How low can you go?

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How low can you go?

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Been here and done it, albeit on my 7R

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cant say i've got my eblow down....well apart from falling off. Knee downs on the 400's were piss easy pritty much strate line jobs! the 750 once or twice hoppfully be abit easyer once i've sort out the suspention
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the answer...for me...nowhere near as low as that.

there's a good thread on the pb mag forums about elbow down

http://www.pbmagforum.com/forum34/3283.html

how about butt down?

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cool thread on PB forum, i got that poster of Guss Scott with his elbow down, and I also have that mag of Ronnie Smith on the ZX7 :smt003

butt down i guess is the next step, but i doubt i could do it on a road bike :smt017
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I doubt my Viffer would go elbow-down, but the ZXR400 would without much fuss!

Is that Walker going butt-down? Looks like he's seriously fkd that chicane up, that's why!
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you could Rob, but it would shortly be followed by head down.

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I've never put my knee down on the road and no idea how close my elbow would've bin to the floor on track.
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i got a good question, would getting your elbow down be easier if your taller like RobB and harder if your shorter like me, my point beings the longer your arms then the more your elbow will stick out when your arm is bent holding the bars,

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would expect so yeah just like getting your knee down is easyer when your taller
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yeah id imagine it would be easier with longer arms, positioning is all important tho, it just doesnt help if your shorter.
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so for fancy showing off stuff its better to be tall, if you want to go quick without scratching yourself along the ground and attatualy get behind the screen not just look like your on a minimoto its better to be shorter!

...guess witch one i am :smt010
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In the middle?
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5'8 so officaly a "short butt" should see me trying to ride my 1m high crosser lol
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rene wrote:5'8 so officaly a "short butt" should see me trying to ride my 1m high crosser lol
Well I'm 5' 3" so officially 'A Midget' :smt003

Got the knee and toe sliders down so far. Think the elbow will come eventually.......they say you gotta fall off sometime!!
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toes arent to hard really, i had my pegs down on a track day (on the 750) was quite happy with that :D
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