What touches down first?

[duccarlos]

this is, of course, dependent on the length of your legs... shorty. 

I dislike you, but I agree. I definitely have to be hanging of the bike ala Ben Spies to drag my knee.

[The Architect]

man does he look like he's doing 140 around that corner or what!

 

That was my exact thought! 

[atomic410]

If you get it over enough the headers drag where the slipons go.  rotate the clamps so they are on the back side.  If you have a belly pan it will drag too.  raising the rear helps but monsters will drag alot of parts on the way of figuring out how to ride them on the track.  I have cyclecat sets and still go through a set of toe sliders a weekend since they are my reference point of knowing when the headers are gonna drag and wear through my bellypan.  they are cheeper than a belly pan and easier to replace than f'n with glassin between weekends or tech gettin pissed because they see a hole in the pan.  If this is your 1st trackday on it don't worry about it yet it took me 1/2 of a season to get comfortable enough on the bike to get it over that far.  Just ride the bike and make adjustments as you go. At BIR there is a ? like turn thats new and fast alot of guys get the bikes over far enough to drag an elbow through it I have draged every part on the right side through it.  shifter, peg, boot, pipe, belly pan, and every thing from top of boot up to top side of knee.  pretty intence to be over that far going that fast.

[Dr. D]

The first time I took my '09 M696 to the track the problem was front end dive and some hobby horsing.  The second time I dragged the kickstand.  I took the bike to a shop to check out what to do.  They raised the rear and the forks and put in heavier oil in the forks.  Now I scrape my toes; darn big feet  .  I need to shift farther off the seat to get the knee down first.  Next year.

[Raux]

move your feet back to have the ball of your foot on the peg?

[atomic410]

if you think about riding the bike the knee will touch eventually if you think about draggin the knee you will not ride as well and it wont happen.  draggin the knee doesnt mean your going fast.  check out most pro racers knee pucks after a race they rarely drag them but simply let them hit the ground so they know their posistion in the corner at a certain speed.  ride the bike bike it will come, or get bigger pucks.

[mookieo2]

The only thing I really drag is the kickstand. If I still  have my monster at the next track day I'm going to remove it and just bring my rear stand with me. It gets a little hairy going around a left turn and dragging it.

[sejman]

I assume then you would have an assistant there to help you get the bike on/off the stand...or is there some trick I don't know about?

[zooom]

I assume then you would have an assistant there to help you get the bike on/off the stand...or is there some trick I don't know about?

it takes getting used to, but you can balance a bike with your left hand on the pillion portion of the seat(or on top of the cowl) if you have a good sense of balance with the bike and move the stand into place with your right hand and prop it up....I would normally lean the bike on my leg and whip the stand around into rough position and place it as close to propping on the swingarm and then hold the bike with one hand while propping with the other...


of course, generally people are nice around the pits and if you need a hand and need someone to "stand" you, just call out and usually someone will...it is what I did when I didn't have my GF there to be my "umbrella girl/pit pregnant dog"...of course, I made things a whole lot easier when I got a Baxley Sport Chock....but that is a horse of a different color.

[Spidey]

You can use an assistant, if you have one around and willing.  And appropriately dressed in hot pants and a boobie shirt.  Example from a local AFM rider at a Sears Point Weekend:  
http://www.seppes.com/People/Portraits/Katie-and-Siglin/13512854_UwjEV#956876315_DyvDq     NOTE:  NSFW

I often ride my bike into a sport chock that holds the front wheel (http://www.baxleycompanies.com/Sportchock.html), get off the bike and then throw it on a rearstand and use the rearstand to pull it out of the chock.

Alternatively, you stop the bike near your rear stand (make sure you leave your rear stand in an accessible place), hop off the bike while still holding it upright and put it on the rearstand.  It takes a bit of confidence to feel comfortable enough to do this, especially if you're a shorter person.  But if you're track riding, you should get to a point where you can do this by yourself.

Also, with my shitty 250 race bikes, sometimes I'd just put 'em in gear and lean 'em against a wall or a pole.  What, they gonna get scratched or sumptin?  

[derby]

I often ride my bike into a sport chock that holds the front wheel (http://www.baxleycompanies.com/Sportchock.html), get off the bike and then throw it on a rearstand and use the rearstand to pull it out of the chock.

Alternatively, you stop the bike near your rear stand (make sure you leave your rear stand in an accessible place), hop off the bike while still holding it upright and put it on the rearstand.  It takes a bit of confidence to feel comfortable enough to do this, especially if you're a shorter person.  But if you're track riding, you should get to a point where you can do this by yourself.

you can also easily get your bike off a spooled stand  by "stopping" the stand with your right foot in front of the wheels and pushing the bike forward.

[Cider]

I often ride my bike into a sport chock that holds the front wheel (http://www.baxleycompanies.com/Sportchock.html), get off the bike and then throw it on a rearstand and use the rearstand to pull it out of the chock.

Why bother with a rearstand?  I just leave mine in the wheel chock.

OK, figured it out while I was typing--you use tire warmers?

[Spidey]

OK, figured it out while I was typing--you use tire warmers?

Yup.  Otherwise I just leave it there. 

[mookieo2]

You can use an assistant, if you have one around and willing.  And appropriately dressed in hot pants and a boobie shirt.  Example from a local AFM rider at a Sears Point Weekend:  
http://www.seppes.com/People/Portraits/Katie-and-Siglin/13512854_UwjEV#956876315_DyvDq     NOTE:  NSFW

I need one of these at the track. I doubt I would be able to afford it.