So who can Get the KneeDown

[Spanky]

Lets have it!!! who can who can't

I can't :oops:

[Ride-or-die]

cant

[Spider]

i have a couple of itmes with me textiles on and once when i had sarah on the back of me fzr250 going down back roads to colchester can ask her for confirmation on that and the wheelies haha

[Biker Dude]

only once on my vfr....followed by my arse and the rest of the bike!

I regularly scrape my toe sliders and pegs though.

[Tark]

I can I can!

Even in the rain!

Got my elbow down too a few times!

And my ass, back, head, legs etc etc but thats another story! :roll:

[Notorious_T_I_G]

Same As Biker dude, when my knee touches the road you can be pretty sure the rest of me will follow

[taz]

i can ill get some fresh proof on me gixxer for y'all

to be fair

getting your knee down is just a hassle

your better i rekon if you can get that low with out using your knee

all i do now is do the same corners, same speed but just hang my knee out no need for it i just have to remember to stick my knee out, at the moment i have to think rather then doing it second nature, it will be good when i do it naturally rather then remembering to do it

[gixer400]

i can :D many people have seen it, but fingerz saw a good un at night when i had my sparkleys on

[Tark]

I agree that you dont have to put your knee down in certain cases.

Although sometimes you are that low you dont have a choice. Look at my avatar for instance.

I use it as a gueage to know how low I am and when I am going to run of the edge. The fairing usually goes down first! See avatar again!

I use my knee as a stabilizer too if my tyres start to loose grip mid corner. You can push yourself back upright. It does start to hurt the small muscle just above your knee cap after an endurance race so I am training my legs up for this seaon!

[kasandrich]

Lets have it!!! who can who can't

I can't :oops:

Hey, you are being modest now Spanky, I've seen the cornering school article on your web ****e http://www.extremelean.co.uk/

[taz]

yea :roll:

[Spanky]

Yeh yeh Ok i can do it on the C90 but not on the big bike

its the truth... but i am going to get it down in 2005.

ive lost 2 stone in an attempt to assist my butttt


Bikes going to feel like its got an extra 10 bhp :wink:

[kasandrich]

I'm worried that if I get my knee down I might not get it back up again :lol: :lol:

[Doninha Princesa]

i have a couple of itmes with me textiles on and once when i had sarah on the back of me fzr250 going down back roads to colchester can ask her for confirmation on that and the wheelies haha


Lol, yea that was actually really really good fun, cept u 4got that my knees were as far out as urs and i had to pull my legs up sharpish! lol, i could have picked the flowers if id wanted! lol.

So yeah that'd be the only time ive got my knee near the floor! Altho god knows i've tried. And once i got my baby out, i will get there, im not all that worried bout falling off! lol. Theres a saying bout no sense, no feelings that i can relate too!

[Spider]

not acting like a stunt man tark i AM hahahhahahahhha

[FasterThanU]

i can, well have done twice!

[stusgsx]

i love gettin me knee down, its just funny seein peoples faces when im doin it! there is a by-pass just up the road from me and it has about 6 lovely roundabouts! did it in front of the old bill once when they had to give way to me, they didnt care lol :D

[troutslayer]

i cant :(

[troutslayer]

na, jus kidding!

course i can :D

and my fairing too!

[Tark]

When the fairing goes donw I know its time to stiffen the suspension!

That or I am about to fall off! :roll:

[Ride-or-die]

got my toe down for the first time the other day when riding with gsxr dude, scared the absolute poo out of me

[stusgsx]

ahh the old toe down, i still hav a big hole in my boot from doing it on my rs 250! :P

[porka]

i had my knee down ver taking my mate on a roundabout.

[stu600cc]

not yet give me some time still learnig

[Biker Dude]

lol....i get my toe sliders down all the time...ask superstacker. He was follwoin me on the rideout last time...he even commented on it.

[Tark]

hope you have biking boots on!

[Biker Dude]

you know i always wear them when i'm looning it up on the B roads.

[Ride-or-die]

i wouldnt consider riding without em!!!

