and keep it down on a lot of corners.

I think it helped me go faster because it gave me more confidence when coming into the corner. I found my lines were improving naturally. I also only the grabbed the brake 20% of the time I would usually.

For me personally I go faster with the knee sliders, but I think its only a psycoliogical thing. For example FF is a fast rider and he doesn't need to scrape his knee. :spudbooge

[Two Smoker]

HHmmmmm, interesting comments from everyone..... I prefer knee down, as i use it as a gauge of how much im leaning..... Now i personally know im going really hard when im hanging of the bike, knee down and close to the fairing, and scraping the pegs..... then i know that i cant go any faster other than making smoother entrys and better lines..... I think if you have no chicken strips on your tyres, that shows your a fast rider.

You can ask KK how my riding changed.... I went for a ride with him when i stayed on the bike, he ate me alive.... Then i got my knee down, and that started me getting faster etc...... I then went on a ride with him and alas he only left me behind a little bit...... I think it also gives better feel of what the bike is doing, ie rear wheel sliding, and thus can control it better....

I know there are some bloody fast riders out there, and faster ones than me (that basically includes everyone) that dont get off the bike..... but i also know some bloody fast guys that do get off the bike....

Andrew thats awesome you got your knee down But with your lean angle and how bloody fast you are, im not surprised it was easy lol.....

[SPman]

I suspect like a lot of other things you're not supposed to do it's actually FUN!As for making you faster,all I can say is I've never got mine down.....

Well...its rather hard when yr standin on the pegs with the bike near vertical........

[Coldkiwi]

i'm a knee down kinda guy but I have to say I was really pushing to try and catch up to Tim from hamilton on his gsxr750 around coromandel and the man has got PRISTINE sliders! Officially i'm going to blame the traffic on those damn one way bridges as the reason i couldn't catch him but even with a clear road, he definitely had the pace while I was trying to get it down.

I'm guessing the real relationship between corner speed and knee on tarmac only comes into play when the distance between the knee and your fairing is pretty small.

[NordieBoy]

Hanging an arse cheek off motard style

[Sensei]

Great feed back from all . Never felt the need to try this out seem to be able to go round corner's with out having to do it . Just noticed that the guy's on the GP's don't seem to hang off their bike's like some say they do on here .They get the knee down mainly because they are doing 130mph round corner's & there is not much else left to do when their bike's are two wheel drifting to keep them off the track . Hat's off to all that get it down you are in a league of your own Sensei