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PyroboyUK said:
Nice one, my old leathers were quite worn from getting the knee down sometimes, however that was on the 2003 Fazer.

I have not yet managed to get my knee down on the CBR, its starting to annoy me now as i have been told its easier as the bike and seating is lower than a Fazer.
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Can't imagine these Frank Thomes ones would stand up to much road contact during a knee slide - maybe I'll move the slider forward.

It's taken me months of practice, when I initially started to ‘hang off’ the bike, I was literally doing that, so my weight was tipping the bike in, and the bike itself was staying more upright, if that makes sense. Doing it this way I found the strips were a good inch or so and wouldn’t go down.

Looking at videos and articles on the net, and also reading up on body position, I found that by doing the follwing, I was tipping in far more comfortably and getting a better lean:

1. Toes on the pegs.
2. Shift myself so that one cheek is off the seat.
3. Knee jutting out, but not being forced out.
4. Counter-steer to initiate the turn.
5. Keep my head in line with the wind screen.

Like I say though, I just kept practicing over and over, on different roundabouts, then it all came together today :)

Scort.
 
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Scort said:
Only had my peg on the floor when I dropped the bike first day :(

Toe sliders have been down along with my knee today, but I moved my foot back on the ped and that stopped that - leg ached a bit after lapping the roundabout so many times (probably 50+ times today).

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I used to hold my left foot below the shifter ready to shift up and the right foot on the brake lever (or just off to the side), this was fine on the FZR400 as I never got it leaning that far, but on the VFR400 I easily get my toe sliders on each side touching the ground if I leave my feet like that,

So for proper riding I do it properly and put my toes on the footpegs, not had anythign touch the ground since i've started doing that but i've been working on leaning further (and going quicker of course) :p

I don't put my knee out but reckon if I had knee sliders and actually tried I'd get my knee down fairly easily, although it would be weird changing the position to get the knee out away from the bike...
 
I've found that once you pop the balls of your feet up on the pegs properly then you tend to stop touching toe sliders down.

Having said that I have a serious problem getting my knee down even on track. While I cna slap a 55s lap in on the Brands Indy circuit on a 65bhp bike I still acn't get my knee down. If I try and poke my knee out it feels weird, although that's something I'm trying to get over as the weight distribution offered by hanging off helps so much for corner speed.
 
The Commonhead roundabout seems pretty popular with bikers working on cornering, I see more and more of them doing loops of it, then parking up near the road to Fox Hill for a chin wag :)

I'm going to clean the bike in a mo so will grab some piccies of the tyres :D

Scort.
 
Nice one Scort :D

Tip dont use BKS Sliders :p, got myself a BKS Suit yesterday and the knee sliders are crap they grip the ground and bounce your knee around lol!

Me at Rockingham :D

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(I know my upper body position is crap im working on it)
 
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Thanks :)

I was so tempted to get the blue 2 piece BKS suit, it looks lovely - but I haven't had this 2 piece that long, so can't really justify spending another £500 – but god, it’s tempting :cool:

Edit: saw those picture in your original post, some fantastic shots, and I love the extremity of that one – mind you, you said you were giving it some beans at that point!

I’m finding that my chest is lightly touching the tank when I’m leaning, both arms are bent and I can let go of the left handle bar – but I only did that once as it made me pucker up :D

Scort.
 
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Scort said:
Thanks :)

I was so tempted to get the blue 2 piece BKS suit, it looks lovely - but I haven't had this 2 piece that long, so can't really justify spending another £500 – but god, it’s tempting :D

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Do IT :D the BKS suits are just brilliant, I got myself the Toseland Special Edition one :o cost me quite a lot but damn its a lovelly suit, and its got stingray hide on it :D
 
Scort said:
5. Keep my head in line with the wind screen.
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That is the incorrect body position.
You will be stiffening up your upper body making handaling difficult.

You should be leaning compleatly off the bike, as if you were trying to look yourself in the mirror or look about 6 inches infront of the bike.

You can easily get your knee down with the correct body position and still have chicken strips.
 
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Ok ill stop now :p

Reppyboyo said:
That is the incorrect body position.
You will be stiffening up your upper body making handaling difficult.

You should be leaning compleatly off the bike, as if you were trying to look yourself in the mirror or look about 6 inches infront of the bike.
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Correct, look as if your looking just past your screen and inbetween your mirror (depends on bike but usually like that on a sportsbike as they stick out differently), but usually on the road your looking over your mirror.
 
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