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Badger said put your foot out but he's got his foot straight :confused must be what ever suits you sir .. dont think its time for an elbow down just yet :biggrin
I guess with your foot straight is the only way to get your elbow down :- 0
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This is the difference between pro sliding and poser sliding.
If you are riding fast enough to have to get your knee down for bike control, ie racing and have lots of ability then no need to turn foot out. If you are just learning to get your knee down you will be in the pose bracket. Due to not having:
1- loads of lean angle kahooners,
2- ability,
3- decent track rubber,
4- track grip.
all the help in the world is needed. turning toes out allows you to get your knee to touch down at less lean angle than would normaly be required.
as you improve and get more confident greater lean angles come requiring less contorting and hanging off like a gibbon.
The name on the guys leathers in the picture gives it away, i don't think its his first time.
If you are riding fast enough to have to get your knee down for bike control, ie racing and have lots of ability then no need to turn foot out. If you are just learning to get your knee down you will be in the pose bracket. Due to not having:
1- loads of lean angle kahooners,
2- ability,
3- decent track rubber,
4- track grip.
all the help in the world is needed. turning toes out allows you to get your knee to touch down at less lean angle than would normaly be required.
as you improve and get more confident greater lean angles come requiring less contorting and hanging off like a gibbon.
The name on the guys leathers in the picture gives it away, i don't think its his first time.
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What you going to teach me.... how to wheelie round a roundabout :lol on a private road of course :yes:yes
Knee sliding school ... how many slider's should i bring ???
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i can do that :devious:roll
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Should be nice to see that ... sure got a lot of confidence in them tyres if you can do that one :thumbup
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can get through both sides very quickly depends on how aggressive you are::devious
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Not too aggressive for me at first.. just want that first touchdown then ill be happy enough and the confidence will come :eatcorn
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you 'll be down within a hour :devious
then you'll see what your bike can do and find its limits when to push and not to push :doug
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Im not bragging but im not that far off anyway or so i think, but unless others see how im going wrong then guess ill never know :dunno been hanging off like a gibbon after a banana but to no avail.. speed seems ok so im guessing im not leaning the bike over enough :confused
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speed has nothing to do with it mate all about body positioning everybody thinks they are leaning well over 9 times out off 10 it is the way you are positioned on your seat some people try it and not even move and wonder why?:lol:lol:thumbup
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Yep i know exactly what you mean and maybe its just a case of fine tuning my position and angle... maybe soon ill no longer have virgin slider's :thumbup
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Never know who's watching our post's eh...:roll
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so baz how do you like your first twin ??? :dunno
i found there like marmite !. you either love them or hate them :thumbup
guy's come on turning the toe's out to get your need down easyier
mg,either get it down in the correct manner IF your over far enough or keep trying on a local private road
i found there like marmite !. you either love them or hate them :thumbup
guy's come on turning the toe's out to get your need down easyier
mg,either get it down in the correct manner IF your over far enough or keep trying on a local private road
Hey Rat
strangely, do like the bike although very, very different and nowhere near as capable as the K5 thou I traded. Love the idea of modding it to make it the bike it should be because the k5 was only really worth chaning cosmetically, love the v twin thump and the commotion it makes everywhere, amused by the massive amount of attention it gets compared to what i thought was a much better bike, and like the forums and commaradarie the mille generates. I am totally shocked by how slow i think i am going only to look down at the clocks and realise this bike is quick. that must be a twin thing, used to much more buzzy-ness.
cant wait to get it dialled in on the suspension and the tyres and throw it about with real abandon come summer. so far, so good.... can only see me going back for the v4
strangely, do like the bike although very, very different and nowhere near as capable as the K5 thou I traded. Love the idea of modding it to make it the bike it should be because the k5 was only really worth chaning cosmetically, love the v twin thump and the commotion it makes everywhere, amused by the massive amount of attention it gets compared to what i thought was a much better bike, and like the forums and commaradarie the mille generates. I am totally shocked by how slow i think i am going only to look down at the clocks and realise this bike is quick. that must be a twin thing, used to much more buzzy-ness.
cant wait to get it dialled in on the suspension and the tyres and throw it about with real abandon come summer. so far, so good.... can only see me going back for the v4
