Knee dragging! - SV650.org

21-07-05, 03:32 PM

just a few q's, can only get the knee down around roundabouts any tips for decking her on main roads twistys etc!! ne one any tips!! and does ne one have any tips for adjusting the front suspension 12 1/2 stone 5ft 11 and has anyone gone right to the edges on d220s?

cheers

21-07-05, 03:55 PM

Honest advice? Don't bother. You won't ride faster or smoother or better. Unless you're going to take-up racing it's a technique that has zero use on the road and is a fadish style statement rather than the mark of a good rider IMO.

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fizzwheel · 21-07-05, 04:06 PM

Jonboy only says that coz he cant do it

But then neither can I

TBH

Have a read of this, not strictly for suspension tips but a general conversation that was had a while ago, lots of useful stuff in here IMHO

http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.ph...ting+knee+tips

Sid Squid · 21-07-05, 04:36 PM

Hmmmm...Biking Issue...or maybe Idle Banter.

I'm thinking it's being bike related it's Biking Issues material. So it is.

19-08-05, 01:04 PM

When you approach a corner, stick your knee out and lean. Once you hear the scrape you know you are at your max. Its really easy once you get the knack. Many people say that you cant go faster, but i find on big roundabouts and fast sweeper bends it helps a lot. If you go round a fast sweeper bend going very fast, you tend to run out of line, but if you put your knee down you keep it nailed and it goes round corners like on rails. I go out with Supermotos a lot round the twisties, they put their leg out and i put my knee down and i still keep up and sometime leave them.

Just keep trying on a a road (Private) and then it will come to you very easily. I learnt to do left handers first, strange i know, but i felt safer going that way. then i did it on roundabouts, now i do it on ever corner i come too. You can also get you elbow down if you propa lean ova, but it ends up ripping your jacket or scuffing your leathers. That might be my next invention. Humm elbow pads.

19-08-05, 03:22 PM

i just do i at roundabouts stockly park etc.

no point on the road as you dont no if oil stones cops etc are round the corner etc

19-08-05, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonboy

Honest advice? Don't bother. You won't ride faster or smoother or better. Unless you're going to take-up racing it's a technique that has zero use on the road and is a fadish style statement rather than the mark of a good rider IMO.

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+1

Skip · 22-08-05, 09:14 AM

If you are really that keen on doing it then I would recommend a track day, loads of opportunity to lean the bike further than you ever thought possible without the worry of diesel/gravel/dead animals etc to spoil your fun...

22-08-05, 04:19 PM

I can do it, but it doesnt make me any faster, in fact i corner a lot faster not hanging off the bike at all! Not advisable in the wet though, then you should hang off

21-07-05, 03:32 PM	#1
Jamesv650 Guest Posts: n/a	Knee dragging! just a few q's, can only get the knee down around roundabouts any tips for decking her on main roads twistys etc!! ne one any tips!! and does ne one have any tips for adjusting the front suspension 12 1/2 stone 5ft 11 and has anyone gone right to the edges on d220s? cheers

21-07-05, 04:06 PM	#3
fizzwheel Super Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,614	Jonboy only says that coz he cant do it But then neither can I TBH Have a read of this, not strictly for suspension tips but a general conversation that was had a while ago, lots of useful stuff in here IMHO http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.ph...ting+knee+tips __________________ Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over. K5 GSXR 750 Anniversary Edition

21-07-05, 04:36 PM	#4
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Hmmmm...Biking Issue...or maybe Idle Banter. I'm thinking it's being bike related it's Biking Issues material. So it is. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

22-08-05, 09:14 AM	#8
Skip Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3,151	If you are really that keen on doing it then I would recommend a track day, loads of opportunity to lean the bike further than you ever thought possible without the worry of diesel/gravel/dead animals etc to spoil your fun... __________________ '81 Honda H100A '18 Honda MSX125 (Grom)

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21-07-05, 03:55 PM	#2
jonboy Guest Posts: n/a	Honest advice? Don't bother. You won't ride faster or smoother or better. Unless you're going to take-up racing it's a technique that has zero use on the road and is a fadish style statement rather than the mark of a good rider IMO. .

19-08-05, 01:04 PM	#5
Hooligan Guest Posts: n/a	When you approach a corner, stick your knee out and lean. Once you hear the scrape you know you are at your max. Its really easy once you get the knack. Many people say that you cant go faster, but i find on big roundabouts and fast sweeper bends it helps a lot. If you go round a fast sweeper bend going very fast, you tend to run out of line, but if you put your knee down you keep it nailed and it goes round corners like on rails. I go out with Supermotos a lot round the twisties, they put their leg out and i put my knee down and i still keep up and sometime leave them. Just keep trying on a a road (Private) and then it will come to you very easily. I learnt to do left handers first, strange i know, but i felt safer going that way. then i did it on roundabouts, now i do it on ever corner i come too. You can also get you elbow down if you propa lean ova, but it ends up ripping your jacket or scuffing your leathers. That might be my next invention. Humm elbow pads.

19-08-05, 03:22 PM	#6
jonhunt Guest Posts: n/a	i just do i at roundabouts stockly park etc. no point on the road as you dont no if oil stones cops etc are round the corner etc

22-08-05, 04:19 PM	#9
Saint Matt Guest Posts: n/a	I can do it, but it doesnt make me any faster, in fact i corner a lot faster not hanging off the bike at all! Not advisable in the wet though, then you should hang off