Are you a knee dragger?
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clover leaves are the best and safest way to practice knee dragging on the streets. if you don't have knee pucks, crush a beer can and duct tape it to your jeans.
this is how i learned (1989)
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this is how i learned (1989)
-a|ex
I can teach you how to drag a knee in one word, over the internet: PRACTICE.
Those are known to be pretty greasy though. At least in fairly big cities. be careful with that sh8t.
And that is what we will be doing at the cornering clinic. He lectures then we go out and ride, then he lectures more, we go out and ride again. its an all day thing.
Fair enough bro.
Hmmm. You don't know a guy that's good, so he can follow you or anything?
The guy teaching will be following us. Small group of guys. He will be able to tell us what we are doing wrong. I dont expect to be dragging my knee by the end of the day but with lots of practice hopefully by the end of the season.
Oh. :luck: You'll soon realize how far you actually were from dragging your jeans.
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If he is a good teacher and you are capable. You may be dragging by the end of the day.
I know, I am still a mile away, not even close.
Well I have a 180 tire and I have less than a 1/4 inch chicken strip on each side, so probably pretty far away.
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I've noticed you aren't close till the rear chicken strips are gone. Still, you would be surprised at who far you can go. The confidence that a good instructor and a controlled environment gives could be all you need.
Not too far. A sign that I hang off the bike too much is that my Michelin man isn't all the way worn of yet. I don't have chicken strips left, but I get to a certain point and i hit my knee. Because I hang off too much, my tire doesn't always go to the edge. It leaves me room to play with if I need to lean more. So, I could actually hang off less and lean the bike more. The man's almost gone, but not 100% yet.
I scrubbed off the man on the right side this weekend. I went to the outer edge of the directional arrow up front too. With no hanging off.
I dont really hang off that much. although sometimes I move over so that only half of my a$$ is on the seat.
I shift my weight and slide over a few inches. Sometimes I really move over on the seat but I dont stick my knee out.
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If you don't have leathers with knee sliders. Your better off.
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