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Originally Posted by adouglas
To wit: I didn't see anyone drag a knee. Not one rider.
And the lap averages are on the order of 130 mph.
Those who view knee dragging as some sort of mark of skill -- especially on the street --
are IMHO completely missing the point.
These guys are absolutely balls-out and they actually look like they're riding conservatively.
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The biggest difference IMO is not so much whether they drag knees or not
Some corners at the IOM TT they do in fact drag their knees
But I think the whole thing is more down to the fact that these are country roads.
Which are narrow compared to tracks & also the turns/radius themselves are not track like....
not to mention the obstacles littering the roadside
Compared to a real track the track would feel as wide as an airport runway.
So the track allows more setup before the corner & a higher
corner speed which demands the knee down to pull the bike thru at those speeds.
But I agree with you that the knee down is not a mark of any special skill in itself &
not speed dependent as we use to practice at low speeds doing figure 8's in a large empty parking lot.