Ahh the mountains..

[dazn]

lol i can't knee drag because i don't have the gear to knee drag.

hate to break it to you, but its not the gear holding you back. I dont even have to see you ride to know that. It will give you a bit of a confidence boost knowing you a little bit safer now and it will probably make you stick you knee way out just to try and drag it, but its probably not gonna touch. get someone to take some pictures of you taking a few corners and examine yourself.
you will probably see that your body position is off and your lean angle isnt near as much as you feel and that your knee is actually still 6 inches off the ground. pretty much everyone has been there. I remember looking at my first pics and I was like "I ride like that? WTF?" . It really is a good way to work on body position.

http://dzone.smugmug.com/gallery/522...17264178_DHra5

look at picture #22. the bike is leaned over a decent amount but his form is way off. see how he is leaning to the opposite side of the lean angle? no good.

http://dzone.smugmug.com/gallery/522...17282557_q5Ho2
now picture #38. This guy is leaned over far enough to drag a knee. but hes not quite hanging off enough. he is hanging off a little, but not quite there yet.

http://dzone.smugmug.com/gallery/522...17290812_zZTZb

picture #37 shows proper form and good lean angle. aim for something like this for the street.

[Subleg4]

hate to break it to you, but its not the gear holding you back. I dont even have to see you ride to know that. It will give you a bit of a confidence boost knowing you a little bit safer now and it will probably make you stick you knee way out just to try and drag it, but its probably not gonna touch. get someone to take some pictures of you taking a few corners and examine yourself.
you will probably see that your body position is off and your lean angle isnt near as much as you feel and that your knee is actually still 6 inches off the ground. pretty much everyone has been there. I remember looking at my first pics and I was like "I ride like that? WTF?" . It really is a good way to work on body position.

http://dzone.smugmug.com/gallery/522...17264178_DHra5

look at picture #22. the bike is leaned over a decent amount but his form is way off. see how he is leaning to the opposite side of the lean angle? no good.

http://dzone.smugmug.com/gallery/522...17282557_q5Ho2
now picture #38. This guy is leaned over far enough to drag a knee. but hes not quite hanging off enough. he is hanging off a little, but not quite there yet.

http://dzone.smugmug.com/gallery/522...17290812_zZTZb

picture #37 shows proper form and good lean angle. aim for something like this for the street.

Good post, you can learn a lot from pictures