Proper knee-down or a pussy one?

[boomer]

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I was joking mate, don't take me serious I saved mine at Taupo in December on the knee

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

i've been called many a thing before, but never the mersey tunnell

[NordieBoy]

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

Big Daddy of course

[DEATH_INC.]

I'm gonna dissagree with most of ya, getting my knee on the deck was a pivotal point in my riding, once I had acheived it I picked up pace at a huge rate. It really helps (on the track at least) with stability at high lean angles. Dunno about saving a bin though, I've still had a few wif my knee down....

[Mooch]

It's bloody amazing you manage with one arm mate.............guess you get used to it but just the front forks diving on braking.....respect

Grahameeboy , check out some earlier postings by onearmbandit , has a couple of videos of him doing track days and not that far of the pace of racers.
If I could ride half as well on a track I'd be happy. The vids a good example of knee down only gives you an 11/10's advantage.

[boomer]

I'm gonna dissagree with most of ya, getting my knee on the deck was a pivotal point in my riding, once I had acheived it I picked up pace at a huge rate. It really helps (on the track at least) with stability at high lean angles. Dunno about saving a bin though, I've still had a few wif my knee down....

Thats just showing off Andy Nice pic! Keep at it mate, you'll be as fast as me before you know it

[The_Dover]

I'm gonna dissagree with most of ya, getting my knee on the deck was a pivotal point in my riding, once I had acheived it I picked up pace at a huge rate. It really helps (on the track at least) with stability at high lean angles. Dunno about saving a bin though, I've still had a few wif my knee down....

but wasn't that back in the day of cross plys, kick starts and leather helmets?

[MazTLR]

This pic shows all the different angle's of lean when cornering, quite a few styles, any of yours there.

[rwh]

This pic shows all the different angle's of lean when cornering, quite a few styles, any of yours there.

Interesting. It doesn't seem to say much about what's good and bad about the different styles. I think I often ride a bit like the second pic (above the bike) - partly so I can see further round the corner, and partly so I can wear off my chicken strips without going faster Except of course my lean angle is more like the bike in the third pic.

The other interesting thing is it says you can get strap-on sliders, but the shops I've asked said no you can't and they wouldn't work (would slide around). Does anybody know where I can get them? Might be handy for track days, without having to have them on my leathers. I'd have to improve a lot before I'd need them, though.

Richard

[mynameis]

This pic shows all the different angle's of lean when cornering, quite a few styles, any of yours there.

Interesting one!

mynameis

[MazTLR]

I wondered what my style was, so looking back at my old racing photo's found this one, Brands Hatch, paddock hill bend, first lap, I'm number 5. Notice know one has there knee down, and all the different styles, no knee sliders and armour padding then.

[mynameis]

I wondered what my style was, so looking back at my old racing photo's found this one, Brands Hatch, paddock hill bend, first lap, I'm number 5. Notice know one has there knee down, and all the different styles, no knee sliders and armour padding then.

Yes you are right, and jeez that's a old pic. Am i safe to say that back in the days bikes weren't as powerful as they are now hence not as fast as today's bikes therefore less lean angle and no knee down?

mynameis

[boomer]

Yes you are right, and jeez that's a old pic. Am i safe to say that back in the days bikes weren't as powerful as they are now hence not as fast as today's bikes therefore less lean angle and no knee down?

mynameis

back then they didn't know alot of things, knee down, counter steering, telephones, computers. Wisdom doesn't come with age

isn't that affmans dad on the left?

[Grahameeboy]

Grahameeboy , check out some earlier postings by onearmbandit , has a couple of videos of him doing track days and not that far of the pace of racers.
If I could ride half as well on a track I'd be happy. The vids a good example of knee down only gives you an 11/10's advantage.

I will have to haved a squiz...

I guess the arm side ie left arm, left bend is okay but it is the armless side that gets me plus on the road, how does he counter the braking forces, bumps....I mean the front must dance a little as there is only one hand holding the bars....truely amazing....like you say he would put a lot of us to shame...........

[onearmedbandit]

Hey, I am here! Sounds like your talking like I'm not around any longer!! Don't have dramas with either direction corners, hard braking etc. Sure the front gets a little flighty at times, but no more than when I had the use of both arms. Bikes generally want to go straight on, the only thing dfferent to my riding style to most riders is I use the 'push/pull' method for countersteering, whereas most of you will use either 'pull/pull' or 'push/push' or a combination of both. Riding again didn't happen over night though, it's been a hard path to get where I am today, but I was determined (and still am) to do the best I could.

Thanks for the comments guys, really appreciate it.

[NordieBoy]

Yes you are right, and jeez that's a old pic. Am i safe to say that back in the days bikes weren't as powerful as they are now hence not as fast as today's bikes therefore less lean angle and no knee down?

mynameis

You force me to upload this...