My life story

For all the nosey buggers.
There are some nice (BIG) pictures of my day at Rockingham at the end.
It's my daughters site, but she does **** all with it.
http://www.lozzer.net/dad.html

 

I'm getting quite annoyed now... how is that you fat f*ckers can get your
knee down so bloody easily yet I, who while not thin, is certainly not
rotund, can only manage to lean the bike to silly angles and get nowhere
near?

*mutter*

*mutter mutter*

 

You don't stick your knee out. If you did your knee would touch down.

See:
http://jedi--knight.com/gowerschool5.jpg

 

Yes, but it feels like I am - that's the thing - it could be the leathers
but they aren't that tight - I just can't seem to pull my leg 'out' IYSWIM.
I really could do with seeing some video of it TBH and then work from that.

Very frustrating as, as you point out in the picture, the bike's leant far
enough over by a long margin.

 

Thanks, that's as useful.. as a not particularly useful thing

What was your solution then?

 

Round and round and round and round and round, hey presto! It helps if you
can find a roundabout that isn't too busy, so you don't concern yourself
with other road users entering the roundabout.

 

Flexibility.

You need to pop over again.

 

That won't work - tried it.

I'll just go round and round leaning the bike more and more until I a) get
bored b) fall off.

 

Possibly - however I am still concerned that leaning the bike that much is
going to end in tears one of these days

 

With that type of thinking you will never get your kneedown.

 

All you need to do is get your bum off the seat and stick out your knee.
Confidence plays an important part.

 

Of course it's a ding when you only read one side of it

 

dwb wrote

Then you my son are doing the right thing. Any wannabe can get his knee
down but us *real* poseurs stay upright and put the bike over. If we
didn't do that then our adoring public on the outside of the bend would
not see us as we went round as our brilliant countenance would be hidden
behind the bike.

Knee downs. Kids! Don't do it.

 

Comfort is the main thing stopping me
Not confidence.

 

Now I feel even worse.

 

Bear wrote

Just giving the boy some advice.

It is only easy for you to be critical because your suspension starts
from *so* much lower down than everybody else's.

 

Bear fascinated us all by saying...

He's not got his hearing aid in, you'll have to shout louder at the old
****.

--
Lozzo
ZZR1100D, GPZ500S, CB250RS
BOTAFOT#57/70a, BOTAFOF#57, two#49, MIB#22, TCP#7, BONY#9,
ANORAK#9, DIAABTCOD#14, UKRMT5BB, IBW#013, MIRTTH#15a/16,
BotToS#8, GP#2, SBS#10, SH#3, DFV#14.
Url for ukrm newbies : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html
www.mjkleathers.com

 

Bear wrote

I am going to **** off as it goes but not cos you want it but because I
have to go and sign on.

It is a loverly day so I may be gone some time as I intend to have a
little chug round the main dealers and see who is selling what in the
way of bikes.

Bubbling to the brim my ole pot is at the moment. I do hope it holds a
good head this time though, I wouldn't mind experiencing a pleasant
change for once in me life.

 

<suspicious>

Is that anything to do with Lozzo's knob?

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6? DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#16? FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19