First knee down

[NicM]

Well as the title suggest's I've finally got my knee down ...which considering I'd pilled into a 90degree left at about 50 was not to surprising.

As I'd never done this before I was quite schoked as I went over, next hearing the loud scratching/tearing of plastic....thinking oh fuck I've over done it and hear comes the hedge . Almost shat myself as it was not expected, which made me promptly stand the bike up and loose my line and go into the other lane thankfully no oncoming traffic. Took me a moment or two to realise that it had been my slider making the noise, so couple of miles later at the next good 90 left I though feck it I'll try this time, which worked and as I was expecting the noise etc I held my line perfectly.

However I was wondering how everyone else reacted that first time did you to almost shit yourself or was I just being a big wuss.

[Gazdaman]

I certainly shat my self and sat the bike up.

Tis a good feeling isn't it.

Gaz

[Dark]

Yep, it made me jump

As soon as i completed the corner i was punching the air like i'd one a race! It was knee down time at every other corner after that for a few days!

Took me a lot longer to get my right knee down though
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[Suzuki]

[Slickfish]

Yeah it makes you jump the first time, very cool feeing!!!

[Dark]

[NicM]

[Dark]

Its definitely up there amongst the greatest biking moments of my life.

The thing that made it most special to me was a) i wasn't trying to do it and b) it didn't happen on a roundabout. Therefore it was a proper knee down and not a poser knee down
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My Bikes in order:- Yamaha RXS100 / Suzuki X7 250 / Yamaha RD350LC / Kawasaki
KR1S 250 / Kawasaki ZXR750 H2 / Honda C50 / Kawasaki ZX7R P5 / Kawasaki ZX10R / Suzuki GSXR 400 / Honda CBR1100 Blackbird & Yamaha FZR 600

[ruffryder]

does everyone get their left knee down b4 the right knee then?

[Dark]

It seems to be the other way round to me. Quite a lot of people go roundabout surfing with the intention of getting there knee down.
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My Bikes in order:- Yamaha RXS100 / Suzuki X7 250 / Yamaha RD350LC / Kawasaki
KR1S 250 / Kawasaki ZXR750 H2 / Honda C50 / Kawasaki ZX7R P5 / Kawasaki ZX10R / Suzuki GSXR 400 / Honda CBR1100 Blackbird & Yamaha FZR 600

[NicM]

I always thought the most comon was the right knee....from posing on roundabouts.... That was certainly where I managed to get my first toe down

[KevTM]

never had my knee down as i've got textiles but i got my toe down unintentionally and yeah stuff like that (hearing/feeling stuff grinding on the ground) makes you shit it a wee bit, didny stand the bike up though just enough to stop the grinding lol..

getting my knee down may be a good to excuse to get a set of leathers

*ponders*

[NSR Mick]

Saw a bloke doing laps of the M65 J3 roundabout the other week on either a brand new Honda 600 or 1000rr and he was hanging off like some deranged monkey and his knee was nowhere near. Why is it I'm always in the car when I see these clowns, he looked a right muppet.
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[palmer]

I ran inside and got a plaster... Not good in jeans

[jonnay]

I thought

"Woah, ace!"

Followed by

"I should go home and get my leathers really, cos my jeans are now f*cked"

Still got the pair of jeans with a white holey bit just below the knee, the ripped effect It's easier in jeans than leathers though, mine restricted leg movement quite a bit, still managed it though... eventually
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[GearboxGeezer]

[2stroker]

Aint got my knee down since 1993 at Mallory Park.I had a fireblade,done lots of laps,wore out my sliders and my new white fieldsheer boots and then got hi-sided at Gerrards and have never got my knee down since.I always have that little thing in the back of my mind about coming off at mallory and breaking my wrists .
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[Suzuki]

[ruffryder]

seen

[Cog Head]

i did it on my fiddy

firts i was like...ow fuck whats broke now...but then i foolishly looked down to my knee and noticed how close it was to the floor, and then promptly shat myself as i saw the curb ruining at me at god know what speed
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[palmer]

I did it on the ar50, the rs doesnt like to lean at all. front goes twitchy, tyres slide (shitty continentals) and atm, the rear wheel is broken

[Cog Head]

[sychosis]

I keep trying but it ain't happening
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[V2]

im the same, i try but it dont happen, ive had boot scraping the floor on the right and snapped a quarter of the left peg off though but still no knee down, oh well im sure itll happen one day! to be honest im not all that fussed, i just wanna do it once so people dont make fun of my mint condition sliders

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