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View Poll Results: My knees are on the tarmac
yes, every corner is a new scuff on the pucks 13 30.95%
no, I am a firgina and think that ppl that drag knee are crazy 2 4.76%
I wish i could but i still cant get it down 15 35.71%
Taters whore of an ex wife ate my leathers with a side of mashed potatoes 12 28.57%
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Old 01-30-2009, 10:45 PM   #41
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i fucked up the poll and ment to have a option about doing it on accident but i had to include tators woaxw
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Old 01-30-2009, 11:07 PM   #42
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Coulda swore I took that in GA!

Personally I drag my knee on the track but not on the street. Not that I see anything wrong with it. I just don't ride that hard on the street. I had one serious accident, and that was plenty.

Why you gotta harsh my mellow?

Yeah, but there are TN roads that look just like that one.


I just didn't have a TN picture to go with the caption.


Looks like I'm going to miss MBVI. I'm selling the bike and unless economic shit picks up soon, I'll be bikeless for a while.
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Old 01-30-2009, 11:19 PM   #43
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dont do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! keep the uly
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Old 01-31-2009, 12:42 AM   #44
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The only time I put a knee down is to check my tire pressure. My knees hug the tank all the time. I only move my upper body on curves. For me, it's much more efficient. Especially with the millions of curves in Colorado. Ha, two digs in one post.
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Old 01-31-2009, 01:25 AM   #45
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so does it count if your knee goes down with the bike, if so my knee has been down a few times.
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Old 01-31-2009, 01:34 AM   #46
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Can I? Yes. Do I? No. When we were at Indy, if I had pucks on I would have set a knee down on that highway interchange loop.
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Personally I drag my knee on the track but not on the street. Not that I see anything wrong with it. I just don't ride that hard on the street. I had one serious accident, and that was plenty.
That would be me. I dont feel a need to do it on the street, altho theres a very few roads here I could do it on, I just think its safe or wise.

On the track, well, once I finally did it, my sole goal was to do it as much as often till I destroyed my pucks. After doing this, and rubbing some leather off as well, nto to mention my leg saving my ass from sliding out, Im out of the " I CAN DRAG KNEE" stage and if it happens, it happens, I wont be trying to do it, not that I really did before tho.

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The only time I put a knee down is to check my tire pressure. My knees hug the tank all the time. I only move my upper body on curves. For me, it's much more efficient. Especially with the millions of curves in Colorado. Ha, two digs in one post.

Butthead, but good ones!
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Old 01-31-2009, 09:48 AM   #47
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Right now my only goal is to keep my knees up
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Old 01-31-2009, 10:16 AM   #48
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I've tried and tried, but damn I can't get my knee down on my VTX

I got a friends '96 ZX-7R running for him a couple summers ago and out on a test ride I noticed my knee was uncomfortably close to the asphalt since I was just in jeans doing a lap around the "block" (I live in the country, 4 mile "block"). I'll wait till I get an FZ1 before I bother to try.

But you can lean like a SOB on a VTX. I had a kid on a 636 mention at a gas stop during a weekend ride that he didn't thing cruisers riders could lean out until he saw me ride.
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Old 01-31-2009, 10:19 AM   #49
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But you can lean like a SOB on a VTX. I had a kid on a 636 mention at a gas stop during a weekend ride that he didn't thing cruisers riders could lean out until he saw me ride.
This dude is friggin INSANE on a cruiser!! Terrifying to watch but killer mad skills!
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Which reminds me, X is still in VT. If she doesn't sell by mid-May, then I won't sell her, you wanna watch her Rae? And I'm not that good, I just can't push her too much further without doing a lot of damage.
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