The Naked Experience

[northwind]

I have, of course, overlooked the fact that getting your knee down is, regardless of whether it makes you faster, very cool

Does anyone else find themselves laughing when they see someone hanging completely off a bike like a gibbon as they trundle round a roundabout at 20mph? Too scared to lean the bike, so they compensate with heroic acts of contortion. I swear some of the giuys I've seen could get their knee down with the bike totally upright

[rictus01]

Not surprisingly I'm what might be termed "old school", having learnt most of my go faster stuff before all this knee out business, on faired bikes I wing my weight around close to the bike and on nakeds tend to say put and just give the inside bar a good push.

I've tried the knee out in the wind bit on a couple of track days, but to be honest, in order to grind it I have to go slower , it's not a nice feeling and I can't really see the point (perhaps 25yrs back, but not now).

Generally I'm good enough to keep up with anyone just sticking to what I know, so I think that's what I'll do.

Cheers Mark.

[21QUEST]

Originally Posted by northwind

Does anyone else find themselves laughing when they see someone hanging completely off a bike like a gibbon as they trundle round a roundabout at 20mph? Too scared to lean the bike, so they compensate with heroic acts of contortion. I swear some of the giuys I've seen could get their knee down with the bike totally upright

Depends .... Don't know about looking like a gibbon but I may tend to hang off, shall we say a bit more than normal if the bike for some reason is not handling right. eg tyres worn. I may look like a gibbon but that's just modifying my riding to suit the bike.

Last time I got my knee down , I got run over by a lorry lol. After recovery did it one more time and called it quits. .

Half a cheek to a cheek does me now(normally) .

Cheers
Ben

Originally Posted by sv_dan

And yes Mr plod will not be too impressed if you wizz by him knee sparking all over the place.

Ah no, you miss my point. What I was getting at was that top police riders go bloody fast with great angles of lean and yet maintain their armchair stance.


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Originally Posted by 21QUEST

Half a cheek to a cheek does me now(normally)

Ben, your private life is not something you need to share with this forum .


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[northwind]

Originally Posted by 21QUEST

Depends .... Don't know about looking like a gibbon but I may tend to hang off, shall we say a bit more than normal if the bike for some reason is not handling right. eg tyres worn. I may look like a gibbon but that's just modifying my riding to suit the bike.

That's different though... I had in mine mainly people on brand new UJMs in shiny Dainese leathers

[rictus01]

Originally Posted by jonboy

Ah no, you miss my point. What I was getting at was that top police riders go bloody fast with great angles of lean and yet maintain their armchair stance.


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Indeed, on the course they teach the benifits of smoothness and not upsetting the bike, you can obtain considerable speeds that way, a little well timed slide can be far more effective that most peoples jumping all over the place.

Cheers Mark.

[21QUEST]

Originally Posted by jonboy

Ben, your private life is not something you need to share with this forum .


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What can I say , feels much better that way

Originally Posted by northwind

That's different though... I had in mine mainly people on brand new UJMs in shiny Dainese leathers

In that case they deserve to be laughed at then :P . One more thing. Em... what's UJMs(hope not being thick here )


Cheers
Ben

[northwind]

Universal Japanese Motorcycle.

Originally Posted by jonboy

Ah no, you miss my point. What I was getting at was that top police riders go bloody fast with great angles of lean and yet maintain their armchair stance.


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And you should see how some top police riders behave when not on duty. I have two friends in the forces and both have recreational bikes and knee sliders that are quite worn. They cannot hang off their Pan's for many reasons, 1. it would look daft, 2. They must be seen to be sensible/safe riders, 3. Polica cannot look cool when on duty....it's the law! Although I have seen them do wheelie's on their Pan's which was something to behold!