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Knee down gallery...
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Yorick
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I'm on a few old racing groups on Facebook and this just came up from Elvington, many moons ago. They (we) did lean the bikes a bit, on crap tyres and knee was nowhere near. No idea why or when things changed.
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Re: Knee down gallery...
I think it was in Bike. Even then, probably 20 years ago.
Someone mentioned Fast Bikes favourite roundabout. They did a photo shoot there with a copper on an R80RT. His nickname was 'scuff', he'd worn a hole in his police issue leathers.
Someone mentioned Fast Bikes favourite roundabout. They did a photo shoot there with a copper on an R80RT. His nickname was 'scuff', he'd worn a hole in his police issue leathers.
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Re: Knee down gallery...
None here either, never learnt to do it, even on the ZXR.
However, the only time I've had a knee down, it was at about 30 mph. Unfortunately, I wasn't actually on the bike having just been ejected from it 
non quod, sed quomodo
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Brave man, peg down on a Vincent will lift the rear, if the peg doesn't snap. iirc they're solid.
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MF was brilliant!
"Be kind to past versions of yourself that didn't know what you know now."
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Winning picture so far!
Love those bikes! Parked next to one the other day. Cracking looking bike!
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( like most contributors on here I suspect
)Anyway, opposite ends of the handling spectrum, from the sublime TZ 250 to the ‘interesting’ Aprillia Falco sports tourer on stock, crap, Sachs suspension!!!