Too scared to put knee out

[Wideboy]

went out for a hoon and tried to get my knee down

now its not like I'm not there as i have less than 1/2 inch chicken strips, but i just don't seem to have the confidence to stick my leg out, the sliders on my feet always touch and I've managed to destroy a pair of boots through it already

looks like you've got your first customer blue

EDIT: whoops sorry wrong place plz move

Originally Posted by Wideboy

the sliders on my feet always touch and I've managed to destroy a pair of boots through it already

EDIT: whoops sorry wrong place plz move

are you puting your feet on the right place on the peg? balls of your feet on it, not the bridge part?

When Im casually riding and my feet or resting on the bridge part I scrape my toes going around corners really easily. The problem is sovled by moving you food backwards on the peg.

If your already doing this, then ur knee should be on the groud soon enough, because thats pratically scraping the pegs!

[yorkie_chris]

You have to move your rse off the seat too...

I find it easier to scrape my knee round a corner than my toe.
On the other hand, I never accidentally scrape my knee unless the rest of me is following.

Originally Posted by Wideboy

went out for a hoon and tried to get my knee down

now its not like I'm not there as i have less than 1/2 inch chicken strips, but i just don't seem to have the confidence to stick my leg out, the sliders on my feet always touch and I've managed to destroy a pair of boots through it already

looks like you've got your first customer blue

EDIT: whoops sorry wrong place plz move

Did you watch my 'How 2 get ya kneedown' vid?!!?

It was done with a completely different agenda so forgive the production being a bit carp (the whole idea was to do it completely off the cuff), but what I say/point out in it is genuine mistakes by novice KDers ... if you are scraping toes frst, it is coz you have incorrect foot and/or body positions!!

digs out clip ...

here we go ... Blue's how to get your kneedown vid

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

Did you watch my 'How 2 get ya kneedown' vid?!!?


here we go ... Blue's how to get your kneedown vid

"you will notice I am wearing the corect riding gear" LMAO!!

Originally Posted by pencil shavings

"you will notice I am wearing the corect riding gear" LMAO!!

safety first young man!!

Wideboy, after watching the training vid, you might find this useful too, its a couple of laps of Cadwell with my camera mounted on the rear, so you can see how I move around on the bike positioning myself for the turns. Even if you learn nothing, I think it is a cool vid!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fB_wh5bWbeo

[chris8886]

that is a cool vid!! i like a lot.

Originally Posted by chris8886

that is a cool vid!! i like a lot.

Which one?? (onboard or how2?)

Here is another rear view ... this time at Brands indy ..

Due to the nature of the track/flow of the corners and slightly diff camera position too, I think this one might be even better to see me shifting about.

6 more mins of watching my @ss!!

[tigersaw]

I got asked why bikers put their knee down - but it was a rhetorical question, in the form of 'is it because they cant ride properly ?'