Elbow down

[Sparks!]

Hmm just looking around the latest pictures etc.. has any one from here actually ever tried to get their elbow down (without falling off?) dusty in this pic looks close and ive seen a few other pics over the pas t few weeks of members off this forum right over and just wondered if anyone can actually do it? or willing to try :p

https://www.giffould.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20040531/normal_PICT0102.JPG
https://www.giffould.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20040531/normal_PICT0096.JPG
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He was getting the peg down at points on the rs... and there should still be room to lean more with those tyres, so probably possible.

Always liked the idea of trying... though don't know if I'd trust everything to stay stuck to the road .... probably help being tall and lanky though.

[Frost]

https://www.wakeuphate.com/hosted/frosty/24_1024.jpg

doubt thats doable without a perfect surface, and race rubber.

[Sparks!]

It looks like he's crashing in that picture though

This is how it's done must be something about those R6's
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[Frost]

ah, well thats been done by getting right off the bike as opposed to the extreme bike lean angle i was thinking of
and yes i think that pic i posted was taken a second before the bike was in the gravel

I think the trick would be to do it on a left hander, and hold your bars as far to the left as you can, giving you that extra inch or two

[ProXimaCore]

I nearly done it last week. Didn't fancy ruining my leathers though so I held off... Well to tell the truth I sh*t myself when I done it as I wasn't expecting it to happen. Would have easily went down though if I stuck my arm out.
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[kev]

It may have seemed very close but you will be amazed how far you have to lean the bike and how much you have to hang off to do it.
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[Demonic69]

I could probably manage it if I stuck my elbow out enough, I hang off the effing bike enough! Maybe shall try it on Sunday
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Note the person in the r6 pic... he /is/ pretty leant over compared to average knee down riding and he also seems to have /very/ long arms.... which I suspect quite helps .

[Demonic69]

He also looks to have toe and knee down
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[ProXimaCore]

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Toe down suggests bad foot postitioning and that you may be left sans-foot at some point, if it gets caught in/on something on the road. Best to be avoided.

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[zaknafien]

I think i'd be able to get elbow down without much trouble. I never hang off so i'm usually really close to the ground when getting my knee down anyway.
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[Demonic69]

Zak, you'd be nowhere near. You're miles from the deck as you're practically upright!
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[zaknafien]

If I bothered to hang off rather than just leaning it over im pretty sure it'd only take a few passes to do it.
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[Demonic69]

I dunno, was just looking at the pics of us and I doubt any of us could do it too well. The peg would be practically down and I dunno if our bike would go over that far with stock pegs.
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[zaknafien]

Ok then, if I changed the pegs it would probably be achievable.

Cant believe my tyre had 9psi in it when I checked it after
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[ProXimaCore]

I think my bike would fall over before the pegs went down. Pegs are really high up and are pretty small anyway. Good thing really as I'd be worried they'd throw me off if they caught something.
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I'd be much more worried about your foot catching something (though I have come off while peg down... but that was on a slightly dodgy bit of road... my stupid.)

With stickyenough tyres you should be able to get your pegs down on pretty much any bike (providing you don't have anything else that goes down first)... Look at some supermoto riders that can get their pegs down while sliding the rear wheel... and they do have high pegs .