Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > First Road Knee Down, When,Where and what Bike?

[MARTIN H]

Mid 90s on a Blade, roundabout under junction 11 of the M65. Went round and round until I was dizzy/knee touched down. Slider wasnt in the correct position though and after another 10 or so laps I wore through the knee on my Nankai Doohan leathers. Found it very easy to do after that but probably only do it once or twice a year on the road nowadays.

[domski]

Bought a Dainese race suit the day before going to the 1995 TT with the intention to get my knee down... but failed miserably.

Got home, unloaded my RD350 YPVS from the van (we took it in the van as I actually wanted to get to the island!) and went striaght down to my local roundabout and got my knee down within about 2 laps! Result.

Spent the next 3 years destroying knee sliders before plowing into a Volvo and going racing!

Now I never get my knee down - go figure!

[Jon]

Originally Posted by domski

Bought a Dainese race suit the day before going to the 1995 TT with the intention to get my knee down... but failed miserably.

Got home, unloaded my RD350 YPVS from the van (we took it in the van as I actually wanted to get to the island!) and went striaght down to my local roundabout and got my knee down within about 2 laps! Result.

Spent the next 3 years destroying knee sliders before plowing into a Volvo and going racing!

Now I never get my knee down - go figure!

Looking at the size of the padding on youe DD bike, I'm not surprised. Its a wonder you can get you feet down :-)

[fil2]

Originally Posted by Jon

Looking at the size of the padding on youe DD bike, I'm not surprised. Its a wonder you can get you feet down :-)

LOL

Hark at you Mr " lets see how high i can jack the rear of my 583 up" ....lol

come on Jon it was pretty high ..lol

[Jon]

Originally Posted by fil2

LOL

Hark at you Mr " lets see how high i can jack the rear of my 583 up" ....lol

come on Jon it was pretty high ..lol

I was only copying you No1

[Glyn]

once when quite young on an fzr 600
never managed it again for years till i got the st2 can get it down on nearly every corner at cadwell but not much on the road just some well known bends
now the 749 is just whenever you feel like it

[domski]

Originally Posted by Jon

Looking at the size of the padding on youe DD bike, I'm not surprised. Its a wonder you can get you feet down :-)

True, although with slicks on I was very almostly dragging the pegs in Jerez, and couldn't help but get my knee down everywhere!!

Sadly have to use Diablo road tyres next season, and my 'style' don't work with knee down antics.

I wub slicks though

[Monty]

"I wub slicks though" bloody aweful things when they are cold though-if you haven't got warmers. Crashed the TZ at Coppice Donington about 3 years ago because they didn't have the power on in the garages-2nd lap warming the tyres-no warning-sack of spuds. They got the dam power on quick enough after that..............

John

[Gaz 748]

02-748-The famous Chobham roundabout.

If you want a good left-hand bend head to the Southern Ind. Area in Bracknell,360 bend, smooth, poss. camber and quiet at the weekend.

[CK]

Originally Posted by Gaz 748

02-748-The famous Chobham roundabout.

know that one well up by the tank factory - it also had the nice 'test link road' from the other roundabout on the Sunningdale road with no crossing traffic etc
Was great to spin from one roundabout doing the half mile with a twist in the middle, to the other - untill the council 'fiddled' with the road in the middle bit

But then again, the road was never the same on the bigger bikes, as it was on the 125'5 & 250's in the old days