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. :biker3:
Or maybe im just gettin old 😩
I suppose it's possible, good dry road and warmed up tyres, and confidence :wacko: 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 :laugh:
And on our fine roads I for one wouldn't try it.
However respect for those that do :clap:
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 :no: just that I do lean the bike quite a lot :yes:
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.
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
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 ,, , :biker3:
Ermmm :oops:... 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 !!!!! :mfr_lol:
I usually get boxed around the ears, which still hurts with a helmet on.
4th, 5th and 9th pic here touching asphalt... :punk: Last one even with sparks :mfr_lol:
Tho he is holding his knee very low...
Got some (cop)wheelies for free :banana:
http://hobbysandlife-moto-fotos.blogspot.be/search?updated-max=2012-01-07T21:58:00%2B01:00&max-results=7
I touched my right front crash bar down once. Don't want to do it again!!
The only time I've had my knee down was when a woman hit me head on not pleasant :no:
Got my knee down today.....the oil level is spot on :popcorn:
Quote from: GTRpilot on December 08, 2016, 09:42:19 PM
Got my knee down today.....the oil level is spot on :popcorn:
:mfr_lol: :mfr_lol:
Quote from: GTRpilot on December 08, 2016, 09:42:19 PM
Got my knee down today.....the oil level is spot on :popcorn:
Im frightened to in case i cant get up again :mfr_lol:
Quote from: Macskwak on December 08, 2016, 10:36:35 PM
Im frightened to in case i cant get up again :mfr_lol:
I find that getting up from low levels involves a considerable amount of "ooooh" "aaaah" ouch noises :mfr_lol:
I was on a tour once with a 76 year old vicar who has ridden bikes all his life. He came down to breakfast on the Sunday morning wearing a tee shirt emblazoned with a picture of a rider with his knee down and emblazoned with the slogan.
" Its Sunday, get on one knee and pray"
Very fitting given his calling.
I consider my chicken strip's as my insurance policy against that "Just in case I have to moment", once they are gone there is nothing left except tarmac :oops:
Haha oc you know it i hate getting old :undecided: :undecided:
Quote from: Macskwak on December 09, 2016, 12:43:21 PM
Haha oc you know it i hate getting old :undecided: :undecided:
Yeah me too Mac, but its better than the alternative :mfr_lol:
Aye me too. Mack and O.C but the big K is more than capable of doodin it .
As for getting up from low down ........
One used to awake in a morning and get up with the horn !
Now older one gets up with a full blown sou nd track ....
And if Mrs WoOk arises at the same time it's a STEREO soundtrack :mfr_lol:
Look at the avatar - and not at 60mph+
<---- also pointing out the avatar!
Can I roll out this GTR Advert again! ;-) yes I know its 4 years+ ago.....
:-(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaxQJg7xcuk
:-) :banana:
Neil
Yup ridden properly owt poss :smiley:
Now the voices are dizzy..
Are you still doing the Moto Gymkhana Neil ?
No Mate, Got bored, I lost the heart in it.
To be honest, lost the heart in motorcycling in general. But I guess thats how the cookie crumbles.
Neil
it's sometimes a seasonal thing
Quote from: SirToU on December 09, 2016, 06:11:17 PM
Look at the avatar - and not at 60mph+
<---- also pointing out the avatar!
Can I roll out this GTR Advert again! ;-) yes I know its 4 years+ ago.....
Neil
Just goes to show what a heavy un-maneuverable bike we have.. Thanks. The next one that complains about how heavy this bike is, we'll just run that advert again. Not that I can ride like that, of course.
have touched both hero blobs down. you just need to trust yourself.
Still getting settled in, only had her 2 months & 2k miles and prior to thsi I've been an Avon Man for best part of 200k miles :)
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Are chicken strips the same thing as Goujons
Quote from: PRD on April 03, 2017, 06:18:54 PM
Are chicken strips the same thing as Goujons
balls
Chicken balls then
Quote from: PRD on April 03, 2017, 06:18:54 PM
Are chicken strips the same thing as Goujons
This is a goujon, I think
Quote from: PRD on December 08, 2016, 08:20:57 PM
I touched my right front crash bar down once. Don't want to do it again!!
Not on Grant i hope!!!
Ref chicken bits ... the coupon is from the back of the chicken .. it is the only semi decent bit on there .. we used to bin them into pet food as inferior meat .. however they now seem to be fashionable tucker !!
Ref GTR 100 chicken strips .. yes I am of the skool of remove the tyre glaze in a safe prepared manner ie meening to get her that far over .. coz ya never know when in a panic ya gonna need edge grip.
However ... she is a BIG girl and pushing the front hard as in riding her like a sports bike can and WILL overwhelm the tyre .
I run the front at 40psi and it allows more rubber to be squished into the tarmac facilitating a bit more hooliganism .
Ref getting ya knee down ...
Mack our joints have been pummeled enuff .. sod slapping em on the road on purpose :mfr_lol: