Whee (I got it right this time) got knee down!

[jade]

yea its a good feeling huh, I also did it first time at the track
then when I did the short track at taupo ...every single corner

[Mikkel]

Goodonyer mate! I keeps tryin' but for some reason my knee is too far aways when everythin' else is scrapin'...

That could be related to your bike. I had a chat to transalper and we agreed that getting knee down on, let's say, an adventure bike on a flat road would mean something had gone awry
But even then, I was surprised how far down it was from my small ZXR250. Not only did I have to hang off the bike as far as I could stretch my arms and bend my inside knee. I also had to move weight forward (kiss the mirror) and make sure to hit the corner at rather high speed or I couldn't lean her over enough to get the knee planted. I had the backwheel step out and almost lost it during one corner where I let off the throttle while sliding on my knee around a big sweeper. When I let off the throttle the bike just started falling over into the corner and it wasn't a nice feeling...
I run fairly sticky tyres and have understood from what people are saying that getting knee down is not necessarily possible without spilling it if you haven't got rather sticky tyres.

Same cannot be said for this boot......
Damn rubbish Norfland roads....

That's bad mate! Good to see you got some protection in place!

[onearmedbandit]

Taller people can get their knee down without having to lean much at all, so yeah even shitty tyres would let you slide your knee.

[imdying]

At my height and weight on the damn rgv I'm practically dragging both my knees in a straight line

Check out the you tube videos of the gymkhana guys... they're decking their knees out at less than 25km/hish with no trouble... respect

[Edbear]

That could be related to your bike. I had a chat to transalper and we agreed that getting knee down on, let's say, an adventure bike on a flat road would mean something had gone awry :

Yeah, getting your knee down on a C50T could mean more than knee-sliders getting scratched...


I did regularly scrape my boots on the GSX-F600, even two-up with the Missus on back and having my feet back on the pegs. I don't know whether that means I'm a good rider, or the GSX-F has somewhat less clearance than a modern sports bike... I did wonder about the wisdom of trying to get my knee down on that...

I guess one day I might get to a track day on a sports bike and have a go, but cruising's the fun right now.