[Spider]

cops aint gonna care if you get ya knee down as its classed as a part of riding its not exactly dangerous as it aides to your cornering unless your bike is upright and your hanging off with ya knee down in a straight line lol then they might pull ya

[Spanky]

I have to do this THIS YEAR... :oops:

"hands together looking up to the sky" please please please help me to get my knee down

[stusgsx]

think its as long as you dont look out of control when doing it and ya only aloud to go round a roundabout 3 times or something :lol:

[FingerZ!]

i can :D many people have seen it, but fingerz saw a good un at night when i had my sparkleys on

i did indeed - that was mental - he goes 'ere i been practicing getin me knee down, i will show ya ont eh next roundabout...'

so i followed him to the next roundabout where i expected him to almost get his knee down, and watched him fly into the roundabout really wide, slap the bike on its side really low, and bang goes his knee on the floor all the way round the roundabout lol - was quite jealous lol!

I cant get me knee down - knearly did once i got me new tyres on, but due to **** throttle control and the fact my pipe sticks out further than my pegs by a long way im scared to try lol!

[Biker Dude]

i can :D many people have seen it, but fingerz saw a good un at night when i had my sparkleys on

i did indeed - that was mental - he goes 'ere i been practicing getin me knee down, i will show ya ont eh next roundabout...'

so i followed him to the next roundabout where i expected him to almost get his knee down, and watched him fly into the roundabout really wide, slap the bike on its side really low, and bang goes his knee on the floor all the way round the roundabout lol - was quite jealous lol!

I cant get me knee down - knearly did once i got me new tyres on, but due to **** throttle control and the fact my pipe sticks out further than my pegs by a long way im scared to try lol!



PANSY.....i knew ur were gonna say that b4 i read the whole post! It's always ur excuse .....lol

[FingerZ!]

F U man!!!

i cant do it at least im admitting it!!! :cry:

[Biker Dude]

8) sorry buddy, didn't mean to poke fun.....

[Tark]

I have told ya Tim. Just hang off more! :wink:

[stusgsx]

just have one cheek on the seat! :shock:

[FingerZ!]

will get a bit more confident eventually - i only manage to get out on bike when there is loads of traffic or if im tired which aint any good

:)

[Tark]

I know what you are saying. I only get to race once a month or so and for the first few laps I cant ride fast to save my life.

what you want is a set of nice race tyres of me! :wink:

[Gazdaman]

I can't.

My bike's not exactly a 'knee-down' kinda bike, but I'm trying and getting closer and closer.

When I get a new rear tyre on it and the weather gets better I'll try harder.

Gaz

[FingerZ!]

race tyres yay lol!

they road legal??

or is that gonna make me look stupid?! :oops:

[Biker Dude]

*cough* RACE TYRES *cough* :wink:

[FingerZ!]

ok ok

thort you could get road legal race tyres but was being stupid - im highly stressed and tired right now lol!

[Spider]

man what you need to do is on a nice sunny day put fairth in your tyres and your self and then go around a roundabout once normally twice go lower and try to hold at a steady pace when you get comfortable there go lower then just casually hang your knee out and you will be supprised then youknee will slide along thye floor and a big bright light will shine on you and the heavens shall sing " HALOLUYA"

[gixer400]

you can try on my bike if your scared of the exhaust scraping, ive got tiny ones now. dont worry bout crashing it.you wouldnt be the first.

[FingerZ!]

lol

cheers fellas!

appreciated :)

[Biker Dude]

this comin from me...the person with no sliders so never had my knee down....

You dont need to get ur knee down tim... I am as quick if not quick on my lil 400 than some of these guys that can get their knees down. Loads of times i've caught my boots on the floor (crunched a cats eye last time i was down in essex) and if i had them lil bits on the end of my pegs, im sure they would have been ground too. But what im tryin to say is that gettin ur knee down looks cool, but unless ur pushing and goin fast its not worth it...but it will bring a smile to ur face! :lol:

[gixer400]

a BIIIIIG smile. i havent got hero blobs on my pegs and can still get them down. i agree with bd though, it doesnt make you any faster. maybe even slower. but does feel so good.

[gsxrtel]

:twisted: i could on my bandit but i havnt on my gsxr yet :twisted:

[FingerZ!]

i know what you mean its not faster its jsut a wicked feeling and looks kool too!

Me n dan went for a little ride tonight n im gettin a bit more confident on roads i know now - goin into bends wide, tipping in with a push on opposite bar, bike tips real smooth and whips round corner lol! wicked fun - still not good at it but more confident. Its down to me worryin about the tyres lettin go over bumps and man hole covers whilst cornering - starting to realise that you can get away with bumps etc on bends, jsut relax - in the wet its different tho as you all know - been riding in the wet to and from work lately too which has helped cos now its dry its a lot easier to ride.

plus traffic has helped me cos it makes me get used to handling the bike through traffice and slow control - something i dont get much chance to practice on me bike as i dont normally use it unless the car is in bits like last week :)

[Biker Dude]

so u sayin that on sat u'll be riding better than ricky?? LOL

[gixer400]

so u sayin that on sat u'll be riding better than ricky?? LOL i will, but we already knew that didnt we. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[FingerZ!]

LMAO!!!.......yeh i will leave ricky behind........when he stops for tea LOL!

[EverSoSlightlyFasterThanU]

in my eyes i think im quick
but i cant see my knee down for little while yet
not for ****

[EverSoSlightlyFasterThanU]

in my eyes i think im quick
but i cant see my knee down for little while yet
not for ****

[EverSoSlightlyFasterThanU]

in my eyes i think im quick
but i cant see my knee down for little while yet
not for ****

[EverSoSlightlyFasterThanU]

sorry lost my temper with the computer
stupid pile of ****

[Gazdaman]

You're taking the corners with enough pace, it's just a matter of hanging off more.

Because I ended up behind you madly trying to keep up I was watching how you ride.

You could hang off that little bit more, drop your shoulder down and I'm pretty sure you'd touch your knee down with not much effort at all.

Gaz

[troggy]

The way to do it is find a quiet roundabout and ride round until:
a - you get dizzy and feel sick
b - you fall off
c - you get your knee down
It will answer the question, I tried today and took option a!!!!!

[troggy]

The way to do it is find a quiet roundabout and ride round until:
a - you get dizzy and feel sick
b - you fall off
c - you get your knee down
It will answer the question, I tried today and took option a!!!!!

[Spider]

muhahahahha wikid! well tis true that you dont have to have your knee down! to be fast hense i had shelly on the back made it hard to try to get my knee down soi i did the lean it as far as it will go approach and i did my foot was scraping along with the pegs and the pegs so much my hero blobs have gone! over took some of the bikes as well haha showed a couple up then it stalled due to dodgy tap asnd you all gained on me ahhaha

[Gazdaman]

I took the roundabout route aswell when I got back to chelmsford on saturday as I had a) warm tyres b) my leathers/sliders on c) mad ideas in my head.

I failed, never leaned it over so far before though, can't have been far off.

Gaz

[Ride-or-die]

yeah we didnt realise u were coming back to chelmsford, off that roudabout most the boys hit a respectable 70mph, the speed limit and not an mph more :roll: ... but when i looked back there was no light of a CG just gsxr dude. sorry mate otherwise we would have waited

[stu600cc]

sooooooooo close sat cant be far now

[Biker Dude]

well...i've been back from essex about 40 mins and i too chose the roundabout way... coz

A - i had warm tyres
2 - was buzzin after riding back from chelmsford
C - my arse was numb and needed movin
E - i thought i was rossi :(

heh heh, if only i had sliders i'd be stickin my leg out further....all in good time i guess...

[FingerZ!]

you werent far off BD when we got into kings lynn sorta place you were whippin round the roads you knew pretty low init!!!

[biker_boy400]

I can't :oops:

I went for a ride up to hartside this weekend, and tried to get my knee down an all the bends..... did it work???? Hell NO :(

I was still chuffed. I managed to leave a gsxf 1100 eating my dust. ha ha.
AND.... I nearly got rid of me chicken lines. YIPEEEEEEEE :D :D :D

[Spider]

hehe i did the impossible from that ride-out i got rid of the chicken strips on me RF well most of em bout 1cm left on the left side lol

[Biker Dude]

you werent far off BD when we got into kings lynn sorta place you were whippin round the roads you knew pretty low init!!!

Really, i didn't notice...probably coz i do it all the time and that... :lol:

[Tark]

Did you npt get it down on the way home from brands. After watching all that racing I thought you would all be well up for it! :?

[Biker Dude]

well yeah i was, but there's the small fact that i have no leathers, so no sliders....now i know the knee cap is quite tough...but not that tough!

