first crash :-(

**ninja ll** · 23rd March 2007, 18:39

im a newbie. lol whats the purpose of putting ur knee down? is it to keep the bike off the ground?

**HDTboy** · 23rd March 2007, 21:34

Originally Posted by cbr guy

thanks. yeah was abit foolish of me, found a nice carpark but just had to try the roundabout first. i hope at least somone can learn from my mistake

Hope you learn from your mistake, and don't just say you have.

You probably won't listen to what I have to say, but I've been racing for just over a year, and have only had my knee down on the road once (on my cbr250rr) Looking back I know I was going too fast for road riding.

Getting ones knee down isn't a big thing, once you've done it at the track a few times you'll get bored with it. I lift my knees out of the way now, only skimming them along the track to guage where it is.

If you're in need of stickier tyres - which will give you the biggest handling advantage known to man - go and price up Dunlop GPR a10 tyres. They aren't cheap, but they're cheaper than new fairings, and more fun.

**cbr guy** · 23rd March 2007, 23:51

Originally Posted by Chickadee

Sorry to hear about that - I've had 2 low sides so far - didn't enjoy them too much, not as much fun as, say, a good solid kick in the head. Problem with roundabouts is that a lot of vehicles dump shit on them, diesels overflow, coolant, dirty water from air con etc. because they stop then go.

this means that although it looks like a really cool curve to get your knee down on theres not as much lateral grip as you might like to have!

Glad you walked away.

good point, i leaked alot of coolant on the round about actaully, oops!
thanks

**cbr guy** · 23rd March 2007, 23:53

Originally Posted by ninja ll

im a newbie. lol whats the purpose of putting ur knee down? is it to keep the bike off the ground?

only reson i wated to was to say i can to be honest.lol

**cbr guy** · 23rd March 2007, 23:58

Originally Posted by HDTboy

Hope you learn from your mistake, and don't just say you have.

You probably won't listen to what I have to say, but I've been racing for just over a year, and have only had my knee down on the road once (on my cbr250rr) Looking back I know I was going too fast for road riding.

Getting ones knee down isn't a big thing, once you've done it at the track a few times you'll get bored with it. I lift my knees out of the way now, only skimming them along the track to guage where it is.

If you're in need of stickier tyres - which will give you the biggest handling advantage known to man - go and price up Dunlop GPR a10 tyres. They aren't cheap, but they're cheaper than new fairings, and more fun.

yeah thanks for the advice, im not going to do it on a regular occasion or anything. yeah i have nice tyres thanks, figured if im going to have a relatively slow bike it should take advantage of its good handling