[stateofmind]

hey everyone, been riding my 04R1 for about a year now, mainly been focusing on wheelies and such but now im looking at knee dragging, my 2 main questions are....

1) as in the pic i know im a bit too upright, ive been correcting that lately, but as for my form is there any pointers anyone can give?

2) with foot position, nowadays im trying to get the ball of my foot near the end of the peg pointing as far towards being parallel with the peg as i can but its still a bit uncomfy.. anyone have any preferred techniques they can share?

btw the pic is of me at my (so far) one and only track day, but i had to grab the pic of the photographers website, hence the watermark :dunno

cheers guys
:beer

 

[Redrocket996]

As you no doubt realise your body position is wrong. There is enough lean angle to drag your knee but in that position you'd see the bike sliding down the road long before your knee touched.

You need to sit back in the seat, hang one butt cheek off the seat, lean your upper body forward and to the inside of the turn. Drop your inside elbow. Loosen up on your outside elbow. And just let the knee hang out naturally. Dont reach with your knee.

:sneaky

 

[stateofmind]

thanks for the advice redrocket, esp about sitting back in the seat, id never thought too much about that part of it..

anyone else have some thoughts? feel free to take the pi$$ outta my technique, more yas do more i learn :2bitchsla

 

[extrakt0r]

Here you go...

You need to get WAY down, scoot the butt back, look thru the turn...

GET R' DONE :bash

 

[extrakt0r]

:sneaky :sneaky

Where is he at? :thumbup

 

[stateofmind]

thanks for all your help guys... i dont know if im a good student or wasnt too far away to begin with but after i got home from work today i applied a few of your pointers and within about 5 mins (inc about 3 to warm the tyres up)..... success lol.. what a great feeling, cant wait to hit some decent twisties
cheers!
:beer :rock

 

[stateofmind]

one of the offending corners..look hard :sneaky

 

[Redrocket996]

one of the offending corners..look hard :sneaky

:thumbup

 

[Kangaroo]

what helps most is dropping your inside elbow

 

[stateofmind]

yeah i think my elbow probly dropped into the correct position by itself as a result of correct body position.. now just have to keep practising till its second nature, but it did feel strangely comfortable

 

[Kangaroo]

you'll see what I mean by looking at shakey's elbow here

 

[Kangaroo]

forgot the pic

 

[stateofmind]

yeah i see what you mean, lower elbow really encourages the position, those sbk and gp riders have some sweet form, mad to watch in person too

the doc at phillip island '05.........

 

[adey]

if you can find a roundabout...its a good place to start. you'll learn how to arrest lean angle with maintenance throttle. and also follow a consistent line.
i'm no expert...but thats how i learned this fall. i'll post pics of my left puck next week (picking up video cam friday).
it sucks that i just learned last week...cuz now the winter is upon me.
didn't get a chance to practice what i learned thru twisties.
lemme know how you're coming along.
peace

 

[adey]

if you can find a roundabout...its a good place to start. you'll learn how to arrest lean angle with maintenance throttle. and also follow a consistent line.
i'm no expert...but thats how i learned this fall. i'll post pics of my left puck next week (picking up video cam friday).
it sucks that i just learned last week...cuz now the winter is upon me.
didn't get a chance to practice what i learned thru twisties.
lemme know how you're coming along.
peace

 

[ImNotAsCoolAsU]

Is it just me or does it look like there are sparks coming off the first pics rims. I think its glare but i was like :scared

 

[adey]

Is it just me or does it look like there are sparks coming off the first pics rims. I think its glare but i was like :scared

oh those are the new sparky tires from avon. they spark when you lean.

 

[stateofmind]

Is it just me or does it look like there are sparks coming off the first pics rims. I think its glare but i was like :scared

lol yeah i think they are pieces of grass but yeah it looks like sparks off the tyre and knee puck lol
been serving a licence suspension lately :dunno so havent been practising much but 2nd of Jan im back with a vengenance lol and its summer here in OZ :thumbup

 

[adey]

lol yeah i think they are pieces of grass but yeah it looks like sparks off the tyre and knee puck lol
been serving a licence suspension lately :dunno so havent been practising much but 2nd of Jan im back with a vengenance lol and its summer here in OZ :thumbup

man i gotta go to court this fri. i got roadblocked in nov.
can't beat the radio! i should of hide!

 

[stateofmind]

man i gotta go to court this fri. i got roadblocked in nov.
can't beat the radio! i should of hide!

ahh damn that sux, i ran out of points on my licence, the last time i got done i had my misses on the back, if not for her i woulda gassed it up and hid, but then again i mighta come unstuck, either way its only 18 days away :yesnod cant wait to get out there and give my newly gutted pipes a real sound test :boobies