Knee down, I'm fed up now

Well guys I've given up, having been out all night on Every roundabout within a fifty mile radios, around and around and around with no success what so ever.

I'm hanging off the bike, in third gear 40 mph around and around, it's impossible to lean any further without the laws of physics taking over.

WHAT DO I Have To DO TO Get My bloody knee down

 

come on a track day with us
you can get your knee down on Roundabouts, but much easier on track, and a safer. as doubt you will find a big pothole or deisel spill at track

 

Exactly this...

 

I bet your centimeters off Carl I go quicker without knee down I find

 

Don't force it on your mint repsol on the roads. Do a trackday, stop thinking about it and it'll happen. Use my gixxer if want. I won't be using it til Jerez in November

 

I agree rich, I'm sure I'm quicker when I don't try to hang off, however once would be nice.

 

Hi James, that's a kind offer but I've got more chance with the Kwak AE80 I passed my test on 25 years ago, my knee were on the floor upright

 

Sorry, I'll have to google the kwak AE80

 

I will Simon but Paul's off has concerned me I'm warming Angie up for a track bike for next year

 

Given time you know you'll do it as it's exactly the sort of bike do do it on. Your real talent will show if you can manage it on the GS though

 

Get yourself a track fairing and some bungs, that works for me at the moment.

 

As the lads say, don't force it.

Get a mate to film you s you can see how far off you are and exactly how you're positioning you're body, you might not be in the position you think and a lot of guys 'twist' their arse off which unsettles the bike.

Get your nuts up against and off to one side of the tank and keep your body there, the rest will come.

 

I never owned it, I borrowed it to take my test.

Very funny by the way, I'm cracking up

 

By the time the GS is on the road Gary ill be too old to hang off

 

Now that's a good idea, SimonRR do you have o camera

 

yea Paul only scratched the track fairing and broke a clip on and lever, bent his side protector and swing arm protector, he did dent his exhaust, but that's a not a problem for us we hope, with ours are under our seats out of the way

it was his leathers and helmet that took the pounding and needs replacing, but they did their job

 

we can borrow Paul's Go-pro at the track Carl

 

As has been said you need someone to film you so that you can see your body position. Not managed it yet without falling off, but basically you need at least one cheek off the seat; relaxed inside arm; outside arm and knee locked onto the tank; and personally I need (and been told) to slide my arse back towards the pillion. The last bit is because if I go balls to the tank there is no way I can open my inside knee enough.

 

Read 'MotoVudu'. It'll sort your body position right out but you definitely want your nuts unto the tank. It's why you see so many professional riders with ridiculously sized pads on the back of their seats to keep them forward.

reasons for sitting forward:

Can accelerate harder without the front coming up
Keeps you're body close to the centre of the bike
if you have your weight back and the rear slides it means you go with it and with less control
bike turns better as the forks run lower and are more planted through the turn

Not my thoughts but them of Simon Crafar: Photos to follow