Superb stuff! It seems you did get your knee to touch down, is it?? And a knee pad would've been great, trust me!

Arrey.....Too Good yaaar... i wish could do that..!1
Regarding the suggestions,Soory bro.. not my cup of tea...i am myself learning..i guess..ken uncle or aryan da.. might be in a position to give you some ...
Thanks for sharing the pics...
I have hust started to LEAN now i would LEARN 2 LEAN..
You Talking about these pics...:-

Yes i did, and believe me i saving every penny of my allowance for proper helmet jacket and a decent pair of knee sliders, so that i can really push it to the limit, and cornering on a RTR compared to my 200 was relatively easy, i think it'll (RTR) really shine when on the track,

EDIT: And a little tech help, how do i post these pics here? there was a thread previously here wasn't there?

this thread was excatly what i was looking for. i am planning for track days soon and i was really worried about leaning and bending this has given me some guideline the rest is practise

Earllier it was quite difficult now Sunny has made it easy..
While you click on REPLY icon.. you get a screen Somewhat like this..


just scroll down a bit you wud find a button that says..
MANAGE ATTACHMENTS




just clik on it.. ^^ AND
and upload the pics..

OMG the old thread had so many knee down pics


@EL LOCO DIABLO ill try to put some.



Cheers

W

Whoa! Man, your stuff is good. Where is this place? Nice place to practice, not a soul around to say "Sir are you gonna do stunts, race, walk on your head... etc"

Oh yes, Bingo! Aryan and I used to frequent this place. Aryan is good, but this bikecrazy is totally crazy as you can see.

Dude EL LOCO DIABLO...!! Everyone would have appreciated your effort a lot if you would been wearing some other protective stuff as well....except just the helmet...!!

Anyways, pretty good effort...!!

@Ken: This is Chennai's Sholavaram track - an abondened air strip. It is the usual place where our drag G2Gs happen.

@Nazreen: I don't see any right cornering pics. I'd want to have a look at how good you would lean on a right curve. For people like me, right is far more tough than left.

Wow WOw Guys, i just put pics from EL LOCO DIABLO album here Picasa Web Albums - El Loco Bromista - Cornering......., as he was Not able to post it by himself here.


I aint that pro not even half of that LOL

Cheers

W

That's the beauty of that place, there's rarely anyone there, but you need to look out for some scale-model RC planes now and then

Here are some pics

@kirosh- i managed to only one right corner, but i don't think it was that good

True that bro,,,attack any corner at 3 digit speed and ur in trouble,,speed wobble,,rear wheel sliding,,,and that scary feeling scares the sh*t out of me..but still v1 is a really flickable bike,,if you get a chance try a lap of Rajpur road,mall road near D.U. on ur 180,,im damn sure It'll put a huge grin on ur face

^^ Point taken and duly noted

Hey MG,
I agree with pretty much all of your post except for the above portion. (Maybe it's just the wording)
One definitely wants to preserve lean angle for any unforeseen steering changes. But at any reasonable speed a motorcycle will NOT turn unless it is leaned. It's the physics of the thing.

Keeping it straight upright while turning at any kind of "non-parking lot" speed is just begging for a high side. Essentially because the centrifugal force of a high-speed turn is countered by gravity by leaning the bike into the turn.

A good rider will be able to make the same corner at a lesser lean angle making use of good body positioning and footpeg work. (Keith Code recommends putting weight on the outside peg when leaning into a turn.)

However, some lean is definitely required to turn a two wheeled vehicle. That's why countersteering works so well because you use it to Lean the bike into the turn quicker.

I agree with the essence of your post and the fact that scraping pegs and other parts of a motorcycle is by no means desirable. It just slows down the bike.

To add to the discussion, the bike physically slows down when turning as a side-effect of 'Coning' (Look it up. Essentially, the contact ring becomes smaller and has the same effect as a change in gear ratio). So one has to roll on the throttle and accelerate while leaning just to maintain speed.

Really appreciate that...!!