Espargaro explains how to get your elbow down

[@jerryjoe88]

I had my elbow down once. Cost me about $1500 to fix my gixxer. LOL

[@1oldgit]

I feel your pain Bro ;)

[@rosagil2574]

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[@jraybay]

Jerry Joe lolol

[@juancarrera657]

Awesome

[@orangeorphan]

More of these videos please! I love to hear the riders talk about their riding styles. Pol is a beast!

[@zone07]

Long gone are the impressive days of knee downs. I think this season we're going to see an increase in elbow sliders for consumers. Next year; helmet slider!

[@StarkRaven59]

Think they got those in sidecar. Along with shoulder sliders, hip sliders....

[@packzero3]

Yeahh, like redding in valencia right? Lol awesome style.

[@evilzinabyssranger5695]

elbow down is more for gp bikes. Street bikes may be dangerous because you know... Motogp bikes has the better chassi, electronics and suspension and tires, as paul said. Its all about the evolution of the bike . I dont believe that people will be able to do it consistent in a street legal bike inside a track without fail.

[@tracknoob248]

I'll tell you how to get elbow down. (Do this only on the track you try this on the street and hurt yourself that's on you.) 1) Run race slicks, You will never pull this off on street tires unless you are hanging off the bike awkwardly just to get elbow down. Yes I have seen people do this, it looks stupid not cool. On a street tire you're lucky to get 52 -54 degrees of lean angle. If you push past that you're on your ass. Remember that. 2) Be fast, I'm dead serious, unless you are fast you're not getting elbow down. (When I say be fast, I mean actually fast. Like you are with in 1 or 2 seconds of the lap record for your bike class FAST. Not ("Oh yeah I pin the throttle on the highway all the time bro." fast >__>) Cory Call is an american racer that comes to mind. I remember seeing him go through a turn elbow down with his hand on his helmet like he was bored. That was back in 2010 (If you barley touch knee down, you will hurt yourself going for elbow.) 3) Focus on riding, much like getting knee down it is a result not an outcome. 4) keep in mind the GP bikes can hit 64 degrees of lean angle. They do elbow down because the bikes are pretty much on the grown at apex and the knee is pulled in to make the turn, they use elbow down as a gauge to know how close they are to the limit. (If you're bike is at 64 degrees of lean angle you're currently in the middle of a lowside crash wondering what the hell happened to you.) You can also use the elbow to push the bike back up when you feel the bike slip. But remember what Happened to Marco Simoncelli it can go wrong.

[@Runyamouth]

yeah i'd rather let the bike crash then try save it and end up like simoncelli. Good explanation by the way!

[@thenovalabs]

Good explanation but still Ive seen elbow down in a good way on a cbr600 without slicks. It is achievable but not realistic. Its my next goal though

[@Showmetheevidence-]

It’s really about the incredible tyre and suspension development which = mad lean angles! So riders have adapted.

[@WTFgamer46]

Next they'll be getting the shoulder down!

[@Tooncomtech40]

and crash out lol

[@Runyamouth]

#NippleDown

[@MichaelF1]

#MushroomTipDown

[@srinitaaigaura]

And then the helmet too....

[@RacingItalia46]

MotoGP35 marquez do it ! #alien

[@TreeK7]

great video ...love the R&D explanation

[@ArkiTalo]

I though the thumbnail was Jeff Cavalier of AthleanX hahah

[@tennohafizh2519]

Yeah i thought it master jeff too

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

That's always been the problem with my '75 CB360, '69 Benelli Tornado, '87 501 Moto Morini Camel,

[@gunslingerfourtysix]

Down here in Australia we have had to develop Velcro face and cheek sliders for the riders that ride with their knees elbow and chins touching the track so......

[@alexs1972]

Spies was doing this on mere superbikes before marquez even hit the 125gp circuit

[@Showmetheevidence-]

Alex S I wouldn’t call a WSBK or AMA spec machine a “mere” superbike.

