Well done that man! Still waiting to pop my cherry, I can imagine you were like the Cheshire cat under the helmet. I think too many years of commuting has ingrained too many bad habits. Getting closer but I think loads of work still needed. My mental notes for my next attempt: Shift ass more, Hook outside leg into seat, Move upper body (outer shoulder to petrol cap??) Loosen the vice grip on the handle bars Stop covering the brake!!! Any other tips peeps? Got a pair of slider that are feeling very under utilised!
That looks pretty much identical to what i was doing in my trackday pics. I'm absolutely no expert but imo sit further back, drop the inside shoulder and look round the outside of that mirror and it'll touch - that's the advice i got and it worked
Good pic Slick, how tall are you matey as your making that blade look huge in that pic? Your position looks similar to mine, when I glance down at my knee I can see its just not sticking out far enough.. but the more I hang off the bike it feels unstable, also feels like if I needed to brake or make some emergency direction changes it would be very difficult..
5'4 on a good day! I feel more 'comforted' by having my balls right against the tank, in this position I feel more stable and more in control of the bike, it's obliviously not helping with the knee down thing. With this position I found the more I hung off the closer my knee actually came into the fairing!. My more experienced mates pointed out my hip position forces the knee down and forward as supposed to out. As said, I need to sit back, shift my weight, lock in the outer leg and most importantly twist the upper body toward the corner, hopefully this will force the knee out and achieve knee down kudos!!
After my first knee down I was talking to my brother inlaw about it, and he was telling me that my father inlaw (who I assumed had his knee down because of his scuffed sliders) got his knee down on a mini moto round the back of asda and not on his R1, so now I like to point it out whenever I get a chance. #cheatinget Andy B
It took a while before I got my first knee down because I don't really stretch my leg outwards.. It came with increased corner entry speed (safely on track) Now, I wish I didn't do it so much cause the sliders wear out veeery fast
I am no expert here either I can get the right knee down on roundabouts but in your pic here you're doing everything right lean angle etc, except it looks like from your hips upwards you're twisting your upper body in towards the centre of the bike try to look around your mirror with your head and that should straighten the top of your body and allow the extra stretch for the knee to touch down.
Can't understand people who go out purposefully trying to get their knee down on the road. Next thing you'll be on here with the pictures of when it all goes wrong if your not in the back of an ambulance or worse.....madness! Get yourself on a track for god sake!
I know what you mean. I went through a set of mine then a set of Sideways' alders yesterday these were used for about 3 sessions.
That`s my style of knee down on track. I only use it as a gauge now but one thing`s for sure, you won`t catch me knee down on any public road! I`ve lost count on the low sides I`ve had but I`ve just slid off the track and picked myself up. I just don`t like the thought of all them slides ending in me slamming into the curb`s and furniture that`s on the sides of the roads but I do admire you boy`s that do it on the roads!
Have people not noticed how the seriously quick road riders very rarely get the knee down, except when showing off on favourite bend of roundabout. Walk round an Irish road race paddock few will have fresh knee scuffs and most will have chicken strips.......hanging off the bike and keeping it upright is quicker.....if you put your knee out you may well lose it.
