Knee down practice!

paulieeye

Anyone know a quiet roundabout on southside of dublin to practice getting your knee down?...I gone long enough without touching down!

I've taking a spin out to cherry wood but theres a good few cars coming on an off the motorway.

arybvtcw0eolkf

paulieeye wrote: »

Anyone know a quiet roundabout on southside of dublin to practice getting your knee down?...I gone long enough without touching down!

I've taking a spin out to cherry wood but theres a good few cars coming on an off the motorway.

Try an industrial estate or empty parking lot.

Why anyone feels the need to get the knee down on the road is beyond me anyway.

Wossack

empty carpark prob better as you can do both turns (vs roundabouts)

GavPJ

Go do a trackday if you want to get your knee down. Or I'll sell you some of my old sliders.

KTRIC

paulieeye wrote: »

Anyone know a quiet roundabout on southside of dublin to practice getting your knee down?...I gone long enough without touching down!

I've taking a spin out to cherry wood but theres a good few cars coming on an off the motorway.

Can I ask why you feel you need to get your knee down ??

Cienciano

Here's a good place:
http://goo.gl/maps/JH3Pj

neamhspleachi

Cheeverstown Luas park & ride is ususally quiet

https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.2907626,-6.4091172,474m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

KT10

GavPJ wrote: »

Go do a trackday if you want to get your knee down. Or I'll sell you some of my old sliders.

Yep, or do a track training day, even cheaper and you still get decent track time.

Or get the grinder out. :P

paulieeye

Cheers for the suggestions.

I want to get my knee down as I dont feel I've advanced as a rider in years. I want to get used to the feeling of putting the bike at an acute angle and not freaking out. Weather my knee actually touches down isnt really that important, more getting used to being down there. Once or twice over the years I've had a run offs and always thought better cornering experience would of helped in this situation.

If anyone has any good advanced rider courses that they've been on let me know. What was covered on your course? Did you find the instructor was good?

Job

Cienciano

Seriously, mondello! Do a track training day, they'll tell you the basics then you go out on the track for a run. Costs €100

Wossack

Wont get many on-road instructors that will be encouraging knee down shenanigans :pac:

if you do, gimme their number!

paulieeye

Cienciano wrote: »

Seriously, mondello! Do a track training day, they'll tell you the basics then you go out on the track for a run. Costs €100

Cheers I'll check it out

edit: looks like a class day out for €100
http://www.mondello.ie/track_days/bike_track_days/track_day_training/

Cienciano

paulieeye wrote: »

Cheers I'll check it out

edit: looks like a class day out for €100
http://www.mondello.ie/track_days/bike_track_days/track_day_training/

I've never done one, might do one myself.

Max Headroom

GavPJ wrote: »

Go do a trackday if you want to get your knee down. Or I'll sell you some of my old sliders.

I'll giv you my old ones...but theyre basically two ovals of velcro ..............:p


Anyways..kneedown is so last year...its all about elbows now..............:cool:

Cienciano

Elbows are actually last year too. You need to get your shoulder down now

prunudo

Video is a bit old and grainy but you get the idea

http://youtu.be/QCg3BMGe52M

Max Headroom

If you do decide to go to a supermarket/industrial estate carpark do a drivearound of your area first..Tayto packets and flattened coke cans have no grip at 50 degrees.......be aware of "youknowwho" driving around lookin for scrap too..Also bring a couple of mates, if you tip it you might break a lever/hand/collarbone...all will make riding home on your own difficult...;)

LookBehindYou

Knee down stuff is for racing on closed circuits because there is nothing coming your way and there are marshals to warn if any danger, so you can ride as fast as you can.
Learn to get around a bend first.
Public roads have too many dangers to think about, so concentrate on smooth riding to help your skills.

KTRIC

Everyone knows getting your chin down is where its at these days !! :pac:

Thats what all the cool kids are doing

Vikings

paulieeye wrote: »

I want to get my knee down as I dont feel I've advanced as a rider in years.

Wanting to get your knee down is going in the opposite direction.

Leave racing techniques to the track.

Notch000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9yU0c7JMXM

Bang Bang

I remember the first time I got my knee down, it was very quickly followed by my elbow, my arse and my back :eek::D

arybvtcw0eolkf

Bang Bang wrote: »

I remember the first time I got my knee down

Firs time most people get the knee down is like their first time feeling a wheelie come on ~ they sh*t themselves and pull the bike up.

OP straight up if you really want to do it go with someone who can really do it, its like learning to wheelie in so far as withouth tuition and some encouragement from people who know what they're doing you simply won't get it.

Max Headroom

First time for me was in Mondello...its a great feeling tbh and i wouldnt discourage anyone from doing it...even if YOU think its stupid or pointless...;)

KT10

Max Headroom wrote: »

First time for me was in Mondello...its a great feeling tbh and i wouldnt discourage anyone from doing it...even if YOU think its stupid or pointless...;)

First time I did it was on the road, then went to Mondello, had much more fun in Mondello.

KTRIC

I got my knee down once, followed by my hip, elbow, then shoulder. All closely followed by 250 kilos of metal. Was gas fun !!! :pac:

batman_oh

First time for me was on the road and have done it a good few times but only when making an effort to do it and messing. On a spin I would never bother as it doesn't help!

Can give you some tips if you want and know a good quiet roundabout to try it on

arybvtcw0eolkf

batman_oh wrote: »

Can give you some tips if you want and know a good quiet roundabout to try it on

Roundabouts meh, I love a quiet M50/M1 exit where 200kph+ is achievable

M1/Swords Rd exit is another but with the camber its hard to get a knee down there, and there's a regular Gatso up near the roundabout (but that shouldn't bother us here )

bladespin

Lots of lummy shellgrip around too

batman_oh

Hazel Cold Boy wrote: »

Roundabouts meh, I love a quiet M50/M1 exit where 200kph+ is achievable

M1/Swords Rd exit is another but with the camber its hard to get a knee down there, and there's a regular Gatso up near the roundabout (but that shouldn't bother us here )

Best place to practice as you can keep trying over and over!

Cienciano

I have too corners where I like taking it fast around. On Friday for some reason I took it handy. One corner had a pile of sand spilt from a truck on it and it was spread across the road. Looked like beach sand. The other one had a load of bits of drywall plasterboard on it.