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Originally Posted by cb1000rsteve
Save it for a Track day
Most common reason why people don't get knee down is there not hanging off enough.
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There's a lot more to it than just hanging off and hoping for the best.. alot of people take it for granted once they become more experienced but I remember as a novice rider, listening to as many experienced riders/friends as I could and reading stuff on the net/magazines, soaking up all their advice, very much in line with good roadcraft and programmes such as the california superbikes school/ron haslam race school etc. all about
- getting the bike set up before the corner
- i.e. braking to the correct speed
- then off the brakes
- engine in the right gear and fixed on constant throttle - not slowing/not increasing in speed.. so it's all nice and balanced..
- body position gently moved to the right place with ass across the seat slightly
- ball of your inside foot on the pegs
- countersteer gently to encourage the bike to tip in
- look for the apex and through to the exit, then turn in
- once near the apex gently start to power through....
all this combined together will eventually result in knee down if you practice it enough.
Knee down looks and feels good, but is just a by-product of being smooth and disciplined in your cornering technique. Practising good technique and body position will be better than actively hanging off in pursuit of trying to get your knee down, with forced body positioning you'll cause the bike to be less settled because you're more tensed and not naturally guiding the bike.
Hence why in my experience a trackday provides the best arena to go and practise cornering and getting your kneedown. No worries about muck/diesel/crap on the road, police handing out section 59's, adjoining traffic not anticipating your coming round the roundabout at faster than average speed while you're focussing on hanging off and hoping for the best etc.