[stu600cc]

yeah sunday i was close. sooooooo close. i dont know what'll do wen it finally touches down. Whats it feel like does it make you jump????????????/

[gixer400]

its very loud, and the first time it touches down can shck. but its lovely.

[Simon]

well i got a bit of a disadvantage as i have no leathers and therefore no knee sliders but i rekon i could :D

scrape me pegs and boots round almost all corners tho :lol:

[Juvenilerider]

i most definately cannot... not even almost, but its fun trying, and getting lower round each corner with more experience :)

[Gazdaman]

Juvenill I take it you're not the one on the yellow mito with the yellow leathers/helmet and no gloves :shock:

I really hope there's 2 L-plated mitos blasting round chelmsford.

Judging by your picture you're not, which is good.

Gaz

[Simon]

no im the Juvenill who blasts round clacton on my YZF600R lol

my couson has a yellow cagiva mito evolution but he hasnt got yellow leathers and he always wears gloves so that cant b him. plus he wouldnt go 2 chelmsford 4 {EB} :lol:

[srxbadboy]

Well i aint got no chicken lines left on my little 250 but i think theres one or two in my leathers.. as past a speed trap. :shock:

[Juvenilerider]

no, that isnt me, i know who he is though and i really really do not like him, he wears full leathers.... and trainers...i dont understand that, and gives ME a bad name even though, even if i do say so myself, im a sensible rider.. he lives about a mile away from me aswell so its annoying :evil: im the GOOD mito, with the dark screen and black alpinstar gortex stuff, and incase ya overtaking me, which will be a definate probabilty, im a 54plate and his... isnt, lol...

[Gazdaman]

Keep an eye out for me on my XJ, it's dark red, I've got a black helmet and if I see ya I'm gonna wave. Cuz I see you around Chelmsford a fair bit.


It's the bike in my avatar.

Gaz

[Juvenilerider]

yea, i'll keep my eyes open for ya mate, what part of chelmsford ya from then? ive prob seen you a bit aswell, im just shy about noddin at big bikes incase they just laugh :oops: lol

[Gazdaman]

I like just off moulsham st, I go to moulsham so I ride past your college every day.

Gaz

[Tark]

And what does this have to do with getting your knee down? :? :wink:

[porka]

You said it Tark. It takes more than a set of coulor coded leathers to turn a ****er into a biker, were talking bout gettin your knee down.

[Ride-or-die]

yeah sunday i was close. sooooooo close. i dont know what'll do wen it finally touches down. Whats it feel like does it make you jump????????????/

i got rid of all but 2 mm of both my chicken strips on that sunday!!

[Spider]

me 2 and back on subject i got me knee down haha

[FasterThanU]

porka you can get your fairing to slide on the deck and stay on the bike surely that counts as getting our knee down

[Spider]

haha yeh ! poor fairing maybe he should race tark round a track on his 125 ;)

[Ride-or-die]

yeah now that is a funny sight to see, i never seen someone get so low and i watched tark race, if they did race my money would be on alec being first into the first bend lol :lol:

[Gazdaman]

I couldn't keep up with porka in the twisties.

Gaz

[Spanky]

porka you can get your fairing to slide on the deck and stay on the bike surely that counts as getting our knee down

how the hell do you do that

change your name to biker GOD. :wink:

[stu600cc]

chichen strips have gone working on the front tire now

[Biker Dude]

porka you can get your fairing to slide on the deck and stay on the bike surely that counts as getting our knee down

how the hell do you do that

change your name to biker GOD. :wink:

LOL, I did the same on my RS50 nas RS125. Its down to the postion on the faring and the fixings on the aprilia. The faring is a bit pointy where it meets the tyre and a bit low too.......sorry to burts the bubble, after all it is only a rs125 :lol: -hope u dont take offence alec :wink: -

[Gazdaman]

I tried really hard today, and all I've got to show for it is a knackered toe slider and a dizzy feeling.

Anyone know where I can get some harder wearing toe sliders that screw on?

Gaz

[Gazdaman]

http://82.34.47.133/bike/Toe-down.jpg

Gaz

[gixer400]

http://www.freeimagehosting.info/uploads/9282bda665.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.info) :) this is an old pic so i wasnt leaning the bike too much, but i still like it. also it was a damp day.
i think if you popped your knee out a bit youd have it.

