Knee down, big tits and more...

[Coyote]

I've been riding for 5 years. 4 of them on tarmac, 3 on the road. My first race bike, a KX80 motard, I had only been riding for a year but it took me only a few race meets to catch up to the other dude that had been riding since he was 2 (and it's not like he sucked, he was a pace setter on the MX track). First sportsbike race I entered I went to the front and set fastest lap for the day (then I crashed, but that's another story...). I've been able to keep up with quick guys up the rimutakas and piecock hill despite all my bikes having had the shittiest possible suspension (hell, my VFR doesn't have an oil left in it's shock). So I'm fairly quick when I choose to be.

Never got my knee down.

[Sully60]

HHAHAHAHA fuck you talk some shit....
Not only are you and idiot, your also a dreaming wanker.. Keep them coming skiddy undies, your entertainment value is second to none... Pity if you beleive your own shoit though.!!!

BwhahahahahwwHhaha,

Fuck I can't even type straight after that, bling sent!


You guys that drap your knees on the road have got to learn!
What are you really trying to achieve? Do you think someone will be standing roadside thinking fuck thats cool that guys got his knee down, what a legend!

Ummmm, I don't think so.

Leaning the bike over further thab you have too on the road is unecessary at best and downright dangerous at worst. Skidmark does make a good point but I think that relates to your body position more than actually having your knee on the deck. You can have your weight tranferred to the inside of the bike and carry the same corner speed at less lean angle and more speed leaning over, IMHO hanging off far enough to drag your knee just leaves you vulnerable if things don't go too well after you've tipped in (cahnge in surface, diesel spill, sheep shit etc) as you will end up with your weight too far to the inside of the bike which in turn makes it harder to get back upright. Don't need to go too far with that premise to see what can happen.

Soi Jinx3d my advice is to save it for the track, you know exactly where the line goes, you know theres no sheepshit on the surface or some fuckwit coming around the corner in your lane and ther might just be someone standing at the side of the track saying "look at that guy he's got his knee down" and then that person might take a really cool photo that you can show all your mates!

Rant over as you were!

[Mental Trousers]

Such a good Tui ad it needed to be repeated for emphasis. In fact I'm now wondering where I can use that ....

[HenryDorsetCase]

The only way I can think to get it down would be to hang off so far that I'm practically a passenger.

, I guess I have to find a ...or a race track.

its like losing your virginity (if indeed you have...) once you've done it, you wonder what the fuss was about, and you resolve to improve your technique through practice when the opportunity arises.

(I have to say I am quite proud of my analogy)

But take your own advice: TAKE IT TO THE TRACK: thats where you will find you DO have to hang off because you're out of clearance, clarence, and where your knee on the groiund is just another useful sensor of how your bike is going, and what its doing.

To go hard enough to get knee down on the road, it seems to me, is to not leave yourself enough margin for the "shit happens" factor: which can pretty easily turn fatal.

my 2c

[HenryDorsetCase]

it's all about hanging off the bike....the more you hang your weight off the tighter you can take the turn...yes knee down can be a bit of wank wank factor.

but in saying this when hanging off you have alot more control over the bike, and can take turns alot tighter.

only once you can get knee down will you understand,

i can gaurantee your can have anybike you desire and put me on a zxr250. and i will keep up because i can take turns at higher speed due to hanging off (not a challenge just saying as an example) hang off the bike it will help ur riding phenominally.

i knocked off 8 seconds a lap round taupo because i started hanging off. and getting knee down.

Crikey! Lets never go riding together. Its "phenomenally" by the way.

[GIXser]

Okay,

I have decided that getting your knee down is like a pair of big tits, great for showing off but not actually that usefull for everyday.

Now, stop, I know, half of you are saying "I've been saying that all along!!" and the other half are saying "you fucking queer cant-get-the-knee-down cunt".

Today, I did the coro-loop, (and I wasnt riding recklessly and I definately want speeding... ;-P but fuck me, I had my boots scraping, I had the tyres sliding as the bike came off bumps through corners - theres no chicken strips left even on the front tyre. The back tyre looks like its been boiled in acid.

Still no knee down.

The only way I can think to get it down would be to hang off so far that I'm practically a passenger.

I'f I go any faster, well, fuck know what happens if I go any faster, I guess I have to find a racktrack smooth road...or a race track.

In conclusion, you guys getting the knee down on teh road are either monkeys climbing off the bike or drift gods riding like theres no tommorow.

