25-01-13, 02:23 AM
Funnily enough on my old bike (ZX9R) I never managed it deliberately, it was jacked up a fair way and I'm not massively tall, so I couldn't reach it (or at least wasn't happy leaning the bike over as far as I was).
That said, coming around a roundabout once, I was hanging off in the wet, and the arse end slid out on me - no idea what from, but I suspect a patch of diesel. Because my knee was out, and kinda locked, I managed to catch the bike on my knee and hold it up for a bit until the rear wheel regained contact (sounds heroic, it was completely by chance).
Even if it did scare the crap out of me doing it, if I hadn't been hanging off in the "knee down" type position, I would've gone straight into the floor instead of coming off fine, albeit it with a fair few grey hairs!
That said, coming around a roundabout once, I was hanging off in the wet, and the arse end slid out on me - no idea what from, but I suspect a patch of diesel. Because my knee was out, and kinda locked, I managed to catch the bike on my knee and hold it up for a bit until the rear wheel regained contact (sounds heroic, it was completely by chance).
Even if it did scare the crap out of me doing it, if I hadn't been hanging off in the "knee down" type position, I would've gone straight into the floor instead of coming off fine, albeit it with a fair few grey hairs!