getting the knee down.

[Kursed]

whats the ****ing deal with getting to the point where the knee goes down? I've got my first set of leathers and I want to finetune my body position and corner techniques. I ride pretty aggressively now, the tyres worn to within 5mm of the edge at the rear and have what I think is pretty decent body position while in corners (1 butt cheek off, shoulders out, head in line with the inside mirror, knee out). No matter what I'm not getting any contact, be it on long corners, or tight ones, cambered positive or negative. I'm nearly 6ft so it's not a leg length thing.

any ideas? rolling a 2010 speedy. std peg positions.

one other thing worth mentioning is that the front never seems to wear as far to the sides as the rear. Not really sure why, but I am suspecting something to do with not applying enough counter steering, which may in turn effect my overall lean angle. Hard to tell on your own.

[Xenogenesis]

whats the ****ing deal with getting to the point where the knee goes down?

[Chewie.]

here I go...being helpful again. Dunno whats got into me.

Check out this thread. The subject was pretty much done to death here. http://www.thespeedtriple.com/Forums...c,13354.0.html

[bobww]

Good info on the link Chewie posted. Several comments in your post lead me to believe you may want to take advantage of a good school to get some objective advice and a safe/consistant environment to work on your technique. JMO, but street riding isn't big on knee down opportunities and if you still are working on basic cornering speed/disparate tire wear front to rear, I would start slow and smooth while working on corner entry speeds and let the knee to ground contact come more as a by product of all the above rather than the goal to accomplish. I'm old, slow and full of shit so YRMV.

Cheers

[Bad Santa 1050]

G'day Kursed,

Where you trying to get your knee down? Putty road is a good place, particularly between where the old half way house was, and the broke end of the road. Macquarie pass this time of year would have me a bit nervous with the dampness of the road. Actually everywhere seems wet at the moment. In dry conditions, I can comfortably get a knee down on about 5 or so corners on the Old pacific highway, others on there I have done so, but was not comfortable attempting to repeat it.
I reckon your best chances on public roads are 35 and 45km/h corners. Look thru the corner, keep focused on where you're going, hanging of as far as you can but don't conciously think about or look at how far away your knee is. Roundabouts are good if you can find a quiet one with a clean surface.

Speedy's short wheelbase and narrower 180 section tyre make it that bit much more agile and a touch harder to ground the knee. Chewie's link is helpful.

[leedsharlequin]

[antisocial]

i got a knee down last year

[disposablehero]

I have been working on my chicken strips as well. I fingured out why there is a GP shift pattern. Digging my toe into the ground in a corner with my foot in the shift position is a bit exciting every time. I may switch the rearsets to GP position and give it a try. Gonna take a bunch of getting use to though.

[APtech77]

getting your knee down does not necessarily mean shit. I have worn my tires all the way to the edge, and never have put my knee down . if you are using it to gauge how good you are or get rid of your chicken strips , then your a . you should also try sticking your leg out just before a corner, that means you're as good as a moto gp rider.

[Shaughnessy]

Just before entering the corner, form a V with your body and the bike. If entering a right hand corner, the bike should be about at the 11 o'clock position with your body at the 1 o'clock position. Wait until the last possible moment to then drop the bike into the right hander. At first this feels like you are making every corner into a 90 degree type of corner rather than curving with the natural arc of the road. This allows you to "see" farther into the corner before committing yourself to the curve. Remember to get your head low and "kiss" the mirror.