is it proper to try and get your knee down on every corner? or only hairpins? and what about high speed corners is it ok to try to lean your body off alot?
Thanks, very helpful and makes sense to me. Incidentally, why do people have to be so unpleasant to each other and swear at every given opportunity even on a site like this?
ooh...you'll never foget thattttt...! i always remember MY first time....lol...... fookin total bell ends ......i wonder...now the hypersportbike scene is slowly dying a deserved death...what area of 2 wheels these boil in the bag experts will move into and totally ruin.. mcn tossers
Anyone else notice him doing the Sign of the Cross as he takes off @ 2:45? Even as an experienced rider, he realizes anything can happen at any time.. Crazy
sorry to be a bitch but the sound IS terrible.. if u spend time on a video like this, why wouldn't you do a bit of voice over n fix the sound? how hard can it be?
@CR125MANIAC Go slowly, and i don't mean speed wise, just dont lean into it too much at first- You'll feel if its about to fall because you'll wobble, but at that point you can just counterlean if you're fast enough and correct it.
So whats the purpose of hanging off the side or getting your knee down, is it to counteract the centrifugal force so you can turn the bike sharper at high speeds?? Im so confused!!!
@hackneo64 this has to do with the leaning of the bike. the more you lean a bike, the less surface of tyre gets in contact with the road, thus leading to more changes of loosing grip. when you lean your body weight "out of the bike", your body acts like a counterwheight, so the bike does not have to lean so much, resulting in more tyre surface in the road. With that in mind, it's easy to figure not only more safety in turns, but more speed in them. Hope this helped. Cheers
Just read some comments. So if you push on the inside bar a bit it will cause the wheel to turn to the outside of the roundabout a little keeping the bike more stable?
Any tips would be appreciated. I tried to get my knee down earlier. Found a roundabout thats maybe two lanes width. looked at the clock on the bike whilst cornering and was doing 30mph. Hung off. I know i was hanging off a good amount as at one point my outside foot came up off the peg. My inside foot touched the ground twice and my foot was tight up against the bike, so i must have been over a long way. Do i just need to find a larger wider roundabout where i can get more speed up?
@eddyemm on a right hand bend, your ball of your right foot should be rocking on the end of the peg, pointing in towards the inside of the bend. Chances are, you`ll have to be going faster than usual on that bend to get to touchdown-due to the benefits of "hanging off ."The left foot tends to be up against the heel plate and not really carrying any weight. Keep your grip of bars relaxed and use your outside (right) knee hooked in the tank cut out. Try to get your head near your right hand/mirror
@eddyemm I find that speeding up helps alot , I carnt get my knee down at 30 but can at 40. Once down I can slow to 30. Also sit as far back on your seat as you can, I know it will feel strange and feel further away but once lent over it is alot easier to get you knee down.
@TheLondekZdroj Across the street from where you live. Stop rubbing it in our faces lol. We all secretly wish we were across the pond with you, where riding is actually recognized :) Some day i'll make it over there.
I just made this wonderful sound for the first time myself! And yes that first reaction is to pull your knee back up. Such an incredible feeling when you realize what you just did.
@JainYuan counter steering starts when you start to come out of the turn. Remember it's* NOT* the person that hits the turn the fastest that usually wins. It's the person that speeds out of the turn the quickest that usually wins. Tis why you'll see a lot (almost all) GP racers will slide their rear tire out coming out of the turn
@JainYuan if im reading this right. i think you would only counter steer like i think your talking about if you were drifting turns. thats something completely different from this i assume. Thats only if im reading you right.
@ridingwithrocket Wow, then I guess a motorcycle god was helping me out a lot the first two months I rode and didn't even know what counter steering was lol. Fail
@telright Well that's just it. We do it naturally to an extent. We don't know we are doing it because we don't know what counter steering is when we first start learning to ride.
When you ride in a group of black people, is it a manditory state law for at least 44.28% of all bikes in said group to be hayabusas with extended swingarms and 300 rear tires?
Why are people still commenting on the bad sound? Watch more recent videos ffs. This vid is from 2006 if you are smart enough to look at the date. They came a long way from then.
Drop your shoulder to turn!!! What shite!!! Try pushing the bar on the side you want to turn. It's called counter steering... The shoulder drop is then a reaction of the push you dork!!!
@pooley5029 Counter-steering isn't everything. Like he's clearly saying, the knee down is about weight. The act of dropping the shoulder will incite counter-steering as you're saying but also add pressure on the foot-peg as well as bring the opposite leg in. Your foot-pegs are steering tools, let go of the the bars and you can steer with them.
@JonathanSandusky Couter-steering is what makes a bike turn, dropping your shoulder or weighting the pegs may help but you will still be counter-steering weather your aware of this or not.
I have a question, how fast can I take a turn? I know it all depends on the degree of the curve, but as far as on the road of a highway or some other road? Will I fall if there are a few rocks on the road, not gravel or pebbles but just a few that are noticeable? I've been scared to take the curves and really lean my bike.
@theheatwave2001 I am accustomed to chopper bikes instead of this ones, however, the same thing applies to everyone: Yesterday, a pebble got the steering wheel and it jumped about 2 inches from the floor when I was cornering (with the wife as a passenger!). Guess what. Getting the right position is so important that the bike kept turning normally even when I thought it was over for us... Although the right bike with a right center of gravity plays a major role here. I hope this helps. Cheers.
@theheatwave2001 If you make it at one speed, turn around and ride it again. Repeat until you crash. That is how fast you can take the turn. If you are looking for finite answers, chasing the ultimate, bikes arent for you. Its all the variables that make them fun. Coz you will tell your mates I took 'leming corner' at 60mph and then you go out with them and the road is greasy and 45mph is more stupid than the day you did 60 through it. If you enjoy it, your doing it right.
@bobfoc1979 Yeah I know, I was just wondering, I don't have a sports bike, its a sports/cruiser and I wanted to have fun without having a little bit of road rash to go with it. But I know if I really want to knee to the ground experience I should get a sports bike, but I just wanted the best of both worlds on two wheels, cruiser/sporty. But until then I'll keep taking that corner and just checking my chicken scratch.
he still looked twisted...I think he would have dragged more if he followed the advice of trying to keep the bike upright, rather than focusing on the knee-drag
he still looked twisted...I think he would have dragged more if he followed the advice of trying to keep the bike upright, rather than focusing on the kneedrag.
um - did they not realize there was a camera dude standing there? didnt understand a damn word - conversating about wat they did last night,, yeaaaaa good for paulie - he scraped his knee wooooo
@freedomsoldier187 i'd wait untill you have enough experiance it will come naturally, I have been riding for about 2 years and i'm starting to do it without even realising eventually i'll do it properly.
like my mate said, if you go out your way to try and do it you will probably just fall off mate.
Guys... Your instructions are important and very helpfull!!! BUT you really, and I mean REALLY got to work out the sound. If not a loud and bad music, then its next to a loud busy road. Thanks for the videos anyways.
Clap clap! wouldn`t it be better doing that on a track as opposed to a busy roundabout, not very bright. MCN talk about anti-bike policies from govt and the EU yet they are happy to make films like this which do not really help our case much!
@firstestmostestbest Mate, you're clearly an idiot. It was a video teaching good riding practices in a real environment while obeying the road rules. I fail to see how this looks bad???
What motorcycle is that? Also I'm planning on getting a motorcycle and its my first time should I get a 250, 500, or 650 CC bike since it would be my first time driving one? Aside from the course which only had 125 CC motorcycles to use.
@TarlZaralka you'd kill yourself and someone else on a 500 or a 650. either 125 or 250 should be more than enough for getting used to being on a bike. Either way even in terms of practicality 500 and 650 CC bikes make no sense.
if you travel on freeways all the time thats one thing but for normal commuting you would be wasting money on big bikes.
I've been riding for over 15 yrs now (since i was 12) , i ride everyday and have a modified 135 cc that getsup to 85 mph, its all a man needs
@TarlZaralka I say get the bike you want as long as your mature enough to handle it. No matter what bike you get, its only going to go as fast as you twist that throttle. If your a retard, with no respect for yourself of the beast under you, then you don't need a bike at all. I personally started on an R6 which is debatably the worst bike to start on for beginners. 6 months, and 10k miles later iv never wrecked. Get the bike that will make you happy, just take it easy, and respect the power.
@mouseydavey. Sliding? If you mean sliding because you're putting the power in then yeah it's very easy not to do that, use a gear that's responsive but not too agressive, on that R1 he says 3rd is smooth enough for that speed but responsive enough aswell, to powerslid you're going to want to hammer the throttle, if you've never got your knee down before... don't try to slide it lol, i think a more accurate question would be is it hard to slide a bike out of a turn, learn that on a supermoto
tuition was grand; betta if I could hear it all clearly, I too noticed the busy road and cars, that was a riot. i was like wtf kinda track is this! woulda be a serious Fail should he knee drugged properly into a semi...Oops..
This video will get you killed. Dragging knee is a result of good body position not the goal. You aren't taking a corner just to drag knee. When you drag knee its purely the result of good body positioning.
@HEAVYGUNZ05. Don't worry about that, use your body position to move the bike, you would weight your pegs for corner entry and exit, but don't worry too much about that, especially if you're inexperienced at the whole knee down buisness.
@theoriginaldimi If you knew the area you'd hush..... It's the Sawtry junction off the A1M..... Yes next to a busy road, but its dead as a dodo due to other main routes availiable on the same junction
The fisrt time you touch down you relise it's not so bad or hard to do at all. Once you've touched your find you can just go down and keep it on the ground all the way round. My first time, initially, i was worried what will touch down first, will it pull me off the bike and other thoughts. Just forget the knee and sit right and keep the bike in a smooth arc as possible and a nice throttle. if you find your not getting your knee down, hook up a gear higher and try and relax, your touch down easy
I remember doing this all the time on my SV650S, then i eventually moved on and got a brand new GSXR600 k7 and put it through a hedge on the 3rd day of ownership and me almost going under the front of a mercedes. Sure not gonna be doing knee downs on my K8. Beware those of you who have short legs lol.
I got my knee down, I tried it on round about but I couldn't figure out how to sit properly and really felt uncomfortable. I kept slowing down when I see a car and waited till it was safe (respected everyone else first), I built up speed and was nervous of my sitting position. Instead of thinking about putting it down i just tried to keep it smooth and it came down. I needed a bit more speed, I was doing about 60 on a large roundabout. I did it on my 1198s, nice bike for first knee down :)
im left handed and for me its easier to turn to left rather than right,is it same for the right handed as well??i mean easier to turn right rather than left?
@rama6maiden A lot of people find that, but it's due to body position. Again I hear that a hell of a lot. You will find it easier to get into a good shape on your favoured side. The more right handers you do the better you will get at putting your body in the right position and you will forget that you ever had an issue.
i would have thought that for rookies, counter-steering and correct throttle control whilst cornering are more important than worrying about getting your knee down. Get a copy of the "Twist of the Wrist II" DVD if you have a genuine interest in piloting a motorcycle through corners correctly.
@TRUFFLEHOUNDEXPRESS hi iv wached that dvd and thnk its brilliant after waching it i went out and i felt so much more in controle of my bike (honda cbr 125) its a good dvd and i would advise it to evrybody out ther counter stearing and throttle control are the key facters to propper cornering
ma it really is a awesome feeling when you get your knee down for the first time. i had a huge smile on my face the first time when I got mine down for the first time. its a good feeling of accomplishment.
@bboyrules Yamaha YBR125 if learning geared bike for first time, not too expensive, nothing pricey to repair if you come off, however don't look quite as smart as a YZF-R125 or CB125 they're just as reliable and affordable...
@bboyrules ive had a cbr125 for a year now so im coming up to 18 ;) if i were u i would get a cheap 125 and do a restricted lisence test and move straight nto a 250 or 600, ive covered 5000 miles in a year on the cbr 125 and im bored :P
@bboyrules cagiva planet or mito are top of the range but planets are rather rare and mitos are quiet expensive the planet is like a muscle bike sort of like the dodge of the car world and the mito is a superbike but if they arnt your style you could go for the honda nsr or cbr all of them are reliable as far as i am aware
Tell me about it. I'm looking forward to summer on my Firestorm. I rode it through winter though :-) taught me a lot about grip and being progressive with the throttle. We are getting some nice biking weather now though, eh?
I think this summer will see my first 'knee down' ;-)
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So this is what the power rangers do when they are not saving the world. Its good to see they have hobbies like normal people. I repsect them more for this.
i would give so much meeting this guy and learning by him...
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is it proper to try and get your knee down on every corner? or only hairpins? and what about high speed corners is it ok to try to lean your body off alot?
kyo120 1 day ago
Thanks, very helpful and makes sense to me. Incidentally, why do people have to be so unpleasant to each other and swear at every given opportunity even on a site like this?
chrisbeecham1 6 days ago
/watch?v=zvluBLgF608
ApriliaGermany 1 week ago
go to, youtube.com/watch?v=JyjYVx8lMBU
topbanana0 2 weeks ago
@pmay222 I'm guessing you can't get ya knee down?!
Trotters222 1 month ago
ooh...you'll never foget thattttt...! i always remember MY first time....lol...... fookin total bell ends ......i wonder...now the hypersportbike scene is slowly dying a deserved death...what area of 2 wheels these boil in the bag experts will move into and totally ruin.. mcn tossers
pmay222 1 month ago
like whittam, cos he on a yam? fucking cheese bag!!!
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Zalabia39 1 month ago
I used to be a noob like you, but then I took the street to the knee...
masterknaster 1 month ago 12
@masterknaster uve been thumbed the fuck up!!!
MIGHTYSAMINYOURFACE 1 week ago
Anyone else notice him doing the Sign of the Cross as he takes off @ 2:45? Even as an experienced rider, he realizes anything can happen at any time.. Crazy
Donarudo88 1 month ago
@Donarudo88 LOL hes not doing "the sign of the cross" hes just closing his visor..
cockster93 2 weeks ago
I used to be a driver like you... But then I took an arrow in the knee...
f4z3 1 month ago
i even do kneedowns on my Aerox for fun sometimes, damn thats fun even on a scooter xD
joshshoot 2 months ago
congrats
razel05 2 months ago
He was still riding twisted. But hey, he got his knee down and that was the objective.
Knightlore10 3 months ago
sorry to be a bitch but the sound IS terrible.. if u spend time on a video like this, why wouldn't you do a bit of voice over n fix the sound? how hard can it be?
RamtinK 4 months ago
will they test me on this when I do my Module One this weekend? :)
NoOneGreaterThanHe 5 months ago
Before you try this make sure there is no dust or debris on the roundabout haha
SuperBludger 5 months ago
Great vid, it works thanks!
gspot1972 6 months ago
im only 15 but ya can never learn too young lol
iikeymert 6 months ago
Kann bitte jemand die basics auf Deutsch uebersetzen? British English zu verstehen ist ja hardcore im Gegensatz zu American English. Wahnsinn!
AwakeProudmoore 6 months ago
Haha koo video congrats
PacoGP17 6 months ago
mach in blinker aus
xerxes502 6 months ago
i want to learn to get my knee down but im scared of losing it and dropping my bike any tips guys
CR125MANIAC 6 months ago
@CR125MANIAC Go slowly, and i don't mean speed wise, just dont lean into it too much at first- You'll feel if its about to fall because you'll wobble, but at that point you can just counterlean if you're fast enough and correct it.
Drewbo21 6 months ago
@CR125MANIAC Oh and this video helps- posture is everything.
Drewbo21 6 months ago
@CR125MANIAC buy frame siders. :)
DAB0690 5 months ago
Watched this video after trying to get my knee down on and off for a few years went out and BOOM did it - check out vid on my page hehe
simker 6 months ago
That roundabout looks delicious! I've found a couple of places in my town to knee surf, but none of them are as perfect as that. Drool.
mymotorcycle5 6 months ago
he wasn't that good after all
FhjNelson 7 months ago
So whats the purpose of hanging off the side or getting your knee down, is it to counteract the centrifugal force so you can turn the bike sharper at high speeds?? Im so confused!!!
hackneo64 7 months ago
@hackneo64 this has to do with the leaning of the bike. the more you lean a bike, the less surface of tyre gets in contact with the road, thus leading to more changes of loosing grip. when you lean your body weight "out of the bike", your body acts like a counterwheight, so the bike does not have to lean so much, resulting in more tyre surface in the road. With that in mind, it's easy to figure not only more safety in turns, but more speed in them. Hope this helped. Cheers
Vizcaio 7 months ago
@hackneo64 sorry.... "more chanCes of loosing grip"....
Vizcaio 7 months ago
oh damn, cbr 900rr. I have a cbr900rr. i saw it for a few seconds
nitrousninja1 7 months ago
Just watched another vid. The guys foot and peg were nowhere near the ground when he had his knee down. Maybe my leather trousers are too tight?
eddyemm 7 months ago
Just read some comments. So if you push on the inside bar a bit it will cause the wheel to turn to the outside of the roundabout a little keeping the bike more stable?
eddyemm 7 months ago
I had the bike in 2nd gear and it wasnt revving high. throttle response seemed smooth.
eddyemm 7 months ago
Any tips would be appreciated. I tried to get my knee down earlier. Found a roundabout thats maybe two lanes width. looked at the clock on the bike whilst cornering and was doing 30mph. Hung off. I know i was hanging off a good amount as at one point my outside foot came up off the peg. My inside foot touched the ground twice and my foot was tight up against the bike, so i must have been over a long way. Do i just need to find a larger wider roundabout where i can get more speed up?
eddyemm 7 months ago
@eddyemm on a right hand bend, your ball of your right foot should be rocking on the end of the peg, pointing in towards the inside of the bend. Chances are, you`ll have to be going faster than usual on that bend to get to touchdown-due to the benefits of "hanging off ."The left foot tends to be up against the heel plate and not really carrying any weight. Keep your grip of bars relaxed and use your outside (right) knee hooked in the tank cut out. Try to get your head near your right hand/mirror
6488ott 6 months ago
@eddyemm I find that speeding up helps alot , I carnt get my knee down at 30 but can at 40. Once down I can slow to 30. Also sit as far back on your seat as you can, I know it will feel strange and feel further away but once lent over it is alot easier to get you knee down.
R1dolly 6 months ago
this guy got his knee down the year I began my life. I sure feel young, dumb, and inexperienced.
telright 7 months ago
does anyone know where this roundabout is?
TheLondekZdroj 8 months ago
@TheLondekZdroj Across the street from where you live. Stop rubbing it in our faces lol. We all secretly wish we were across the pond with you, where riding is actually recognized :) Some day i'll make it over there.
telright 7 months ago
I just made this wonderful sound for the first time myself! And yes that first reaction is to pull your knee back up. Such an incredible feeling when you realize what you just did.
eoyourmom 8 months ago
Greatest video on the internet!!!!
cyblur 8 months ago
Great video!!!
spenserriches 8 months ago
Hmm a R1 rider who don''t know yet how to put his knee on the ground?! is this a beginner with a deathwish?!:D
TommyGG90 8 months ago
Now if I could only translate British-speak into real English, I'd have it made. (j/k) ;-)
jjbearsf 8 months ago
do you counter steer while doing this? or just leaning?
JainYuan 8 months ago
@JainYuan counter steering starts when you start to come out of the turn. Remember it's* NOT* the person that hits the turn the fastest that usually wins. It's the person that speeds out of the turn the quickest that usually wins. Tis why you'll see a lot (almost all) GP racers will slide their rear tire out coming out of the turn
greenmarine5 8 months ago
@JainYuan if im reading this right. i think you would only counter steer like i think your talking about if you were drifting turns. thats something completely different from this i assume. Thats only if im reading you right.
cyblur 8 months ago
@JainYuan You have to counter steer or the bike won't turn. You cannot turn a motorcycle by leaning.
ridingwithrocket 7 months ago
@ridingwithrocket Wow, then I guess a motorcycle god was helping me out a lot the first two months I rode and didn't even know what counter steering was lol. Fail
telright 7 months ago
@telright Well that's just it. We do it naturally to an extent. We don't know we are doing it because we don't know what counter steering is when we first start learning to ride.
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When you ride in a group of black people, is it a manditory state law for at least 44.28% of all bikes in said group to be hayabusas with extended swingarms and 300 rear tires?
rhettly 8 months ago
anyone knows where I can buy an outfit like theirs?
deejaydein 8 months ago
Thanks for the video!!!
waepekk 9 months ago
Why are people still commenting on the bad sound? Watch more recent videos ffs. This vid is from 2006 if you are smart enough to look at the date. They came a long way from then.
DavidSlagter 9 months ago 23
Drop your shoulder to turn!!! What shite!!! Try pushing the bar on the side you want to turn. It's called counter steering... The shoulder drop is then a reaction of the push you dork!!!
pooley5029 10 months ago
@pooley5029 Counter-steering isn't everything. Like he's clearly saying, the knee down is about weight. The act of dropping the shoulder will incite counter-steering as you're saying but also add pressure on the foot-peg as well as bring the opposite leg in. Your foot-pegs are steering tools, let go of the the bars and you can steer with them.
JonathanSandusky 10 months ago
@JonathanSandusky Couter-steering is what makes a bike turn, dropping your shoulder or weighting the pegs may help but you will still be counter-steering weather your aware of this or not.
AlpinestarsR6 9 months ago
I have a question, how fast can I take a turn? I know it all depends on the degree of the curve, but as far as on the road of a highway or some other road? Will I fall if there are a few rocks on the road, not gravel or pebbles but just a few that are noticeable? I've been scared to take the curves and really lean my bike.
theheatwave2001 10 months ago
@theheatwave2001 I am accustomed to chopper bikes instead of this ones, however, the same thing applies to everyone: Yesterday, a pebble got the steering wheel and it jumped about 2 inches from the floor when I was cornering (with the wife as a passenger!). Guess what. Getting the right position is so important that the bike kept turning normally even when I thought it was over for us... Although the right bike with a right center of gravity plays a major role here. I hope this helps. Cheers.
code933k 10 months ago
@theheatwave2001 If you make it at one speed, turn around and ride it again. Repeat until you crash. That is how fast you can take the turn. If you are looking for finite answers, chasing the ultimate, bikes arent for you. Its all the variables that make them fun. Coz you will tell your mates I took 'leming corner' at 60mph and then you go out with them and the road is greasy and 45mph is more stupid than the day you did 60 through it. If you enjoy it, your doing it right.
bobfoc1979 9 months ago
@bobfoc1979 Yeah I know, I was just wondering, I don't have a sports bike, its a sports/cruiser and I wanted to have fun without having a little bit of road rash to go with it. But I know if I really want to knee to the ground experience I should get a sports bike, but I just wanted the best of both worlds on two wheels, cruiser/sporty. But until then I'll keep taking that corner and just checking my chicken scratch.
theheatwave2001 9 months ago
he still looked twisted...I think he would have dragged more if he followed the advice of trying to keep the bike upright, rather than focusing on the knee-drag
motogpslider 11 months ago
@motogpslider He was too fat. If he leaned off anymore then the motorcycle would be riding him.
