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PostPosted: 18:24 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: How to knee down the proper way Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 18:33 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't get it...

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PostPosted: 18:35 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Are you not meant to lean the bike over rather than just getting off?
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PostPosted: 18:37 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Marmalade wrote:
Are you not meant to lean the bike over rather than just getting off?


Just what I was thinking...bloke must have long legs. Somehow loses it's coolness when the bike is so upright you could still balance a cup of tea on the tank Laughing

I do realise a cup of tea would potentially stay on the tank anyway due to the G-forces involved.
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PostPosted: 18:39 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe it is actually on the side stand, stationary in the middle of the road and he is just hanging on it...


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PostPosted: 18:45 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
DonnyBrago wrote:
I don't get it...

Is it you?


Not me just a random pic of the net.Found it quite funny Very Happy
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PostPosted: 18:51 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
T0MMY wrote:
Marmalade wrote:
Are you not meant to lean the bike over rather than just getting off?


Just what I was thinking...bloke must have long legs. Somehow loses it's coolness when the bike is so upright you could still balance a cup of tea on the tank Laughing

I do realise a cup of tea would potentially stay on the tank anyway due to the G-forces involved.



Nah.... He's on the wrong side of the road for a real tea drinker.

More likely to be a Skinny Latte, Cappuccino or an Americano on that tank Sir.
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PostPosted: 18:55 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Marmalade wrote:
Are you not meant to lean the bike over rather than just getting off?


The whole point of shifting your weight is so that you can keep the bike more upright.
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PostPosted: 18:58 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
c-m wrote:
Marmalade wrote:
Are you not meant to lean the bike over rather than just getting off?


The whole point of shifting your weight is so that you can keep the bike more upright.
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PostPosted: 19:05 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
c-m wrote:
Marmalade wrote:
Are you not meant to lean the bike over rather than just getting off?


The whole point of shifting your weight is so that you can keep the bike more upright.


i always thought it was to stop the bike going upright ? powering through a corner makes the bike want to sit up straight imo
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PostPosted: 19:11 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
No place on the road for kneedown.
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PostPosted: 19:13 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
colicabcadam wrote:

i always thought it was to stop the bike going upright ?


Not sure if serious... Shocked
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PostPosted: 19:19 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
surely it's more dangerous hanging off like a monkey like that, you can't keep yourself to the bike without using your hands
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PostPosted: 19:26 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Acemastr wrote:
surely it's more dangerous hanging off like a monkey like that, you can't keep yourself to the bike without using your hands


lolwut?

The bars are a control input not a support, you hold yourself onto the bike with your legs.
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PostPosted: 19:33 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
T0MMY wrote:
colicabcadam wrote:

i always thought it was to stop the bike going upright ?


Not sure if serious... Shocked


warm your tyres up and pull the throttle as hard as you dare, providing grip is there, the bike will want to sit upright

obviously body weight will change the direction the bike travels too
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PostPosted: 19:39 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
colicabcadam wrote:


warm your tyres up and pull the throttle as hard as you dare, providing grip is there, the bike will want to sit upright

obviously body weight will change the direction the bike travels too



I was more surprised at the idea that you might hang off to keep the bike less upright.

The bike stays down quite happily on a hard throttle whilst leant over anyway, not a problem I've noticed to be honest.
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PostPosted: 19:40 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
colicabcadam wrote:
i always thought it was to stop the bike going upright ? powering through a corner makes the bike want to sit up straight imo


Didn't realise that opinions played a part in physics.

Leaning off the bike helps to keep the bike more upright whilst doing the same speed due to where the weight has been moved to.

The knee can also server as a marker for riders to stop them leaning "too" far.

On a side note: That picture looks like my half arsed attempt of getting a knee down on the GS. Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:00 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
J.M. wrote:
Leaning off the bike helps to keep the bike more upright whilst doing the same speed due to where the weight has been moved to.

The knee can also server as a marker for riders to stop them leaning "too" far.


Perhaps if he was getting to 50+ degree's of lean, it might be OK. Like that just looks plain stupid Thumbs Down

Perhaps he is actually faling off the bike Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:02 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm actually impressed by how little he can lean a bike and get his knee down...

Reckon he's about 7'? Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:19 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just got to have long thighs I guess.
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PostPosted: 20:43 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
iooi wrote:
Perhaps if he was getting to 50+ degree's of lean, it might be OK. Like that just looks plain stupid Thumbs Down

Perhaps he is actually faling off the bike Laughing


Yeah I was just explaining it in simple terms that other guy.

It does look rather stupid at that angle. Quite an eye opener to how stupid I must look! Laughing Still have far too little cornering confidence in my bike.
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Forgot he'd taken the sidecar off?
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PostPosted: 22:57 - 07 Aug 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
colicabcadam wrote:


obviously body weight will change the direction the bike travels too


A tiny, tiny amount, practically imperceptible for all intents and purposes. There's a video somewhere on the interwebz showing how little control you have over a bike by shifting your weight around.
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