Knee as a Tool

[AMRRA12]

***This thread is NOT meant to pick on anyones post, rather to open up an adult discussion on TOOLS OF RIDING***


There seems to be some confession on what dragging a knee is for. It's a tool, not unlike proper body position or looking through a turn. It's just one more tool in your bag-O-tricks to help you become a faste,r more confident rider/racer. Primarily it is used as a gauge to determine where you are in a turn, i.e if I was going into a turn and I knew that I was roughly using 45 degrees of lean the lap before, I could use rough judgment to tell were I was in that turn that lap. If I was going faster or slower in that turn I could tell by the position and proximity of my leg to the inside of my bike .
***NOTE TO THE ABOVE: as long as your body position is the same each lap within that turn, and for most experienced riders it is.

Do not confuse dragging a knee with being fast. There is no correlation and it can be done in a parking lot on cold tires (try at your own risk).

But more importunely "for any rider" is proper body to bike position! do not exaggerate you body position just to touch a knee!



WRONG BODY POSITION


CORRECT BODY POSITION

[Lee1200r]

I find it quite amusing when new track riders come out to a track with the sole purpose of dragging a knee. Many leave with busted up bikes and bodies.

[GuyLarsen]

that when I'm draggin a knee too hard....I'm doing something wrong.

Smooth is fast...........

[Skipper]

just a lil something lol

[Godzilla]

Originally Posted by Skipper

just a lil something lol

And the point is?

[Lee1200r]

Originally Posted by Godzilla

And the point is?

He has Good body position and likes ugly Green. Looking good.

[Steverin06]

Originally Posted by Godzilla

And the point is?

That he's going faster through that corner than 99% of people on this board could go, yet his knee isn't touching the ground.

[Skipper]

Originally Posted by Godzilla

And the point is?

just thought it was a good pic and related to the topic

Originally Posted by Lee1200r

He has Good body position and likes ugly Green. Looking good.

hey leave my shrek green alone!! lol

Originally Posted by Steverin06

That he's going faster through that corner than 99% of people on this board could go, yet his knee isn't touching the ground.

something like that but also after i got the pic i notice that my engine case cover is almost scraping and i was not pushing the limits of the tire yet. this tells me i have to be extremelly carefull

[Skipper]

the chu chu train!! lol

[sfoster]

Green bikes are best!!! Especially nuclear cat-sh!t green



Knee isn't even remotely close to the ground (2nd lap no tire warmers), yet I blew by the guy in front, who looked like a sidecar rider hanging off that bike.

Besides, who needs a knee when I can drag a boot? Wife bought a new dog, who decided to chew my trackday boots. So, had to wear touring boots, which sucked. By the afternoon, my feet were cramped and hurt like hell. Damn near lost it in turn 9 when my right foot banged into the ground.