UnseenSpirit 10 months ago
he still looked twisted...I think he would have dragged more if he followed the advice of trying to keep the bike upright, rather than focusing on the kneedrag.
motogpslider 11 months ago
Make a new updated version! Please. (Nowadays your vids have better audio)
DNEpasiip 11 months ago
Hah that would feel awesome to do that for the first time.
ryno2085 11 months ago
@motormanish Conversation~ is a word(i think) xD
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Very interesting video indeed...
WhyMenLeave 11 months ago
62 people need a hearing aid ^
RamboElf 11 months ago
same R series motorjacket.
patrickboogert 1 year ago
pathetic..
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MotorcycleFair 1 year ago
um - did they not realize there was a camera dude standing there? didnt understand a damn word - conversating about wat they did last night,, yeaaaaa good for paulie - he scraped his knee wooooo
MotorcycleFair 1 year ago
@MotorcycleFair Conversating is not a word. It is conversing.
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MotorcycleFair 1 year ago
I've only just started riding so tell me, is there a point to this if your not pushing the bike hard ?
freedomsoldier187 1 year ago
@freedomsoldier187 i'd wait untill you have enough experiance it will come naturally, I have been riding for about 2 years and i'm starting to do it without even realising eventually i'll do it properly.
like my mate said, if you go out your way to try and do it you will probably just fall off mate.
LandB2312 1 year ago
@LandB2312 I asked if there was a point to it, if your not pushing your bike, e.g is it even worth doing on
the street, not if I should try to or not.
freedomsoldier187 1 year ago
Those license plates look disgusting
imakemoney36 1 year ago
brilliant!
yuzrey 1 year ago
Guys... Your instructions are important and very helpfull!!! BUT you really, and I mean REALLY got to work out the sound. If not a loud and bad music, then its next to a loud busy road. Thanks for the videos anyways.
ddeleonr 1 year ago
なんかほのぼのしてていいな
lhaplus44 1 year ago
Clap clap! wouldn`t it be better doing that on a track as opposed to a busy roundabout, not very bright. MCN talk about anti-bike policies from govt and the EU yet they are happy to make films like this which do not really help our case much!
firstestmostestbest 1 year ago
@firstestmostestbest Mate, you're clearly an idiot. It was a video teaching good riding practices in a real environment while obeying the road rules. I fail to see how this looks bad???
MooPoo1980 1 year ago
aint he going to come off he hasent warmed his tires up :S
IIxSKILLzZxII 1 year ago
What motorcycle is that? Also I'm planning on getting a motorcycle and its my first time should I get a 250, 500, or 650 CC bike since it would be my first time driving one? Aside from the course which only had 125 CC motorcycles to use.
TarlZaralka 1 year ago
@TarlZaralka 600.
thebestsnever08 1 year ago
@TarlZaralka you'd kill yourself and someone else on a 500 or a 650. either 125 or 250 should be more than enough for getting used to being on a bike. Either way even in terms of practicality 500 and 650 CC bikes make no sense.
if you travel on freeways all the time thats one thing but for normal commuting you would be wasting money on big bikes.
I've been riding for over 15 yrs now (since i was 12) , i ride everyday and have a modified 135 cc that getsup to 85 mph, its all a man needs
kps142 1 year ago
@TarlZaralka I say get the bike you want as long as your mature enough to handle it. No matter what bike you get, its only going to go as fast as you twist that throttle. If your a retard, with no respect for yourself of the beast under you, then you don't need a bike at all. I personally started on an R6 which is debatably the worst bike to start on for beginners. 6 months, and 10k miles later iv never wrecked. Get the bike that will make you happy, just take it easy, and respect the power.
Noir8606 1 year ago
Is it easy to keep the bike up without sliding etc. When u r leaning and getting your knee down?
mouseydavey 1 year ago
@mouseydavey. Sliding? If you mean sliding because you're putting the power in then yeah it's very easy not to do that, use a gear that's responsive but not too agressive, on that R1 he says 3rd is smooth enough for that speed but responsive enough aswell, to powerslid you're going to want to hammer the throttle, if you've never got your knee down before... don't try to slide it lol, i think a more accurate question would be is it hard to slide a bike out of a turn, learn that on a supermoto
hgjisnfdlishdjthlre 1 year ago
tuition was grand; betta if I could hear it all clearly, I too noticed the busy road and cars, that was a riot. i was like wtf kinda track is this! woulda be a serious Fail should he knee drugged properly into a semi...Oops..
JoeyOhm 1 year ago
Thanks - because of the background noise I couldn't hear crap; now I have no idea what to do.
averagejoe0073 1 year ago
This video will get you killed. Dragging knee is a result of good body position not the goal. You aren't taking a corner just to drag knee. When you drag knee its purely the result of good body positioning.
