Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Knee Sliders

[Henners]

Don't worry about how long your legs are - never stopped John Reynolds - my legs are only 30" too. Get out on a trackday and build up to it with half your bum off the seat and your shoulder leaning into the corner and just push on the inside bar - you'll do it. Hair-pin on the National at Rockingham is a great spot - DSC TRack Attack 3 - September 10th

[kwikbitch]

Knee down Ruth...???

I'll be lucky if I get my toe down...Or even take a corner over 25mph!!!

[saj288]

Ha ha Lisa just remember we have proof that you corner faster than 25pmh or did PICman use slow motion photography?

SA

[kwikbitch]

Nah Sally...Photo shop!!!

[Redruth]

Skidlids is sending me a set of sliders so I feel honour bound to at least try to scrape 'em. All comments taken on board. Pretty unnerved by the thought that pegs scraping can lift wheels off the track. I would have thought they would just snap off under the pressure. And having been watching the World and British Superbikes this weekend, I've been thinking 'who am I kidding?' But seriously, I just want to find my own limits and then push 'em a bit more each time I go on a trackday.

[Jon]

Weeksy.

Getting your knee down is the result high corner speed.
You should be hanging off to lower the center of gravity.
This will enable you to turn tighter with less lean angle.
You sit there like vertical Vincent, you won't make that turn.

Over to you M8

[NBs996]

Don't be worrying about the pegs ruth... mine have never decked out even when I've seen off me chicken strips! And if yours are standard springy up types then it don't matter if they do - just get some titanium hero blobs for them!

Make sure you get some piccies from Snett and post them up here.

[NBs996]

Jon, I agree with weeksy... I hang off the bike ok but usually try to lift me knee OFF the floor to get a bit more lean. Only if I think it's getting a bit too horizontal do I start pushing me slider on the deck.

But then again you're right - higher corner speed = more angle, more angle = knee closer to the tarmac.

Kewl! Everybody's right!!!

[Redruth]

Nbs996 - Re Pictures - Could be tricky to get any. As far as I know, I'm not gonna know anyone at Snetterton and besides, I don't have a digital camera. The No Limits lot have an official photographer but I assume I'd have to scan and then work out how to post the pictures. It's a lot of faffing about and technically beyond me, I should think!

[Jon]

Weeksy changing position from one side of the bike to the other is quite simple if you know how, no clambering from one side to the other with the bike becoming unsettled. Its all in the legs and the hips. Get yourself off the the CSS, I'm afraid body position etc is not covered fully until level 3.