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just been out with jewell, whitetrash and jim from SWS and they were trying to teach me to get my knee down on a roundabout. still cant [Censored] do it!
any extra tips???

give speedy a fiver and a new pair of knee sliders, and he will probably give you a used set that make you look like a hero at least ;)

dude, easy, keep ur speed up hang off the bike and wack those pads on the floor. u should go down to wrigly's round about in estover. thats were we all go, round abouts are good, cus u gradual;y get ur speed up and go lower and lower with each lap. go for it mate, believe inyoursaelf

The only adivice i can give is use the throttle smoothy on a roundabout and build up your speed gradually while leaning the bike further, lock your offside knee into the tank and get ur arse off the seat, wen u think ur close just push the bars the opposite way to the way you want to lean and bang ur knee will go down, just dont push too hard or the rest of you will go down too.

Just do what real men do.....Use a sander.

tobyedmunds wrote:just been out with jewell, whitetrash and jim from SWS and they were trying to teach me to get my knee down on a roundabout. still cant [Censored] do it!
any extra tips???

If your on the ride out sunday, you can borrow a dvd i have

I'm just uploading a vid called 'how to get ya knee down'

chris_1127 wrote:give speedy a fiver and a new pair of knee sliders, and he will probably give you a used set that make you look like a hero at least ;)

I like it

I got a well fecked pair ya can buy !!!

Age

Which roundabout?
And if you put your foot with the peg sticking into the sole of it, instead of your sole properly on the peg, then it will go down easier - so you can cheat a bit there mate.

Lean, hang off, crap yourself, lean further, hang off more, touch down, smile for days!

It was a certain Mr Barry Sheene that started this craze in the seventies I beleive,the story went he was pissed off with grounding bits of his bike, so he used to stick his knee out and when it touched the tarmac he knew he was overfar enough, since then thee have been all kinds of other things said about it like creating extra drag to help around the cornner etc, but have you ever watched ice speedway, bikes lying over at incredible angles, big spikes on tyres like a circular saw blade going around, Knees tucked in under the bikes,you would not want your knees or feet stuck out with those spikes going around,

Why bother, its quicker with your knee up.

tomr6 wrote:Lean, hang off, crap yourself, lean further, hang off more, touch down, smile for days!

well said

DynaMight wrote:Just do what real men do.....Use a sander.

Yeah i like that idea buddy. Havn't got my knee down yet but i came bl00dy close last night, but i just try it on normal cornish roads, never thought about doing 20 odd laps of the local roundabout