Durosola 1 year ago
@Durosola which is exactly what he said u fucking retard
KirkyTheTurkey888 1 year ago
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cheaphitman 1 year ago
... subtitles wud hav bn nice!!!
petrwelohh 1 year ago
cool video,check out mine.
topbanana0 1 year ago
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cool video, please check out mine
topbanana0 1 year ago
do you push the pegs in with your foot when cornering are not
HEAVYGUNZ05 1 year ago
@HEAVYGUNZ05. Don't worry about that, use your body position to move the bike, you would weight your pegs for corner entry and exit, but don't worry too much about that, especially if you're inexperienced at the whole knee down buisness.
hgjisnfdlishdjthlre 1 year ago
Robby???
taurus0001 1 year ago
pure genius, recording the whole instruction part next to a busy road...
theoriginaldimi 1 year ago 81
@theoriginaldimi it looks like a dead end mate, if you look at the road people have been drifting.
LandB2312 1 year ago
@theoriginaldimi Turn the volume up douch bag
ridecgktm 11 months ago
@theoriginaldimi what did u say?
toblertwo 8 months ago
@theoriginaldimi If you knew the area you'd hush..... It's the Sawtry junction off the A1M..... Yes next to a busy road, but its dead as a dodo due to other main routes availiable on the same junction
jamesf348 6 months ago
peccato che di inglese non capisco tutto. poi co sto cazzo di rumore che devi capire.
però una cosa l'ho capita: la moto rimane dritta e tu ti sporgi così tanto da toccare col ginocchio, in particolare se sei alto !! ahahahhaaha
SQLDiD 1 year ago
after watching this i notice soo many riders leaning wrong
incarnation316 1 year ago
great video well explained
irishkerry 1 year ago
better than scraping your sliders in a vice before you go out....
kkhhoona 1 year ago
Please guys - sort out some decent radio mics. The sound on all yr videos is horrible...
Pamberjack 1 year ago
I CANT HEAR :(
Zran85 1 year ago
Its not bad but i think i do it better! You cant explain how to get your knee down! It feels better if you do it like the first person on earth!
Pepsispezi 1 year ago
Good video
rc197923 1 year ago
Fucking shitty sound, that fucking noise is interfearing with his talking
HugoMolander 1 year ago
u should have bought a car! ur missing out on alot of fun!..try it bro....im out!
joeaccord23 1 year ago
improve sound Quality plzzzzzzz
bullbillz 1 year ago
can barely hear him
shubidubar 1 year ago
This video helped me so much to have a saver feeling on my bike! THX A LOT!
baaaag 1 year ago
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the sound quality sucks
peteyboy1002 1 year ago
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would it be clever 2 try the knee down on a supermoto or is that just a dumb plan ?
jazmx82 1 year ago
The fisrt time you touch down you relise it's not so bad or hard to do at all. Once you've touched your find you can just go down and keep it on the ground all the way round. My first time, initially, i was worried what will touch down first, will it pull me off the bike and other thoughts. Just forget the knee and sit right and keep the bike in a smooth arc as possible and a nice throttle. if you find your not getting your knee down, hook up a gear higher and try and relax, your touch down easy
benjyboba 1 year ago
would it be clever 2 try the knee down on a supermoto ?
jazmx82 1 year ago
Turn Signal on... lol
TheFallenWind 1 year ago
yup`` this one knows how to teach.. good thing this video does not have some gay technoo music :S
fuckfacefool 1 year ago
If my teachers at school were this good, I would probably like studying lol.
MecTheGamer 1 year ago
I remember doing this all the time on my SV650S, then i eventually moved on and got a brand new GSXR600 k7 and put it through a hedge on the 3rd day of ownership and me almost going under the front of a mercedes. Sure not gonna be doing knee downs on my K8. Beware those of you who have short legs lol.
Lee7887 1 year ago
I got my knee down, I tried it on round about but I couldn't figure out how to sit properly and really felt uncomfortable. I kept slowing down when I see a car and waited till it was safe (respected everyone else first), I built up speed and was nervous of my sitting position. Instead of thinking about putting it down i just tried to keep it smooth and it came down. I needed a bit more speed, I was doing about 60 on a large roundabout. I did it on my 1198s, nice bike for first knee down :)
benjyboba 1 year ago
i have a question?
im left handed and for me its easier to turn to left rather than right,is it same for the right handed as well??i mean easier to turn right rather than left?
rama6maiden 1 year ago
@rama6maiden A lot of people find that, but it's due to body position. Again I hear that a hell of a lot. You will find it easier to get into a good shape on your favoured side. The more right handers you do the better you will get at putting your body in the right position and you will forget that you ever had an issue.
WolfieTed 1 year ago
@rama6maiden I'm right handed. But taking left handed on a bike when it comes to corners.
