Chicken strip

[Macskwak]

Saw this n wondered if it was fake. Would you really chance getting your knee down on our bikes? Id be terrified of the sound of money being left all over the road if you hit oil and i did drop a cg125 many years ago because of a deisel spill on a roundabout in hertfordshire. I was courier riding and one second im leaning round the roundabout and the next im looking at a mondeo grill. The driver of which got out to check me then found the streak of deisel. Been nervous of damp weather ever since. I think the lorry drivers fill up to the filler neck which gives no room for turning sharp and the fuel comes out the air hole. I mean what driver is ever gonna use his entire tank anyway. Most smart drivers never go below quarter tank anyway or they drag all the crap from the tank up. 

Or maybe im just gettin old 😩

[GTRpilot]

I suppose it's possible, good dry road and warmed up tyres, and confidence  but apart from showboating...why would you.
I sometimes have gone into a bend and on one shoulder the guy with horn's is saying "Go on give it a go", but on the other shoulder common sense is saying, " Your not that good"!!!
I can see the reason on track, and racer's often "save' their bikes on the knee, but they are very light machines, unlike the GTR. I couldn't see me saving mine from going down on the knee 
And on our fine roads I for one wouldn't try it.
However respect for those that do 

[O.C.]

GTR is way too heavy for that in my book, I used to manage to scrape the sliders on my leathers when I had much lighter sports bikes though

Must say that I often scrape the toe of my boots at roundabouts...there isn't much in the way of chicken strips on my rear bike tyre, I don't see that as a macho thing just a reflection on how I ride, which isn't fast BTW    just that I do lean the bike quite a lot     

[moayling]

I'm not much of a knee down merchant but shared one of the GTR blood bikes with a bloke who would always bring it back minus my chicken strips. Made me look good at events when the young guns come round checking your back tyre. They think the quickest rider is the one with no strips.

[Macskwak]

Haha nice. I had minimal strip on my old cbr 600 i loved the twistys on that but my nerve doesnt hold out on the gtr. It just feels too heavy to throw about although i do like the twistys but in a i wont hear my wallet getting reamed way lol

[nightrider]

Looking at the pic , it looks like the camber of the road tilts , so if you go at that bend lent well off the bike you end up with a photo such as that , if any body has done cadwell park , when you go into hall bends the track has a simalar bend that makes it easy. To get your knee down , most folk are going slow to get the knee down to do it at very fast speed is where the skill comes from ,  my style is more Mike hailwood , not Marc Marquez ,, ,

[Wookie]

Ermmm  ... confession time .. I actually did get a knee down once on me last GTR ...with Mrs WoOk as rear gunner .. suffice to say after me kidneys stopped bleeding and had healed up ..ah promised her ah wouldn't do it again .
Which reminds me .........
Manufacturers NEVER list the on board KIDNEY puncher or the pound foot it delivers at .....
Anyone else ever come across this mechanical medical device .......
Answers of the sensible sort ...... NOT !!!!! 

[virginiajim]

I usually get boxed around the ears, which still hurts with a helmet on.

[beegee]

4th, 5th and 9th pic here touching asphalt...  Last one even with sparks
Tho he is holding his knee very low...
Got some (cop)wheelies for free

http://hobbysandlife-moto-fotos.blogspot.be/search?updated-max=2012-01-07T21:58:00%2B01:00&max-results=7

[PRD]

I touched my right front crash bar down once. Don't want to do it again!!

[pross]

The only time I've had my knee down was when a woman hit me head on not pleasant 

[GTRpilot]

Got my knee down today.....the oil level is spot on 

[O.C.]

Got my knee down today.....the oil level is spot on 

   

[Macskwak]

Got my knee down today.....the oil level is spot on 

Im frightened to in case i cant get up again 

[O.C.]

Im frightened to in case i cant get up again 

I find that getting up from low levels involves a considerable amount of "ooooh" "aaaah" ouch noises