Knee down

[Kittyhawk]

Its like shaggin in a sideways position...

[Momentum]

Its like shaggin in a sideways position...

you must have a stange shagging position

[Kittyhawk]

you must have a stange shagging position

Lol....ever tried an adult swing? Now that's a strange position!

[Momentum]

Lol....ever tried an adult swing? Now that's a strange position!

cant say i have and by the sounds of it i dont want to

[Kittyhawk]

cant say i have and by the sounds of it i dont want to

I havent, and yes.....yes I want to lol

[DMNTD:Me]

As mentioned by another one or three...just ride ya bike man and enjoy it.
The time will come that it'll happen when it does.

I've been riding for many moons and can get along quicker than the average gimp and have never had my knee down...

I havent...

I have and it's freck'n awesome especially if you've exhausted all the boring "ways"

[_Gina_]

I haven't got my knee down either dude, it will happen though....

Just a question from looking at the pic you posted, have you tried sliding your knee down into the fairings with your arse cheek hanging off and then flicking your knee out slightly?

It worked for me to get the bike leant over further without actually having to conciously lean the bike....

Good Luck
G

[The Pastor]

getting your knee down is so you don't have to lean the bike as much right? So you can go around the corner faster?

[The Pastor]

and are you sussposed to put heaps of pressure on the out side peg? why/why not?

[bugjuice]

getting your knee down is so you don't have to lean the bike as much right? So you can go around the corner faster?

by shifting your weight to the inside of the bike, you allow a little more tyre contact and change the centre of gravity, which in turn allows you to corner quicker. However, just the act of shifting the weight, not getting your knee down required, allows you to pick up the speed. The knee-down is more of an indication to the rider, of how far down the bike is lent.
Some of the real trick bastards can save a front end slide with their knees down, but that's a new kettle of fish.

Best advice too; keep leaning. You won't crash unless you think it, so just lean the fuk outta it, and you'll be fine. The reason pegs move? cos they can be ground into the ground. tink bout ii

[JayRacer37]

I know it's sad, I know it doesn't make you go any faster but getting my knee down is one of my "must do's before I die". The fact that I've been riding 14 years and now have a trackbike doesn't make this pill easier to swallow.

Help. Someone gimmie the learn.

Yea you shoulda grabbed one of us sunday
think about moving your arse off more, and your shoulders less. make sure your toes are on pegs, not soles. think about pointing knee into the corner, following it with your hip, like rotating round the tank. make sure you have your weight foward, thinking about leading the bike with your shoulder, this will keep your weiht foward and help the bike track a better line and give it more grip, mke it more planted..
as other people have said, you CAN try to hard...remember to relax and always have fun too! itl come.....

[Ivan]

Yeah exactly how Jay said he was the one who taught me how to lean a bike back in the old bucket days


I slide my ass half off the seat put knee out toes on peg weight on peg to push bike over, move my weightto where I want to be going look for where I want to go and then bam its sliding and Im on 3 year odl slicks I mean once you getused to it you know your doing it

THe first time is wierd tho the scrape and the noise it makes

[JayRacer37]

getting your knee down is so you don't have to lean the bike as much right? So you can go around the corner faster?

The actual knee sliding on the ground part is more an indicator of how far your leaning, and a last gasp dig-it-into-the -ground to try and save it when yu crash...the weight transfer of hanging off the bike is what keeps the bike a little more upright and increases the tyres contact patch. so hanging off to keep bike upright, sliding as a gauge of lean.

[HDTboy]

What would you know? My brothers' aunties' nephew reckons you're slow

[Two Smoker]

What would you know? My brothers' aunties' nephew reckons you're slow

Does that make us cousins??? Im the one that said Jay was slow... I heard he has taken on my pie diet and quickly catching up to my weight....

As Jay said, Getting your knee down does make you go faster, this is due to being able to gauge how far over you are leaning, and for the quick dig in to save the front (similar to the road riders foot stamp), I first got my knee down on the Rg150 by hanging off like the monkey that is Jay... More weight off means the bike is more upright, meaning you can lean it further/get on the gas earlier...