[@RiderZer0]

Lol! “Why do you put your elbow down" real answer that everyone is avoiding: because Marquez does it and he kicked all our asses last season

[@tracknoob248]

Elbow down has been going on long before Marquez.

[@teesnob]

Ben Spies was dragging elbows in his AMA supersports days.

[@RiderZer0]

Oh I know but no saw it was worth doing as a standard until marquez went undefeated mainly because of his cornering and him having the lowest angle on his turns

[@1MexJ]

It was Bradl who made it popular. It started with him in Moto2 and then Pol and Marc started doing it. Bradl was the first to do it in MotoGP as well. He had some spectacular shots in Qatar where his titanium elbow pad was making sparks on the ground.

[@MrDjambronk]

Duh! of course marquez not invent that thing.. the point is marquez do elbow down when every other rider doesn't.. now that's become popular again

[@andreabartoli2052]

Ahahahah grande! Le protezioni servono anche perché senza sarebbe un casino!

[@abymathew295]

welll...when i try to drag my knee or elbow....i usually ends up draging my butt or chest..or back...

[@jokotriyonoo5288]

Indonesia 2019

[@julianhunter9455]

Yeah.... woooh 😒

[@LueXiong10]

Era of Marquez: Elbow Down to tha Ground

[@kds8404]

Next we're going to see shoulder sliders

[@jraybay]

Kenji Shiroma lol maybe

[@MakotoR6]

Pick up the bike with the elbow Dammm

[@retunedas3390]

yeah, isn't it that easy? crazy guys! great artists!

[@mtntrailsubie]

It's been done. #marcmarquez

[@MikelJackielou]

mm93 riding style

[@akupehsluarketatAR]

as tire and bike technology improves, soon we;ll get to see heads down followed by face down

[@gokulsuresh3329]

India needs Moto gp

[@rosannabartolini7182]

tutto in inglese? ma qui siamo in Italia e si parla l'ITALIANO....

[@jraybay]

rosanna bartolini :]

[@StarkRaven59]

Meanwhile, somewhere in the sidecar world, someone is scoffing.

[@andrewstearn5233]

I got my elbow down 2 up in 1992 with photos in a mag. Didn't crash etc and you don't hear me going on about it.......

[@juancarrera657]

It’s funny I’ll get my bike to 55° 58° and I won’t even have a knee on the ground. I’m more apt to have my foot on the ground sliding or along. I just don’t hang off the bike that far and don’t just try to hit the ground I’m more concerned with making a nice smooth arc in the turn . And I’ll have both tires sliding at about 60°

[@ranggafahmi8479]

Motogp bikes have special made chassis, suspension, and tires. Really hard to replicate them with road bikes

[@juancarrera657]

rangga fahmi Aprilla RSV4 RF Closest thing for $25,000 That you’re going to fine that’s close to a MotoGP bike. Moto GP bikes or custom build bike with prototype parts and this trickle down into road bikes . Modern day rode bikes or incredible machines.

[@martynflynn8368]

Yes, I could do the same on my 1999 carbed R6. Without hanging off or getting my knee down I could get a lean of 55 to 60 degrees no problem (no chicken strips at all).

[@diablovt108vt109]

Missleadong title...

[@hostilityy]

their bikes and suspension are way different from stock bikes. it's not just tires or rider skill. this guy or marquez can't get elbow down on a stock gixxer off the factory line. i.e motoGP suspensions cost $37k. insane precision.

[@simontemplecombe5380]

hostilityy u know nothing.

[@EB-sr7sj]

There are actually people that drag elbow on a YZF R125 on the road, with road tires.

[@nanderlizernanderlizer684]

yes they can you idiot. even track day guys can go elbow down on a gixxer, not that it would be faster to do so.

[@MegaWilly51]

"Develope a new System"... I'm sure it was years of "research" for a piece of plastic at the right position *rolleyes*