Knee down

[Reeder]

Done!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230150_10150204515818489_515608488_6932097_2844325 _n.jpg

Only got my sliders today :)

[Specialone]

Don't believe you, they look belt sanded :)

[Reeder]

I pwomiseee mr.

Hopefully will get a pic of me doing it soon!
I'd been to the local bike meet tonight and saw my old instructor there, who said i shouldn't even turn up with fresh unused knee sliders on... so now I can go with priiiiide.

[Chandler93]

/JELLY!

If only I had the balls to actually lean that little bit more!
Apparently I was within an inch on a ride-out on Tuesday ='[
Maybe I should try sticking my knee out more? xP

[Reeder]

Maybe? lol.
All I know is that I felt SO low to the ground, but I'm riding a naked which has slightly lower pegs than the faired and I had my toe sticking off the peg quite and bit and neither touched down, only my knee, so I must have more lean angle left!

[Chandler93]

Ahh right, hopefully i'll get it done when I get out on my own!
I've picked up my permanent pillion again so I seem to be going everywhere with her =3

She's away this week-end though so I'll go find some roundabouts! ;]

[Reeder]

Ahh right, hopefully i'll get it done when I get out on my own!
I've picked up my permanent pillion again so I seem to be going everywhere with her =3

She's away this week-end though so I'll go find some roundabouts! ;]

Good luck!

[Wideboy]

Welcome to the club, you now have the right to break up conversations of the c0cks at the local bike meet by wading in with your knees stuck out, I do it

[Geodude]

Nice one fella :D

[curvy custard]

hung off mine at all sorts of speeds and angles with no luck yet, need to set a camera up to see what im doing wrong,

[barwel1992]

i get over the edge on my tire before i can get me knee down .... i think mines a bike set up issue though, running to high off the floor (my seat hight is very high)

[Bluefish]

i get over the edge on my tire before i can get me knee down .... i think mines a bike set up issue though, running to high off the floor (my seat hight is very high)
Same here, high seat height + short legs, but to get you're knee down you really have to hang off a lot more than you think, not done it on the sprint, YET.

[barwel1992]

im in the proses of lowering it down again at the moment to see how i get on if its the same it must just be me :p

[Reeder]

I can't even flat foot my Sv with a cut out seat... That's how short my legs are.

Just got my left down twice :D and my right again, all in country roads rather than the roundabout I tackled yesterday!
http://tapatalk.com/mu/56ba6262-4b7d-c70b.jpg

[metalhead19]

Come on then, o "wise" one. Tell us about your body position and how you did it so us "lesser beings" can experience it too :p

[Reeder]

Come on then, o "wise" one. Tell us about your body position and how you did it so us "lesser beings" can experience it too :p

Well first of all I needed my **** twice as far off the seat I was originally doing, put more weight on my knee resting against the tank so it wad easier to turn the bike. Toes right on the end of the peg and my heel against the heel plate so that it stuck my leg out at an angle and then instead of pushing my knee really far out I tried to push it really far down. Scared the **** out of me when I first did it last night! Also hung my head really far off too

[Bigmitch]

Ah you never forget your first time!

[Reeder]

Ah you never forget your first time!

I was 14 and it wasn't even my idea. I was basically raped by a girl ;)

Sorry :D

[formula400]

knee downs are the best, so much fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHnuPxPqh3U

[metalhead19]

I was 14 and it wasn't even my idea. I was basically raped by a girl ;)

Sorry :D

Hahaha I didnt expect your to derail your own thread! :p

[Reeder]

Hahaha I didnt expect your to derail your own thread! :p

I can derail anything. Probably even a funeral...

[Smudge]

Much better on tracks! no horse poo or gravel and no risk of hurting anyone but yourself.

[Reeder]

Much better on tracks! no horse poo or gravel and no risk of hurting anyone but yourself.

Valid point. Won't be happening very often!

[Tim in Belgium]

Don't forget to wave ;)

[danf1234]

Ahh right, hopefully i'll get it done when I get out on my own!
I've picked up my permanent pillion again so I seem to be going everywhere with her =3

She's away this week-end though so I'll go find some roundabouts! ;]


So you managed it yet Mike! I have a feeling it won't be long lol!

[Chandler93]

Nothing worth mentioning really... I felt contact for literally 0.2 seconds =/ Smallest mark ever haha.

Need to find myself a smaller roundabout than the one I was trying though as I was going around at about 40-50 as it's located on a 60 road =P
Perfectly round and smooth though!

Bit more practice and i'll have that beast scraping away!

EDIT: I also only went around it once as I felt like a derp going round and around =P
But i'll have it down soon!

