Getting your knee down (fast1200)

**fast1200** · 3rd November 2007, 09:53

does any one have any pointers on how to get your knee down, cause I have mates that desperately want to do it and are having trouble. I ride a yamaha FJ1200 and have no trouble at all.
My mates are riding a GSXR1000 and a GPX250.
any ideas would be helpfull.

**FROSTY:Me** · 3rd November 2007, 09:57

either this is a troll--OR you cant use the search function-Getting your knee down is pretty well and truely covered off here
Click on search and punch in Knee down

**H00dz** · 3rd November 2007, 23:13

Hey there .........Sorry Can't Help....the only Time I had my knee down on my FJ was when I was in a ditch

....which was really funny coz I ride Like a Nana anyway LOL

nice to hear from another FJ rider.........

"Fat Jacks" 4 EVA

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**Toaster** · 3rd November 2007, 23:26

Best practice that on a track.... would hate to see it go all wrong on a public road and you become one with an oncoming vehicle... or tree.

**yod** · 3rd November 2007, 23:42

why do ya want to?

**MVnut** · 4th November 2007, 08:27

Don't know what this obsession anout 'knee down' is coming to. Do you even realise why racers put their knee down? One of my mates gets elbow down too on the track but that's just for the piccies, doesn't do anything..... and another mate from the good ol' days used to hang off so much he got his arse down . Stick to good riding on the road, if you go to the track, things like this progress naturally.

**Mikkel** · 5th November 2007, 13:25

Bin it... it's the fastest way to get your knee down (you can even do a double).
Ride safe!

**jrandom** · 5th November 2007, 13:27

If you're consciously thinking about getting your knee down, you're almost definitely going slower than you could be.

**boomer** · 5th November 2007, 13:38

Originally Posted by Toaster

Best practice that on a track.... would hate to see it go all wrong on a public road and you become one with an oncoming vehicle... or tree.

why do people naturally assume getting ya knee down on the road will result in a crash?

as frosty says.. do a search; that way your not subjected to everyones views and opinions.... good or bad

**Toaster** · 5th November 2007, 20:13

Originally Posted by boomer

why do people naturally assume getting ya knee down on the road will result in a crash?

as frosty says.. do a search; that way your not subjected to everyones views and opinions.... good or bad

I am not assuming it will do, just that it might do. All I was saying boomer is that since he is a newbie to getting the knee down (i.e. asking how to do it), then maybe somewhere with a few less moving solid obstacles might be in order first time round.... just in case it goes to slushy turds on him and the front end goes under and he becomes a human bowling ball at speed.

**carver** · 5th November 2007, 20:43

Originally Posted by fast1200

does any one have any pointers on how to get your knee down, cause I have mates that desperately want to do it and are having trouble. I ride a yamaha FJ1200 and have no trouble at all.
My mates are riding a GSXR1000 and a GPX250.
any ideas would be helpfull.

this is how i do it..
inside toe on the peg
half a arse cheek off
knee bent outwards
arms relaxed, body forward and over
then steadily tip her as far over as needed

this changed my riding style on the road.
all of a sudden i knew how far i could go over without binning

i got faster and smoother