Turn 9

[Doc]

9 is the corner I most often get my knee down. 1st corner I ever did as well...

Hell the last round was the 1st time I ever touched in 6.

[Pittenger5]

9 is the corner I most often get my knee down. !st corner I ever did as well...

Hell the last round was the 1st time I ever touched in 6.

We're talking about 8 Doc.

[Doc]

Ohh... I got my knee down in 8 this past weekend too. Chasing you!

How do you think I made the 6 second lead I gave you!?

[Pittenger5]

How do you think I made the 6 second lead I gave you!?

I ran a 1.28 lap

My out lap was 1.4 seconds slower than my fastest lap.
I mean, theres a lot of reasons.

[BMFR6]

yeah, 8 is fucking fast. if you're not wide open and on your knee past the tree house, brakes shouldn't even come up in a conversation about 9. the cool part about dragging a knee in 8... you know you're moving. 1, 3, 6 etc, you can cheat and get a knee down, in 8 though it's tough to cheat and drag a knee.

[BMFR6]

p.s. keep in mind i was on an sv, biggity was on an sv and paul was on a 125. i have no clue if you can drag a knee through 8 on a tard.

[a13x]

i have no clue if you can drag a knee through 8 on a tard.

You can, though I don't do it nearly as much nor as forceful as when I was on a 'real' bike.

[Doc]

I ran a 1.28 lap

My out lap was 1.4 seconds slower than my fastest lap.
I mean, theres a lot of reasons.

I did a 1:30

[Kurlon]

Drag a knee, in 8?! I'm mostly upright through that one I think!?

[GixerJockey]

you should be destroying your pucks past the treehouse.

Oh Christ!

[seth399]

hahaa Im with richie...on my crf I feel like I am close to upright but am wide open
I know Im leaning over hard but I feel like I'm keeping my bike upright, no where near the ground. My bars are also waving back and forth as my front gets light out of 7

[Doc]

My bars are also waving back and forth as my front gets light out of 7

I used to have that problem (albeit not on a motard). Too much bar input in 7. I was pulling myself back onto the bike coming outta the bowl and it would cause some wobble. Once I lightened up the grip on the bars the wobble stopped.

On the Hawk which is much lower than a Motard this was the first weekend I really felt like I was leaning ALOT in 8, usually I feel pretty straight up and down as well... Not sure what I was doing differently (other than busting my ass trying to catch Richie!)

[Pittenger5]

My bars are also waving back and forth as my front gets light out of 7

I think I solved that conundrum this weekend, I actually shifted my body from right to left before the bumps, its hard to explain but the headshake all but went away. Usually I waited for them to throw myself over, but this weekend by the time I hit the bumpy parts I was already on the right side of the bike and it was smooth as my nuts.

[seth399]

I think I solved that conundrum this weekend, I actually shifted my body from right to left before the bumps, its hard to explain but the headshake all but went away. Usually I waited for them to throw myself over, but this weekend by the time I hit the bumpy parts I was already on the right side of the bike and it was smooth as my nuts.

well written my friend!!!

[Pittenger5]

well written my friend!!!

Basically try to have your body set for 8 before the bumps. That way youre not leveraging the bars trying to get yourself over. It still moves, just not as extreme as it did before.

[seth399]

Basically try to have your body set for 8 before the bumps. That way youre not leveraging the bars trying to get yourself over. It still moves, just not as extreme as it did before.

I think its happening before the bumps, but you guys are right, I'm kinda pulling myself up to the front of the bike out of the bowl and probably hand input is causing them shits

[BMFR6]

I think its happening before the bumps, but you guys are right, I'm kinda pulling myself up to the front of the bike out of the bowl and probably hand input is causing them shits

yeah, thats a bad place to be pulling on the bars.

[Kurlon]

I find a good death grip combined with panic induced paralysis keeps the bars from wagging for me. Oh, it tries, but nothing can overcome my white knuckle grip.

[DerekSBelanger]

You are my new favorite person.

[CEO]

I normally drag motard peg in T1, 11 sometimes, 12A (onto front straight), and 6 (thou six doesn't count, it's banked and easy there). T9 the other day was a first thou!

Damnit! That's the only place I consistently do it

i have no clue if you can drag a knee through 8 on a tard.

I have been

Drag a knee, in 8?! I'm mostly upright through that one I think!?

You're doing it wrong!

[lrrs313]

I must be doing something very, very wrong. Everybody's talking about dragging knees, burning up knee pucks. I've dragged my knee exactly once (that wasn't followed by other parts of my body), and it was in 11. Of course, I know I need to work on flexibility.

[RyanNicholson]

FWIW you can obviously get around the track and run a 1:12 without ever touching your knee on the ground. Whether you CAN or not is very different than whether you do or not. I don't recall ever getting my knee down in T8 myself

[Kurlon]

Pfffft. Bad example, he's clearly not using all the bike's power in that pic.

[Fitz]

The SV is close to topped out in 4th with stock 15/45 gearing.

Balls. I ride the rev limiter in 3rd for about 15 feet before 9 (same gearing - SV). Sounds like I should be grabbing an upshift to 4th coming out of the bowl?

I'm running 1:23's and only touching knee in T6 and occasionally in T2. Definitely need to work on body position more.

Mind if I ask when and where you're shifting?

Thanks,
Fitz

[DerekSBelanger]

Balls. I ride the rev limiter in 3rd for about 15 feet before 9 (same gearing - SV). Sounds like I should be grabbing an upshift to 4th coming out of the bowl?

Mind if I ask when and where you're shifting?

My SV also has 15/45 and if I go through T6 as fast as I can I need to be in 4th gear entering the turn. If I'm off pace I can go down a gear (3rd) but I'll be at redline just before T7.

My bike does not have a fairing, and there are only two places I get "windy helmet effect" - the front straight and the treehouse...probably an indicator as to how poorly I'm doing 3-5.