I'm glad it's clicking for you, using my knees on the tank was a big factor for me too, especially on track. I can thoroughly recommend techspec gripster pads to help you grip the tank too, they are soft so won't wreck your leathers and the remove with no mess if you want to sell the bike on.
@ducbird: i'll give 32r a go I think. @ attila: I was thinking of some knee grips, thanks for the heads up.
Who's "they"? People on the internetz? I think I'd rather trust the manufacturer than a bunch of "know it alls" in cyber space.
I assume you were aware of the irony ET :tongue: The consensus, gleaned by searching the internetz, gathering the dataz and removing the outlierz, is arround the 30's. 26 and 42 are outliers. But I've just managed to find the pressures in the manual (which aren't on the tires page, typical!): 2.1 bar front 2.2 bar rear cold which is ~ 30.5f 32r psi
there's no point in generalising it's true but I am moving toward your figures for the 900 Monster Phoenix. I recently had a totally unbiased 'is it me or is it the bike?' wake-up call when I was using a tyre pressure gauge reading 4 psi low (so now correct and around 32F35R). I think the Ducati Factory figures might be based on their average generally-higher ambient temperatures hence low for UK possibly. Just to help work out just what's 'going on' - you only have to check your pressures straight after a 'spirited' run on a hot day and they are going to be around plus 3-4 p.s.i.
There were (and still are a few) race guys that were quicker than most of those that leaned the bike well over and got their knee down...... .......don't forget, a MotoGP is a lot lighter than a road going bike, so whereas they make it look easy getting the knee down, the weight of the roadgoing bike could leave you with a lot of body damage, starting with the knee and the leg even if you have got sliders. Plus the shorter you are the harder it is to get a knee down (further to travel to be able to touch down). AL
the weight of the bike will effect how fast it will change direction but will not have any effect on the weight on your knee once its down, you aren't holding the bike up, you can lift your knee up after it touches down and the bike wont fall over... i use my knee as an indicator of how far over i have the bike, once it touches i tend to lift my knee up or i end up pushing it into the ground stopping me from getting the bike further over.
Actually, when you are on a track and in the groove, knee down is no big deal - it just comes naturally. What of this body damage? I don't follow you. The knee is only brushing the tarmac - it's not as if it's smacking down on the thing. Once you've sussed out how to do it, you can do it again and again and again. It only seems tricky, like most things, when you haven't mastered it.