IngloriousSob 1 year ago
@rama6maiden I'm right handed. But when it comes to cornering on a bike im so left handed hehe.
IngloriousSob 1 year ago
can I drop my knee like that on my scooter? i wanna ride like a big boy
lexmark136 1 year ago
terrific vid. noted tips, went out twice and bam,(bus~) no, scraped my alpinestar sliders. well pleased
easy
drop shoulder, head and its simple.
cheers boss
tj22k 1 year ago
youtube.com/watch?v=RUp0XHbO4vs
mauricekuyper22 1 year ago
And why are they doing this on a public road?? 3:03
kanjikevin 1 year ago
typical mcn obsession with gerrin ya knee down....an typical sportbike roundabout combination...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
pmay222 1 year ago
i would have thought that for rookies, counter-steering and correct throttle control whilst cornering are more important than worrying about getting your knee down. Get a copy of the "Twist of the Wrist II" DVD if you have a genuine interest in piloting a motorcycle through corners correctly.
TRUFFLEHOUNDEXPRESS 1 year ago
@TRUFFLEHOUNDEXPRESS hi iv wached that dvd and thnk its brilliant after waching it i went out and i felt so much more in controle of my bike (honda cbr 125) its a good dvd and i would advise it to evrybody out ther counter stearing and throttle control are the key facters to propper cornering
VideoHelper08 1 year ago
@VideoHelper08 Glad to hear you found the "Twist of the Wrist II" DVD so helpful. Ride Safe.
TRUFFLEHOUNDEXPRESS 1 year ago
ma it really is a awesome feeling when you get your knee down for the first time. i had a huge smile on my face the first time when I got mine down for the first time. its a good feeling of accomplishment.
todddhel 1 year ago
i am on a ped atm....and still a long time till i get a 125 but wondering if anyone could give me soem tips on what 125 to get
bboyrules 1 year ago
@bboyrules Yamaha YBR125 if learning geared bike for first time, not too expensive, nothing pricey to repair if you come off, however don't look quite as smart as a YZF-R125 or CB125 they're just as reliable and affordable...
AeroxRider46 1 year ago
@bboyrules ive had a cbr125 for a year now so im coming up to 18 ;) if i were u i would get a cheap 125 and do a restricted lisence test and move straight nto a 250 or 600, ive covered 5000 miles in a year on the cbr 125 and im bored :P
shootingcham 1 year ago
@bboyrules cagiva planet or mito are top of the range but planets are rather rare and mitos are quiet expensive the planet is like a muscle bike sort of like the dodge of the car world and the mito is a superbike but if they arnt your style you could go for the honda nsr or cbr all of them are reliable as far as i am aware
metalhaven124 1 year ago
I'm glad to bikers fellow.. Brilliant Bro. That was so nice..
OTTOMANSWORD 1 year ago
bet a tenner he could drink a cup of tea with the knee down. tenner anybody?
kerrzo1971 1 year ago
@kerrzo1971
lool - i'd pay a tenner just to see that. :-D
MiG2880 1 year ago
He should be a motorcycle teacher, teach over 50 kids how to be a pro racer.
dirtbiker715 1 year ago
Waaaaaaaaaaa - why is Summer taking so long to get here!
3000ST1 1 year ago
@3000ST1
Tell me about it. I'm looking forward to summer on my Firestorm. I rode it through winter though :-) taught me a lot about grip and being progressive with the throttle. We are getting some nice biking weather now though, eh?
I think this summer will see my first 'knee down' ;-)
Stay safe mate.
MiG2880 1 year ago
@MiG2880
Cheers man - you as well.
3000ST1 1 year ago
cool,please teach me...
NdH1k4 1 year ago
cool,please teach me...
NdH1k4 1 year ago
cool,please teach me...
NdH1k4 1 year ago
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NdH1k4 1 year ago
awful sound qualitiy...damn birds, tweeting.
aarongosal 1 year ago
maybe its only me but it seems like he did the same thing as before mcn's man advice.hasn't improved at all
szajba11111 1 year ago
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So this is what the power rangers do when they are not saving the world. Its good to see they have hobbies like normal people. I repsect them more for this.
OohTheHorror 1 year ago
i can't get it down on my supermoto(ksm 125) :(
Blackrier93 1 year ago
@Blackrier93 well supermotos are quite high bikes!
CobbZ2007 1 year ago
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Isnt putting your knee down on the publick highway ilegal?
Niallsims666 1 year ago
depends on the pig stopping you... if you in the speed limit you should be fine but they could push it for dangerous driving
cambridgemandem 1 year ago
@Niallsims666 really. you into bikes worried about the law???.. that like people into racing worried about gas prices...
MonkiMajyk 1 year ago
@Niallsims666 nope, or atleast not in New Zealand.
theacuity 1 year ago