getting knee signs to look for

[kenny]

having never actual tryed to get my knee down before on the bike due to the tyres i had and visions of it endined badly because of them i have now some more "sporty" ones on

but how do you go about doing for the first time speed wise and whats the signs to look for if its about to go wrong
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[bEN_]

First off i'd recommend checking out the hundreds of video's on here and youtube even if it's just to get an idea of body position and speed.

when confident, go roundabout surfing


* waits for everyone to post their knee down pics *
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[R6jonny]

Knee down pics you say

https://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s355/K8Jonny/DSC_7147.jpg

https://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s355/K8Jonny/DSC_5393.jpg

https://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s355/K8Jonny/DSC_4110.jpg
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[kenny]

i only ask as im scared that the moment my knee touches the floor its going to rip me off the bike
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[bEN_]

Don't be, when you see pics like this you realise how minor getting your knee down is

i can do it on a straight bit of road if it's not too narrow.

https://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f155/ben125uk/elbow.jpg
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[bEN_]

if you really start enjoying yourself, i recommend supercorsa's

https://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f155/ben125uk/user193_pic546_1228774105.jpg
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Weeeeeeeeeeee

https://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h267/Big_Ham/SDI_4205.jpg

Like most things in motorcycling it's all about confidence.
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[DynaMight]

Most modern tyres will be more than capable of knee down. Roundabouts is your best option because you can just keep going around and around, it is mostly down to body positioning, you'll be hanging off and it'll feel like you're really off the bike but chances are you wont be hanging off anywhere as much as it feels

Just get the balls of your feet onto the edge of the footpeg, get a whole butt cheek off the seat, drop the inside shoulder and try to look through the mirror. It'll feel weird at first, if it feels unstable, you need to 'lock' yourself into the bike with your outside knee on the tank, ideally you should be in a position where you can remove you hands by the bars and you wont fall off!

Keep the revs fairly average and see what happens
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[kenny]

[the grim reaper]

It is pretty easy, I'd recommend using a high gear, so any throttle movement doesn't upset the bike too much. Build up speed and adopt the position mentioned above.

https://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/paul3011/Kneedownhall-1.jpg

Cheers

Grim
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[yuri2085]

I have always known I was close without trying, but i either wear jeans or textiles, would the textiles grip? (internal body armor) It would be nice to see what it feels like.

[the grim reaper]

Textiles would almost certainly snag, although I doubt it would be enough to pull you off the bike. Not a good idea though. You can get knee sliders that mount on your legs on the outside of jeans etc but I've heard they move around too easily.

Cheers

Grim
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Do a track day
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[angryjonny]

Did some roundabout surfing the other week on a quiet industrial estate but the roads just weren't smooth enough... I got so close to binning the thing I don't know how I stayed on. Felt like I was hanging off the edge of the world but I bet I was miles from touching the road.

Anyone know a decent roundabout in the Reading/Bracknell area for a wannabe (albeit talentless) Rossi to have a realistic chance of getting his knee-down on a VFR?

[Bendy]

[angryjonny]

Cheers - I'll head out that way and see how it looks. Is a big roundabout or a small one better? I was giving it a go on that roundabout just by Dell but I didn't like the surface.

[kenny]

ill try and find one some where quite the last thing i wont is to bin in in front of a load of people
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[Paulington]

I knee downed on my new Gilera the day I got it, handles like a dream. This was on a roundabout in an industrial state near me which is quiet enough to surf the roundabout backwards so you scrape your left slider. .
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[That_Hornet]

Nice few here

This is where I did my test training. Nice bit of road here

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=horton+lane&sll=51.347716,-0.271139&sspn=0.013536,0.038409&g=sm3+9ur&ie=UTF8&ll=51.349324,-0.280967&spn=0.013536,0.038409&t=h&z=15

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