Knee down, big tits and more...

[terbang]

Each to their own I guess. Followed a Gixxer riding bloke recently on the Coro loop and he was doing all sorts of climbing off the side and knee out stuff. It was fairly interesting to watch from an entertainment value and he certainly looked like he was having lots of fun too. Thats what counts eh..? Reckon that if he had paid as much attention to taking better line through the corners, I would certainly have lost my view of him.

[piston broke]

dredging this up,

knee down,hell no.i like my kneecaps too much.

knee out, into the approach of a corner if you're goin quick,hell yes.i'm sure the the wind drag helps to pull the bike into the corner and brakeing.

if you know your bike, you know far you can lay your bike down safely by the feel of where it is.

p.s cool pic's in this thread.

[rustycharm]

Damn... i just wasted a whole ten minutes looking for the tits....

Oh and one thing... I thought the whole point about getting the body position low forward and off centre was to keep the bike more upright rather than leant over... basic physics i presumed... more upright = bigger contact patch

[awayatc]

Damn... i just wasted a whole ten minutes looking for the tits....

looking tits..?Here you go.....

[awayatc]

only once you can get knee down will you understand,

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

....here is the proof!

[BMWST?]

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best place in auckland to learn to get your knee down is the roundabouts by albany mega centre, perfect seal, huge radius roundabout, 100% visability 360 degrees and fuck all cars

and lots of oil and antifreeze.....

[lankyman]

And another similarity between 'knee down' and 'big tits'....when gravity gets the upper hand, it all turns to shit...

[rosie631]

And another similarity between 'knee down' and 'big tits'....when gravity gets the upper hand, it all turns to shit...

I hear ya on that one

[ducatilover]

And another similarity between 'knee down' and 'big tits'....when gravity gets the upper hand, it all turns to shit...

far too true...Good thing I'm a rake with no tits...penis down ftw...

[Laxi]

big tits not usefull

sacrilage

[2wheeldrifter]

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*

So you answered your own question with what will happen if you want to get your knee down.... "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"... as you are at your limit of your bikes traction so next step is to keep the bike more upright and get your butt off the bike IF you wish to go faster on that road, so in short "get your knee down" D'oh!

Thank god for the guys posting sweet lady pic's as your post is nothing short of sucking your own cock to say how cool you are riding the loop with no chicken strips!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pointless post dude!!

[Peter Smith]

Okay,

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.


*sigh*

You say you had your boots scraping. To me this suggests that you need to get to foot on top of the peg. eg. the ball of your foot should be on the foot peg. This allows you to stick your knee out futher.
Watch a MotoGP rider to see where his feet are in a corner.
If you ride with your feet in the normal position(the arch of your foot over peg) I doubt you will ever get your knee down.
By the way, I strongly suggest only doing this on a track and allow common sense prevail while on the road.

[Starky307]

Just finished reading from the start to finish and decided to bring it back on topic.

[racefactory]

no one has mentioned that your inside foot is on ball of foot on peg. if youve got your bloody foot hanging off the peg then no wonder its touchng down before your knee.

your probably just not leaning far enough, it is really dead easy to dead your foot down if you leave it in a neutral position hanging off the peg.


Put that foot on and youll find you lean a whole load before peg goes down. if peg goes down and you have the right body position then knee should definately touch down (for a sportish bike)

chicken strip doesnt mean shit because the tyre flexes as its banked onto its sidewall....

[kiwifruit]