Knee down! - SV650.org

31-10-06, 11:52 PM

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I FINALLY DID IT. HAVE IT!

Dunno if its cheating or not but I just went round a car park in circles until is craped. Now I can just go round and round with my slider scraping.

Soo much fun. Love it. Have to get some more in quick before winter settles in for real.

Pics will follow soon.

Did I mention WOO?

01-11-06, 12:03 AM

Personally

Personally........

I thought "wtf is all the fuss about"....****ed me off for a while until one time I just tried it and hung off....1st time, KD.

And I still wonder what the hell the fuss is about.

Haven't done it since.

01-11-06, 08:08 AM

Only ever done it on the track.

01-11-06, 09:37 AM

fair play m8, i have been trying 4 a while now, been phookin close, but not quite got the position right, got the peg down nearly every time but the knee not there, its got to be something with my position, i dont quite get it!!!! but it will prob have to wait till next summer now!!!! i am not riding that much at the moment!!!

01-11-06, 09:46 AM

Well done mate,

you be careful though.

My sliders are still unscathed (although I think I've scared 'em a few times), I've not really tried that hard to get my knee down , I'm normally concentrating more on my line, throttle etc.

I'm sure it'll happen naturally as I get faster, so I'm not going to force it.

01-11-06, 12:31 PM

Excellent work. Yep now it will be easy and you'll want to do it everywhere but BEWARE of dodgy roads this times of year. I would play it safe until next year now. I lowsided my Kwak last November getting my kneedown and there was a teeny bit of damp/ice on the road (like the size of an orange) and down she went. KD is an awesome feeling though!

01-11-06, 02:04 PM

Got mine down for the first time too recently and loved every second of it! Scraping it all the way around the roundabouts when a car is behind you is such a laugh!

01-11-06, 02:14 PM

Yeah tis good fun.

Jinmmy: It is defo your position. Today I wasn't off as far as I should have been and my peg dug in hard. Just slide off a little more.

Still doing it on little mini roundabouts atm, can't quite seem to do it on the big ones. Only going about 10mph while doing it. Dunno if that's wrong or not.

01-11-06, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Davido

Dunno if that's wrong or not.

Yep!

I think most people find it easier when going a bit faster.

Be careful doing it on the road though, especially now it's starting to get slippery.

01-11-06, 03:04 PM

I think when trying to people always try to hang off the bike too much rather than actually swivel around the tank. Also speed is the key, most newcomers are a little afraid of belting it into a corner hanging off. It will become so easy after a while that it almost gets boring.......almost.

31-10-06, 11:52 PM	#1
Davido Guest Posts: n/a	Knee down! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I FINALLY DID IT. HAVE IT! Dunno if its cheating or not but I just went round a car park in circles until is craped. Now I can just go round and round with my slider scraping. Soo much fun. Love it. Have to get some more in quick before winter settles in for real. Pics will follow soon. Did I mention WOO?

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01-11-06, 12:03 AM	#2
instigator Guest Posts: n/a	Personally Personally........ I thought "wtf is all the fuss about"....****ed me off for a while until one time I just tried it and hung off....1st time, KD. And I still wonder what the hell the fuss is about. Haven't done it since.

01-11-06, 08:08 AM	#3
lukemillar Guest Posts: n/a	Only ever done it on the track.

01-11-06, 09:37 AM	#4
Jimmy2Feet Guest Posts: n/a	fair play m8, i have been trying 4 a while now, been phookin close, but not quite got the position right, got the peg down nearly every time but the knee not there, its got to be something with my position, i dont quite get it!!!! but it will prob have to wait till next summer now!!!! i am not riding that much at the moment!!!

01-11-06, 09:46 AM	#5
tricky Guest Posts: n/a	Well done mate, you be careful though. My sliders are still unscathed (although I think I've scared 'em a few times), I've not really tried that hard to get my knee down , I'm normally concentrating more on my line, throttle etc. I'm sure it'll happen naturally as I get faster, so I'm not going to force it.

01-11-06, 12:31 PM	#6
DanAbnormal Guest Posts: n/a	Excellent work. Yep now it will be easy and you'll want to do it everywhere but BEWARE of dodgy roads this times of year. I would play it safe until next year now. I lowsided my Kwak last November getting my kneedown and there was a teeny bit of damp/ice on the road (like the size of an orange) and down she went. KD is an awesome feeling though!

01-11-06, 02:04 PM	#7
M65 Guest Posts: n/a	Got mine down for the first time too recently and loved every second of it! Scraping it all the way around the roundabouts when a car is behind you is such a laugh!

01-11-06, 02:14 PM	#8
Davido Guest Posts: n/a	Yeah tis good fun. Jinmmy: It is defo your position. Today I wasn't off as far as I should have been and my peg dug in hard. Just slide off a little more. Still doing it on little mini roundabouts atm, can't quite seem to do it on the big ones. Only going about 10mph while doing it. Dunno if that's wrong or not.

01-11-06, 03:04 PM	#10
DanAbnormal Guest Posts: n/a	I think when trying to people always try to hang off the bike too much rather than actually swivel around the tank. Also speed is the key, most newcomers are a little afraid of belting it into a corner hanging off. It will become so easy after a while that it almost gets boring.......almost.