[Tark]

Hanging off more would be better than sticking your knee out more. Looking good though.

[stex]

im not even considering getting my knee down just yet ive only been riding my rs125 a week still getting used to the bike, i think its the tits of a bike compared with my 125 ped, but as time goes on im sure i will start getting the balls to drop my knee if not it will be another bike written of lol

[Gazdaman]

im not even considering getting my knee down just yet ive only been riding my rs125 a week still getting used to the bike, i think its the tits of a bike compared with my 125 ped, but as time goes on im sure i will start getting the balls to drop my knee if not it will be another bike written of lol

I'd have a word with porka, he's the rs125 cornering king.

and I agree with my pic, it looks like my knee would go down if I just stuck it out some more.

Gaz

[Gazdaman]

Amendment, I can :D (well have done, once (so far))

Gaz

[EverSoSlightlyFasterThanU]

i went out all day in my brand new dainese 2 pice suite and got both knees down it was the nuts. i was with faster than you (my bro) he did it first then i did but he hasent got his left down yet

[FasterThanU]

i have got my left one down only for a bit though "tis but a scratch" loads off my right slider today though

[Gazdaman]

Bah, you buggers.

My left is miles away.

Gaz

[FasterThanU]

yeah but i am only close on one bend! no where near any other bends

[Gazdaman]

I havn't managed to scrape on anything other than roundabouts yet...

but I have only had this super-power for 2 days.

Gaz

[Tark]

Dont want to put you off but remember that most diesel dropped by trucks and stuff is on round abouts! :?

[lpdj]

Good bit of advise there chaps!!

"I CAN" :D and no more chicken strips for me thank you..lol

Well my right side anyway!![img]

[Gazdaman]

I've witnessed the above!

and re: Tark's point it's always a good idea to do a 'sighting lap'

Gaz

[Biker Dude]

lol...you guys all goin on about not gettin the left down.....my left is sooo close and my right is miles off. I dont have time for roundabouts u see, so all my "close to knee down" action is in bends and i seem to be better at taking left handers than right for sum reason....

....oh yea, does any1 wanna gimme a set of leathers??? My jeans dont seem to have anywhere to put sliders

[Tark]

Like anyone on here will have a set of leathers to fit you!

You want to write a letter to the BFG and ask him if his mates from the Caves have any! :lol:

[FasterThanU]

i if im gonna do a couple of laps then i always do a slow one first. and now i can quite easily get it down just going straight over aswell

[porka]

knee down maybe could, but whats really good fun is wait till about two-three clock in the morning and get a 500cc moped and go round the roundabouts the wrong way with the stand on the floor and make preety sparks.

If no one belives me ask Faster than you brother, which is so slightly faster than you he waas with me when we did on the way home from chelmsford one night.

[porka]

oops didnt mean to write it that many times> i meant a 50cc moped not a 500.

O and thanks to Gazdaman for the little compliment on the cornering of the rs 125. Nice to no you finally got it down on your xj

[FasterThanU]

you really know how to get a point across

[Gazdaman]

I was challenged to scrub in the sliders that came free with performance bikes!!

http://82.34.47.133/bike/sliders.jpg

And yes, my HG slider, is scrubbed in on 3 different sides.

Gaz

[porka]

i still think your nuts for even thinking that you could even get your knee down n that xj

[porka]

i still think your nuts for even thinking that you could even get your knee down n that xj

[Gazdaman]

A view shared by many.

Especially when I start waving with my left hand with my knee on the deck, and sparks flying from the pegs, which are now pretty much ****ed.

Gaz

[r6paul]

I agree gareth you are a knee down ledgend, that wave was hardcore.

And back to the thread, yes from after today i can too get my knee down



Paul

[Ride-or-die]

Knee down king is what i called ya and i meant it. it was good to see and hear the pathetic PB sliders hit the floor. oh and i can add my name to the list of knee down legends. OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gazdaman]

Yeah you can! and we've got it on video.

Today was a victory for essexbikers!

You rock, took me weeks to get my knee down, first outing, down it goes!