[davepreston]

Done!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230150_10150204515818489_515608488_6932097_2844325 _n.jpg

Only got my sliders today :)
didnt i see them in the back of berlins van with a order sheet for virgin knee down scuffing
or did you just do a pete kay esque knee slide across the dance floor

[Reeder]

Nothing worth mentioning really... I felt contact for literally 0.2 seconds =/ Smallest mark ever haha.

Need to find myself a smaller roundabout than the one I was trying though as I was going around at about 40-50 as it's located on a 60 road =P
Perfectly round and smooth though!

Bit more practice and i'll have that beast scraping away!

EDIT: I also only went around it once as I felt like a derp going round and around =P
But i'll have it down soon!

Contact is contact my man! I had to go 45mph round a huge round about for my first time and it was fricking scary, but i chose it because it was perfectly smooth and round :)

didnt i see them in the back of berlins van with a order sheet for virgin knee down scuffing
or did you just do a pete kay esque knee slide across the dance floor

Shhhhhhhhh, don't tell everyone!

[barwel1992]

how big are these round about's .... no chance you can get any where near 45mph on the ones around by me

[Reeder]

how big are these round about's .... no chance you can get any where near 45mph on the ones around by me

Pretty large! There's a lot more smaller ones in my town but the Tarmac isn't as good as this one is at the end of a relatively new road.

[barwel1992]

ahh i see, they dont like big islands round hear just small ones with loads of lanes ....

well there is one but thats suicide and has trafic lights all around it

[Reeder]

ahh i see, they dont like big islands round hear just small ones with loads of lanes ....

well there is one but thats suicide and has trafic lights all around it

That does sound like suicide. I did it at half 11 at night and pulled off when cars came along so I didnt risk them either pulling out on me or myself crashing into them!

[Geodude]

Popped down to my uncles in skelmersdale recently and found these big roundabouts (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=skelmersdale&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Skelmersdale,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.550711,-2.789154&spn=0.030596,0.076475&t=h&z=14) near where he lives, which are big and wide and just right for practice ;)

[Reeder]

Here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Pakefield,+Lowestoft&aq=0&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=11.771131,43.110352&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pakefield,+Lowestoft,+Suffolk,+United+Kingdo m&ll=52.44681,1.725036&spn=0.002962,0.010525&t=h&z=17) is where I did mine.

[Chandler93]

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Marske-by-the-sea&aq=&sll=53.550711,-2.789154&sspn=0.042222,0.132093&g=Skelmersdale,+United+Kingdom&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Marske-by-the-Sea,+Redcar,+North+Yorkshire,+United+Kingdom&t=h&ll=54.585913,-1.034238&spn=0.002574,0.008256&z=18

I did my tiny touchdown here.
Perfectly round and it was just recently re-surfaced.
Lovely and smooth just requires quite a bit of speed!

[Specialone]

Wouldnt you be better on tighter turns where less speed is required?

[Reeder]

Very nice, lovely and clear vision to see oncoming cars!

[Reeder]

Wouldnt you be better on tighter turns where less speed is required?

It probably would be better on a tighter roundabout for your first time I'd agree but this was the one I felt most confident in because I knew it was grippy and smooth.

[Chandler93]

Bitchin!
Just got back from a ride-out and had my knee down on this roundabout! =D

Soooo damn happy! Shame you can't see scrapes very well on yellow smiley face sliders though!

[Wideboy]

dont advertise your playgrounds, if everyone knows the police will watch them, keep it to your friends ;)

[Chandler93]

Tbh, there is nobody from anywhere near me on here so I doubt that =']

[Specialone]

Nice one mike, can get on now with getting faster instead of getting your knee down ;)

[maviczap]

dont advertise your playgrounds, if everyone knows the police will watch them, keep it to your friends ;)

Sound advice, but now you've spoilt my 'buckets of water' gag I was going to play on Reeder ;)

[Wideboy]

it happened down here. not through the site just everyone finding out about them and know the plods watch them like a hawk

best to keep your gold a secret ;)

[Wideboy]

Sound advice, but now you've spoilt my 'buckets of water' gag I was going to play on Reeder ;)
lol

[hongman]

Well done chaps :D

It's allllllll about the body positioning.

[MisterTommyH]

Well done chaps :D

It's allllllll about the body positioning.

I went and had a go earlier....I'm nowhere near.....:(

[Webber]

I was 14 and it wasn't even my idea. I was basically raped by a girl ;)

Sorry :D


I loled :D

Knee down is fairly easy, just need to be confident i guess, Hang off till your ass is well off the seat eg your thigh is where you ass should be, then look around your screen as if looking around a door, that puts your whole body off the side of the bike and not just your rear end, then hit a courner you know and poke your leg out, easy as that :)

Saying this i have almost no left knee slider left and my right is barely touched, just have an issue with going right haha

[hongman]

Complete opposite for me - left is far "harder" for me.

ANother tip which really helped was to try drop your shoulder to the floor. The act of doing this lowers everything body wise.

The most important thing though is self preservation, not worth coming off to get yer knee down...

[AndyBrad]

had a go at this on sunday. basically going round a round about i thought i looked like one of the guys off bsb. I tried to video myself to see just how many mm i need to shave off to finally get my knee down.


turns out about 4 ft! gutted! :D

[hongman]

lol :D

I just re-read my posts and it makes me sound like I know what I'm talking about. Just want to clarify I'm just as clueless as the next ;)

[robh539]

Nice one mate. I will be trying to get this sorted at Oulton park in 2 weeks :)...... I hope not to get both down at the same time. Not ridden much for a while so should be a interesting day if I remember how lol

[Luckypants]

Bought some of these at the weekend..

http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/product_images/wslp.jpg

Now just need to work out how...

[AndyBrad]

After seeing you ride chap i recon it will take you all of 5 mins to grind them down.

[paiste]

I too managed my first knee down yesterday. First time I've worn leathers with sliders so quite pleased :D. Even more pleased because I feel far less confident hanging off fror right handers than I do for left, but it was right knee down on a massive oval roundabout. Definitely need to learn to relax a bit though, I could feel my upper body tense up when I was looking around the screen. Might be better on decent rubber too rather than completely squared off past the wear marker dunlops!!

[bigbill]

:p

[TazDaz]

Already have enough consumables related to biking, not adding another! ;)

[barwel1992]

close but not close enough yet, need a new front tyre now though ....

[Sally]

Cum'on lads, must try harder ;)

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/228075_10150614994450570_835475569_18597487_328562 3_n.jpg

[mister c]

On track. Not bad for an old fart :)
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/59856_1586420144892_1367438768_1594911_2646572_n.j pg

On Road
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/47845_1603286401512_1216657430_1659103_1820120_n.j pg

[AndyBrad]

Damn you all!

had a go at the weekend but think my body positioning is all wrong?

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg86/AJBRADBURY1979/kneedown.jpg

[L3nny]

Found out that A* sliders have holes in them!!

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_R4P7NYmA8yE/Ta_K7l0QffI/AAAAAAAAAxw/z7P4PNOioIQ/s576/IMAG0084.jpg

[mister c]

Damn you all!

had a go at the weekend but think my body positioning is all wrong?

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg86/AJBRADBURY1979/kneedown.jpg
Turning left & putting yer right knee down may be a problem :p
Other than that the technique looks good :)

[L3nny]

Turning left & putting yer right knee down may be a problem :p
Other than that the technique looks good :)

You sure that's not just counter steering?

[Reeder]

Cum'on lads, must try harder ;)

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/228075_10150614994450570_835475569_18597487_328562 3_n.jpg

Holy shizzle. How long have you had them for?
You turned them around too because you're tight ;)?

[Lozzo]

I was 14 and it wasn't even my idea. I was basically raped by a girl ;)


Same, I just wanted to go fishing but she had other ideas.

[Lozzo]

This si where I got my knee down for the first time, I was on a borrowed AR125 and I was going to sign on at the dole office

http://maps.google.co.uk/?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=52.140093,-0.461726&spn=0.001939,0.004823&t=h&z=18

This is where I just wanted to be fishing ;-)

http://maps.google.co.uk/?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=52.132569,-0.445681&spn=0.00097,0.002411&t=h&z=19

(behind the Sea Scout hut with the white roof on the lower side of the river)

[Wideboy]

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=718&pictureid=5427 that was after the first time

[Reeder]

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=718&pictureid=5427 that was after the first time

Messy night?

[Wideboy]

Messy night?

5 pints of thatchers and a Chinese

[Reeder]

I guess if I was a REAL MAN I'd know what Thatchers is, right?

[Whitty]

Found out that A* sliders have holes in them!!

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_R4P7NYmA8yE/Ta_K7l0QffI/AAAAAAAAAxw/z7P4PNOioIQ/s576/IMAG0084.jpg

Plus 1 on alpinestars. Thought they were lasting well and sold a load of worn different brands on ebay to 'cheats' as some of them were way past usefull. Then just like that they disintergrated! Got some dainese ones on at mo that seem rock hard and seem to be holding up to road and T/day abuse.

[Wideboy]

Stop derailing, I'm telling on you, I'm getting you done

[Reeder]

It's my thread. I can do whatever the **** I want bitch.

[Wideboy]

K

[carelesschucca]

I ain't had my knee down in about 6 or 7 years... I've only done it on the SV, Gixer or the triumph I haven't been near... I'll be like a little kid again if I do it...

[G]

I remember after 2 months riding on my first bike (the SV) I managed my first scrape around a local roundabout lol, it a popular play spot for practicing looking COOL

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=309&pictureid=2313

The novelty doesn't wear or for me, it's of no use but I still find it fun trying on every ride, I get dissapointed if I go for a ride and don't get my knee down.

[L3nny]

What is the point in tear-drop kneesliders?

[G]

Aerodynamics?... who knows, sliders are sliders I thought?

Just been out scratching my knees... first time on my new bike, feels much better knowing where I'm at with it now.

[L3nny]

Yer decided against the teardrop ones, I wont be able to swap them over and everyone will know I cant get the left knee down.

[Reeder]

I do find the left knee very bloody hard in comparisson to my right. It's annoying. Guess there's not so many constant left hand corners compared to amount of lovely roundabouts.

[mister c]

Just to show that you can be fast without getting your knee down, here is a pic of one of my son's mates (20). He won the Triumph triple challenge a couple of years back by 60 points, so no slouch. He uses his knee on left handers, but has this approach on right handers.....Very strange :)
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/230717_10150248017485465_521470464_8932156_2248299 _n.jpg

[Bigmitch]

Here's a lefty.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee161/BigMitch41/128racing.jpg

[L3nny]

Here's a lefty.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee161/BigMitch41/128racing.jpg

I'm in awe

[Bigmitch]

Thanks L3nny, Your not left handed are you? Usually people prefer a left hander or a right hander depending more often than not on the opposite side to the side you write with.

Of course that could be a load of tosh but thought Id ask anyway?

[Reeder]

I'm right handed but prefer the right knee down.

[L3nny]

No I am right handed. I managed to get my left knee down a few times on the left hand harpin at Silverstone but I don't feel as comfortable hanging off that side as I do going round a right hander. I am pretty sure it's because all my knee down practice is done on roundabouts.

[Bigmitch]

Ah well that blew my theory out the water! I prefer left handers always feel more comfortable on that side of the bike, sadly we dont have any big roundabouts here on the IOM lol.

Happy Days.

[Mr Speirs]

I prefer left handers.
I have always put it down to having road to run wide onto whereas is right handers gives you the curb.
There are other theoretical reasons too like the bodies natural instinct to present the right hand side of the body to danger. This is because it puts your heart further from danger.
Thats why you generally injure the right hand side of your body more often than the left.

[Wideboy]

Im right handed but i prefer the left lean. My right slider is half gone but my left is only about a quarter. It's just road riding there's more right handers than left unless you live in Wales :lol:

[G]

I don't have a preference when it comes to leaning. I struggle to get my left knee down because my left knee and ankle are buggered and I don't trust putting much weight on that side.

Tips of my toes on a thin point (pegs) and bending my knee, then putting weight on it is exactly what enduces singificant pain lol... which can be awkwards for obvious reasons :D

[G]

I have always put it down to having road to run wide onto whereas is right handers gives you the curb.


What about cars :eek:... I'd rather hit a kerb than a car. You got lucky on the snake that time :pukel:

[Ratty]

Best place to destroy that left slider is Anglesey full circuit. Four dead cert lefties each lap and fantastic grip.

Ratty

[paiste]

I'm right handed and much prefer left handers. I put it down to feeling more confident with my right leg being in control on the tank whilst my left knee is out. (if that nmakes sense!) But I'm cr@p either way!

[Milky Bar Kid]

Have to say, Paiste, your KD avatar is one of the best, think the facial expression makes it!

[ibanezlynx]

Im trying atm. Im hanging right off the bike so much. The tyres are about 8mm from the edge. Im 6 foot and have long legs. Its a standard 99 sv naked. I just cant do it. I think im to cramped and my knees are two high. Will rear sets make a difference? Help!!!! What do i need to doo.....

[hongman]

Do taller riders really have a harder time vs shorter riders?

[mister c]

Im trying atm. Im hanging right off the bike so much. The tyres are about 8mm from the edge. Im 6 foot and have long legs. Its a standard 99 sv naked. I just cant do it. I think im to cramped and my knees are two high. Will rear sets make a difference? Help!!!! What do i need to doo.....
Its all about technique. It took me ages to get mine down on the road. I doubt rear sets will make a difference. Stick the bike on it's side stand and work on sliding your bum off the seat & sticking your knee out.
Most people tend to rotate on the seat (I know I did), dont, just slide sideways & dont tense your arms.

[Reeder]

Plus push your knee down rather than out.

[nik_nunez]

Do taller riders really have a harder time vs shorter riders?

taller is much easier, i go out riding with a guy who is quite tall 6'3 ish, and he can get his knee down by barley leaning off the bike as his knees stick out so far/