Knee down?

Ive been actively trying this for weeks, the thing is with me is i think im hanging off . . . and im really not lol, i glance down and knee is still pointing up . . GRR except this once when i scraped my toe sliders, so the bike MUST be going down far enough, WHY CANT I DO IT ! ! ! !
its like a right of passage to me, Just need to get that technique down.

Originally Posted by plowsie

haha on the funny side of things im sure i have seen a member on here with the pillion doing it

would love to see pics off that

you mean saint matt

ha ha that is farkin awesome lol

I think big pity no more side car in world championship. Mr.Matt and his friend look winners!

Originally Posted by lylej

Ive been actively trying this for weeks, the thing is with me is i think im hanging off . . . and im really not lol, i glance down and knee is still pointing up . . GRR except this once when i scraped my toe sliders, so the bike MUST be going down far enough, WHY CANT I DO IT ! ! ! !
its like a right of passage to me, Just need to get that technique down.

on my old zzr the footpegs were low and i went through a toe slider and was eating into my boot! so i know where your coming from lylej technique is the key and i aint got it.

Originally Posted by lylej

Ive been actively trying this for weeks, the thing is with me is i think im hanging off . . . and im really not lol, i glance down and knee is still pointing up . . GRR except this once when i scraped my toe sliders, so the bike MUST be going down far enough, WHY CANT I DO IT ! ! ! !
its like a right of passage to me, Just need to get that technique down.

I had this for a while too. You have to hang off what seems to be ridiculously far and bring your upper body down and to the inside of the corner too. You want too be gripping the tank with your outside thigh, like you said, and your outside arm should come down to rest on the tank too.

A trackday really is the best place to do it as there's loads of grip and you can keep doing the same corners over and over with a bit more speed and lean.

That MCN video is a very good explaination of it. "MCN" and "good" in the same sentence? George Bush will be making an intelligent comment next!

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

on my old zzr the footpegs were low and i went through a toe slider and was eating into my boot! so i know where your coming from lylej technique is the key and i aint got it.

im getting there, i really am, im getting some of the race footpegs and stuff from JHS racing. i will touch down its just dam dangerous on the road and loads less disireable with your knee down and whilst doing so rear end a car.
but im getting there

Lyle I dunno if you've ever done a track day but when you get a corner right with your body real low and your head pushing out past the mirror you just know it aint gonna be that far away. I've got Brands in a couple of weeks and can't wait to try out Druids again! I would never even contemplate going fast enough on the roads around here to get the right angle. Think the very few track days I've done has made me even more wary of dangers on the road.

I wouldn't have said that buying rearsets and stuff would help too much would it?

Originally Posted by teriyakimonkey

I wouldn't have said that buying rearsets and stuff would help too much would it?

it probably wont make any difference at all to be honest, but i just like the higher peg position, might enable me to keep my feet on my peg instead of reaching.

Originally Posted by lylej

Ive been actively trying this for weeks, the thing is with me is i think im hanging off . . . and im really not lol, i glance down and knee is still pointing up . . GRR except this once when i scraped my toe sliders, so the bike MUST be going down far enough, WHY CANT I DO IT ! ! ! !
its like a right of passage to me, Just need to get that technique down.

Get someone to take a pic of you hanging off. Then post it on here. It's so much easier to see what's going on from a picture!

And don't look down at your knee!

and have a look at this - remember the key is body positioning.

http://forums.sv650.org/showpost.php...5&postcount=32