Gaz - knee down king

[EverSoSlightlyFasterThanU]

i finally got to go out in my leathers and i can with out a problem what so ever get both knees down on every corner on every round about at very slow speed i cant belive it

[Gazdaman]

But you're fearless so it doesn't count!

Gaz

[Spider]

nah he a good rider was doing really well on the rideout i specially like his comments bout my riding made me happy someone noticed ;)

[Ride-or-die]

no ur missing the point, he is actually fearless!!! and he is also a good rider but the combination of the two makes him ur daddy, and my daddy... everyones daddy

[EverSoSlightlyFasterThanU]

i when out yesterday with some loonies and ground half my left slider away and i need a new right slider its completly gone

[jongsxrcoly]

I got mine down arsin about when i used to live in surrey.. but my mates who videod it in their camera phones thought i was goin to drop the bike as it was on a very bumpy roundabout.. mind you i lost the knee slider from the other leg on a run down to crescent suzuki last summer.. and its quicker to go round corners sometimes with your knee off the ground.. nothin to do with the fact that my legs are knackered from running and rugby and cant stretch out very far!!!

[Ride-or-die]

so you all thought the knee down post was as good as any, but then me paul gaz and sam went ou round the twisties to get the knees down on real roads and it was a peice of cake (well not for sam bless him, he hasnt adopted biker balls yet but we shall give him time). and then on the twisties me and gaz nailed the left knee down too, result!!

[r6paul]

Oi jason don't forget me :cry: i got my left knee down too! :D

Paul

[Gazdaman]

Good things come in 3s.

Shame I'd already scrubbed the left slider by putting it upside down on the right, whilst now I can actually do it.

Getting your knee down on a proper corner rocks.

And petrol stations :roll: and 20mph into a T-junction.

I'll fall off, then you can all laugh.

Gaz

[sstray]

i can with out a problem what so ever get both knees down on every corner on every round about

BOTH Knees? are you riding sidesaddle? :lol: One at a time might be easier.

The joints, and lack of bottle prevent me from getting my knees down, but I have managed to lay my bike over far enough to warrant replacing the exhaust due to scraping a rip in the end can :cry: I do sometimes manage to wave a knee in the general direction of the road, but when I straighten up, find my ass is still firmly in the centre of the saddle.

On a slightly different note, I managed a serious amount of shoulder down last summer, and still have the marks on my shoulder and back to prove it :?

[sstray]

i can with out a problem what so ever get both knees down on every corner on every round about

BOTH Knees? are you riding sidesaddle? :lol: One at a time might be easier.

The joints, and lack of bottle prevent me from getting my knees down, but I have managed to lay my bike over far enough to warrant replacing the exhaust due to scraping a rip in the end can :cry: I do sometimes manage to wave a knee in the general direction of the road, but when I straighten up, find my ass is still firmly in the centre of the saddle.

On a slightly different note, I managed a serious amount of shoulder down last summer, and still have the marks on my shoulder and back to prove it :?

[Juvenilerider]

my "biker balls" will come soon i hope, :D

[bikerboy]

I could have probly got my knee down the other day cause i scrapped my foot pegs on a roundabout, then again i have got one of the easiest bikes to get your knee down on, a cbr400!

[gixer400]

then again i have got one of the easiest bikes to get your knee down on, a cbr400!lets hope they are that good. i can do alright on the gixer, so when i get out on my cbr i shoudl be better. oh yeah!!

[Gazdaman]

You won't have a problem, you're a KD god Chris.

The cibber won't pose a problem.

And if the pegs go down you're just not hanging off enough.

Gaz

[r6paul]

As Gaz said you need to hang off more. My pegs went down and at first that scared me but after pictures being taken and advice from people i lent off abit more and vola the knee went straight down, after a few attempts! Find a nice roundabout and just lap it while hanging off.

Paul

[Juvenilerider]

i got my................ toe down today, scared me crapless but its a start :D was late for work so went into mental mode and got it down, and im impressed with myself because i wasn't trying! just ina rush :D KD will be soon!!!

[lil rich]

I can get my knee down any time, day or place......on my minimoto... :D

[Robocobb]

Wore out three pairs of boots on the ol XJ 600, no knee.

Wore out helmet, gloves, leathers, ribs, arse and thumb on the TT600

Too scared to lean the Daytona that far yet, but just wait :twisted: