Proper knee-down or a pussy one?

[quickbuck]

... it is bloody hard to do anything about it.

************************************************** ******* I pretty much only do this when I can see a slick in the rain surface and want to keep the bike upright because of the limited choices should you need to change line.

Hang on?
Isn't this a contradiction in the same post?

If it is so hard to recover when hanging off, then why do it in the wet of all places???

[avgas]

knee down isnt as fun as grinding pegs, so i dont bother with it

[boomer]

knee down isnt as fun as grinding pegs, so i dont bother with it

Reads.. "I can't"

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

getting your nee down... hmmm does it give you any performance advantage other than looking cool and to say you did ... I can get round the corners just as fast with out doing that????

[boomer]

getting your nee down... hmmm does it give you any performance advantage other than looking cool and to say you did ... I can get round the corners just as fast with out doing that????

yup it does, for all the above! but i wouldn't try it on a vtr.. you'll fall off.

[mynameis]

I don't fancy Dover.

getting your arse of the seat actually helps turn the bike in quicker.. try it; don't shove ya knee out, lean over the bike, drop ya shoulder, look through where you want to go and nudge ya bum over(well before teh turn, so you don't upset teh bike inturn).. it helps navigate corners quicker.

I found at Taupo that havin ya knee out helps with gauging lean angle, a little further teh toe goes down a little further teh bike goes down...

Now Enigma on the other hand is just a lanky saffy who hasn't a clue where to put his legs.

ps.. i look fukin good doing it too, i don't know who the other fag is tho


lookin good

Don't lie Boomer I know Dover fanices your fine Euro ass lolz..

Yeah I do agree that dropping your weight into the corner helps like moving your shoulder slightly, moving your ass a little bit and in some peoples case sticking their knee out.

But the critical bit here is, and in which I am a firm believer of, is going with the flow and doing it naturally as opposed to haning off like a baboon. Lolz.

On the other hand I guess it's whatever that works best for an individual biker, we all have different riding style

P.S. Dover says he loves your style!

mynameis

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

yup it does, for all the above! but i wouldn't try it on a vtr.. you'll fall off.

but then I can say i scraped my knee, elbow, shoulder, helment...

[Big Dog]

Hang on?
Isn't this a contradiction in the same post?

If it is so hard to recover when hanging off, then why do it in the wet of all places???

"I pretty much only do this when I can see a slick in the rain surface" is the important part.
I only do it in practice and when I have a choice between to evils.
E.G.
No suitable traction it is already messy vs get this wrong and it could be messy.

[Big Dog]

Just to clarify I shift my weight to the side in lots of different situations. But that is quite a high proportion of my total mass (bike plus rider) to be putting off center.
Moving off the seat is a desperate measure, moving across the seat is not.

[boomer]

Just to clarify I shift my weight to the side in lots of different situations. But that is quite a high proportion of my total mass (bike plus rider) to be putting off center.
Moving off the seat is a desperate measure, moving across the seat is not.

Unless your Shirley Crabtree moving your ass on the bus aint gonna make any difference anyways; snot like the busa is meant to go round corners 'fast', is it

[The_Dover]

Unless your Shirley Crabtree moving your ass on the bus aint gonna make any difference anyways; snot like the busa is meant to go round corners 'fast', is it

Showing your age now Big Daddy......

[Big Dog]

Unless your Shirley Crabtree moving your ass on the bus aint gonna make any difference anyways; snot like the busa is meant to go round corners 'fast', is it

Dunno who Shirley crabtree is but it does move 150 kg into the pendulum arc.

[boomer]

Dunno who Shirley crabtree is but it does move 150 kg into the pendulum arc.

thats equivelant to shoving Dovers dick up the Mersey tunnell mate.. nada.. zilch.. nowt

[vtec]

Unless your Shirley Crabtree moving your ass on the bus aint gonna make any difference anyways; snot like the busa is meant to go round corners 'fast', is it

Hmm, I had a go on my dads Hayabusa round the new Taupo circuit recently with merely Pilot Sport tyres on it, and I had the peg and knee on the ground at the same time, and this was on my first ever hard ride on the bike. Surprisingly easy bike to throw around the track. Admittedly, I wasn't the fastest guy in the fast group, but I still would have been top 5, whereas on our race GSXR600 I was definitely the fastest until the rear tyre got fried. And moving your body weight does help.

With regards to getting the knee down, well it is important, but only once you have the confidence to get near the limits of lean angle on a bike, which I am still not quite at that level where you need the knee sliding on all corners. What the knee on the ground does, is if you get the front tyre sliding, you can save a it from crashing if you catch some of your body weight on your knee, it takes enough downwards force off the bike to let the wheels regain traction. It's like making it a tricycle for a split second. I still have to lean my bike further if I want to be any good, so I'm going to need to incorporate more knee slidage in my future racing, but only when I'm ready to try and get the extra lean angle where my front wheel traction is going to be compromised.

I've only been racing for less than a year, but I'm steadily progressing. And knowledge of this kind of stuff is helpful, and lets you know what you need to achieve.

[enigma51]

thats equivelant to shoving Dovers dick up the Mersey tunnell mate.. nada.. zilch.. nowt

Arent you the boy that said you only gay if you receive!