Best spot to practice knee down?

**Subike** · 6th June 2012, 18:16

If you want to ride like that on public roads, then stay in Auckland
we dont want you down here in the south
dont need to "get the knee down"" when riding properly and within the legal limits
just stay north of those bombay hills.
Sorry to all you riders up there who have yet another hazard to watch out for on your leasurly ride on the corro loop

**nodrog:Me** · 6th June 2012, 18:35

pm DMNTD, he has a couple of spots in Auckland that he has used to get his knee down.

**onearmedbandit** · 6th June 2012, 18:40

Originally Posted by Subike

If you want to ride like that on public roads, then stay in Auckland
we dont want you down here in the south
dont need to "get the knee down"" when riding properly and within the legal limits
just stay north of those bombay hills.
Sorry to all you riders up there who have yet another hazard to watch out for on your leasurly ride on the corro loop

We ride at the legal limits down here??

**Jantar** · 6th June 2012, 18:43

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

We ride at the legal limits down here??

Of course we do. The legal limit is always 1 kmh faster than we are travelling at any particular time.

**Kornholio** · 6th June 2012, 18:45

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

We ride at the legal limits down here??

Didn't you get the memo?

**erix** · 6th June 2012, 21:10

Originally Posted by Subike

If you want to ride like that on public roads, then stay in Auckland
we dont want you down here in the south
dont need to "get the knee down"" when riding properly and within the legal limits
just stay north of those bombay hills.
Sorry to all you riders up there who have yet another hazard to watch out for on your leasurly ride on the corro loop

ohhhhhhh, ist that cute?

such a law abiding citizen. lets give him a round of applause.

knee down is now hazzard on road now.....LMAO

**erix** · 6th June 2012, 21:15

Originally Posted by nodrog

pm DMNTD, he has a couple of spots in Auckland that he has used to get his knee down.

thanks, will do.

**nathanwhite** · 6th June 2012, 21:44

Originally Posted by erix

please let me know if you know somewhere like this famous Mulholland drive

You want a place like Mulholland? its not famous, its infamous.
Have a good look through this youtube channel. This is by far the more common result when people try to get their knee down on roads.

I see no issue with you trying to get your knee down. It's something i'm trying for also. But only on the track. (when I get to go anyway, its a little hard with a half built bike)

As a 500cc GP champ (I forget which one) aptly put it "if I had to face the same obstacles on the track you do on the road, I would be dead"

**tigertim20** · 6th June 2012, 22:36

Originally Posted by nathanwhite

You want a place like Mulholland? its not famous, its infamous.
Have a good look through this youtube channel. This is by far the more common result when people try to get their knee down on roads.

I see no issue with you trying to get your knee down. It's something i'm trying for also. But only on the track. (when I get to go anyway, its a little hard with a half built bike)

As a 500cc GP champ (I forget which one) aptly put it "if I had to face the same obstacles on the track you do on the road, I would be dead"

If you have a look on youtube there are lots of vids of people getting a knee down at very low speeds, like 30km/hr.
Its a skill of limited use - several of the NZSBK riders dont put a knee down if i recall correctly! - but it is kinda fun to do, and nothing wrong with wanting to learn a new skill on your bike.

My advice is find a bif empty, flat carpark on a weekend or evening and practice there at LOW speeds, and just gently, gradually let the knee go down. You are safer trying it at 30-50 in a carpark than trying to do it at 100+ on the track sometimes.

Just make sure your tyres are good, make sure they are warm (a 20km ride before you go to your car park should suffice, and remember that its wintery now, and the sun can fool you into thinking that there is more grip available than there really is.)

Have fun with it, I remember when i first got a knee down, felt like I was rossi! but its not a skill I use a whole lot anymore to be honest.

**Gremlin** · 7th June 2012, 02:14

Originally Posted by tigertim20

but it is kinda fun to do, and nothing wrong with wanting to learn a new skill on your bike.

It has the practical purpose for racing to gauge the lean angle of the bike. ie, they are just touching the tarmac to know how far over the bike is, not grinding away their sliders as fast as possible. In wet racing, they often have a double layer slider, as they won't have the same lean angle as the dry.

As for knee down for the average joe... those that covet it have clearly never done so. Once you've done it, you'll wonder what all the fuss is about. Do a trackday and you'll see.

**driftn** · 7th June 2012, 06:31

Knee down on the road is stupid, no need for it and Im pretty sure that if a police officer does see you doing this, you will get done for careless use or some thing similar. I can't see how getting a knee down on the road is a use full skill, care to enlighten me on that?,
Take it to the race track get your "cool" scratches that way. Trust me though, the novelty wears off pretty quickly. Just another expense to add to the long list already.

**slofox** · 7th June 2012, 07:34

I never get me knee down. It involves rotating your hip outwards. If I do that, the whole hip cramps up and I have to stop and walk around to fix it. So there ya go.