Dragging Knees and Body Position
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When it feels right, you're really just hanging there by your knee, your body pretty relaxed, and centripetal force helps keep you from weighting the inside peg too much. Your foot on the outside peg pushes a little to keep the knee snugly against the tank. To recover you're supposed to pull yourself up with your knee rather than pulling the bars or weighting the pegs so much. The bar and peg inputs upset the suspension more and lead to choppy riding. Keith Code teaches weighting the pegs as a technique. Weighting the outside peg stands the bike up, improving traction, suspension function and ground clearance. Weighting the inside peg does the opposite, he suggests it is a good way to start a rear wheel slide, a technique I will never attempt in this life or my next 1000 incarnations.
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I recall reading Code say to use the inside leg on turn entry and outside post-apex. Seems a bit busy to me.It felt comfortablefor me to focus on weighing the inside peg, stick out the knee and then use the puck for support; get hard on the gas and focus on exit point/ next entry....let 'er slide all the way to the outside of the turn- she's driving and stable at this point.
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I recall reading Code say to use the inside leg on turn entry and outside post-apex. Seems a bit busy to me.It felt comfortablefor me to focus on weighing the inside peg, stick out the knee and then use the puck for support; get hard on the gas and focus on exit point/ next entry....let 'er slide all the way to the outside of the turn- she's driving and stable at this point.
I recall reading Code say to use the inside leg on turn entry and outside post-apex. Seems a bit busy to me.It felt comfortablefor me to focus on weighing the inside peg, stick out the knee and then use the puck for support; get hard on the gas and focus on exit point/ next entry....let 'er slide all the way to the outside of the turn- she's driving and stable at this point.
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Once again, the preview button didn't work...
Update: ...finally made it to a track!
It will take me a few more track days to figure out what the best positions are for me. I'm very comfortable riding a certain way right now, so trying to incorporate the instructors' suggestions will take time.
http://switang.com/TrackTime/Kershaw_05-10-08/
The corner stations weren't very conducive to good pics. Somewhat repetitive too.
P.S. no flags the whole day, everyone talked like that was unusual.
Update: ...finally made it to a track!
It will take me a few more track days to figure out what the best positions are for me. I'm very comfortable riding a certain way right now, so trying to incorporate the instructors' suggestions will take time.
http://switang.com/TrackTime/Kershaw_05-10-08/
The corner stations weren't very conducive to good pics. Somewhat repetitive too.
P.S. no flags the whole day, everyone talked like that was unusual.
Last edited by viper; Apr 21, 2009 at 09:38 AM.
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1 cheak off the seat, arms bent, head looking through turn... the rest is personal preference. Don't drag your knee on public roads, that's just asking for a low slide.