*sigh*

Dude dont stress about getting ya knee down, it ill come in time, also dont bother trying to hard on the road,you will come unstuck very quickly , come to the track with the boys and do it there..

it's all about hanging off the bike....the more you hang your weight off the tighter you can take the turn...yes knee down can be a bit of wank wank factor.

but in saying this when hanging off you have alot more control over the bike, and can take turns alot tighter.

only once you can get knee down will you understand

i can gaurantee your can have anybike you desire and put me on a zxr250. and i will keep up because i can take turns at higher speed due to hanging off (not a challenge just saying as an example) hang off the bike it will help ur riding phenominally.,.

i feel safer knee down , than when my knee is not down, when my knee is down i know i have alot more control.

and ps...wheelies are fecking cool.

Dude you are talking crap...... spend a bit more time doing it

[boomer]

Dude dont stress about getting ya knee down, it ill come in time, also dont bother trying to hard on the road,you will come unstuck very quickly , come to the track with the boys and do it there..

it's all about hanging off the bike....the more you hang your weight off the tighter you can take the turn...yes knee down can be a bit of wank wank factor.

but in saying this when hanging off you have alot more control over the bike, and can take turns alot tighter.

only once you can get knee down will you understand,

i can gaurantee your can have anybike you desire and put me on a zxr250. and i will keep up because i can take turns at higher speed due to hanging off (not a challenge just saying as an example) hang off the bike it will help ur riding phenominally.

Dude you are talking crap...... spend a bit more time doing it

Stop hoggin the drugs bitch!!!!!


ps.. i did forget about the money; i'll do it later

[GIXser]

yep i edited my version dude, take a peek

[manwithav8]

No thanks, I prefer my knee caps intact thank you... Would still like to walk when I reach my destination..

On the track differnt story, oh hang on, I don't do track either. Guess I will never get my knee down, does that make me a wuss????

Either way, I don't blow my own trumpet like skiddy bum who I might add only got his knee down a couple of weeks ago at taupo and is now talking like a seasoned race pro..

ahahahaha lol

[skidMark]

Yea? So how come the motard boys are just as fast (if not faster) through the corners then? It's only on the straights they get left behind.

why do you think thier leg is out?

to get the weight out.

[cruza]

Okay,

I have decided that getting your knee down is like a pair of big tits, great for showing off but not actually that usefull for everyday.

................. sorry what was your point.......

[slopster]

I find hanging off in a big way is not good. If your really leaning right over your knee usually touches down when you just stick it out a bit with your arse still nearly centred on the seat. If you hang off too far your knee stops you leaning over anymore. I don't think my knee has ever touched down on the road and even on the track my peg usually touches before my knee. Nothing funnier then watching tall lanky sportbike riders hanging way off the side and dragging their knees even though they are hardly leaned over and then thinking their awesome.

[AllanB]

Nothing funnier then watching tall lanky sportbike riders hanging way off the side and dragging their knees even though they are hardly leaned over and then thinking their awesome.

Classic image

[Kelem]

I never get my knee down, i have scraped a muffler or two.

[imdying]

I'f I go any faster, well, fuck know what happens if I go any faster, I guess I have to find a racktrack smooth road...or a race

That's probably the best place for it, so go do it

i can gaurantee your can have anybike you desire and put me on a zxr250

Right..... I'll be taking the RGV250 then

What are you really trying to achieve? Do you think someone will be standing roadside thinking fuck thats cool that guys got his knee down, what a legend!

A lot of people ride bikes for their own enjoyment, you should try it... much more fun than worrying about what other people think

Leaning the bike over further thab you have too on the road is unecessary at best and downright dangerous at worst.

Soi Jinx3d my advice is to save it for the track, you know exactly where the line goes, you know theres no sheepshit on the surface or some fuckwit coming around the corner in your lane and ther might just be someone standing at the side of the track saying "look at that guy he's got his knee down" and then that person might take a really cool photo that you can show all your mates!

Don't disagree with that though

its like losing your virginity (if indeed you have...) once you've done it, you wonder what the fuss was about

Yeah, a bit anti-climatic given the 'hype' Fun though

To go hard enough to get knee down on the road, it seems to me, is to not leave yourself enough margin for the "shit happens" factor: which can pretty easily turn fatal.

Pain bad, margin for error good.

No thanks, I prefer my knee caps intact thank you... Would still like to walk when I reach my destination..

Ahhh, you're not actually putting your knee cap down, more the top of the shin, you knee caps are pretty safe mate

On the track differnt story, oh hang on, I don't do track either. Guess I will never get my knee down, does that make me a wuss????

Only if you think so, what other people think isn't really important when it's your own skin and bones you're looking after.

Nothing funnier then watching tall lanky sportbike riders hanging way off the side and dragging their knees even though they are hardly leaned over and then thinking their awesome.

Hey that's me Stupid bikes made for stupid Japanese teenagers

I never get my knee down, i have scraped a muffler or two.

Try hanging off, maybe it'll stop things decking out so soon?