22348bCVC
Zone Head
Posts: 798
|
posted July 26, 2002 09:28 AM
 Edited By: 22348bCVC on 26 Jul 2002 10:30
Poll Question:
BRAKE APPLICATION
I use...
____________
...just relax...my dog wants to use only one of your legs...
Poll Results:
 6 votes (35%)
Front brakes only
0 votes (0%)
Rear brakes only
9 votes (53%)
Front and rear brakes always
1 votes (6%)
No brakes...I drag my feet on the ground
1 votes (6%)
Depends...it fills up when I have no brakes
  
|
redelk
Moderator
Please... speak to the hand.
Posts: 3212
|
posted July 26, 2002 10:32 AM
In most cases, I'll just use my rear brakes when it's raining or I'm in a gravel parking lot. I'm tryin' to figure out the trail braking thing, but I ain't got the skill or brain power to do it yet.
____________
There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.
-Ernest Hemingway
|
TedG
Moderator
Posts: 8222
|
posted July 26, 2002 10:44 AM
Here we go again, let the flames begin, I use both and usually wear out the rears before the fronts. I use the rears to adjust corner speed, lean angle, and sometimes to set up a slide.
____________
Ted
2000 Green ZX12 sold
The fast color!!
Green 2005 ZX10R
2009 Concours Black ABS
|
22348bCVC
Zone Head
Posts: 798
|
posted July 26, 2002 10:51 AM
Edited By: 22348bCVC on 26 Jul 2002 11:54
I guess I'll be flamed with you, Ted, cuz sometimes I'll use the rear to adjust speed into a corner, not to the point of skidding, but to slow down if I went in too hot...I use mostly the fronts with heavy countersteer to counter the bike standing up in the corner, but sometimes I just use the rear if the speed is not too, too hot...trail braking, right?...I need to be schooled at a track day or riding school before I really hurt myself DOH!
____________
...just relax...my dog wants to use only one of your legs...
|
TedG
Moderator
Posts: 8222
|
posted July 26, 2002 10:57 AM
My rear braking is a hangover fom being a Flat Tracker for 15 years.
____________
Ted
2000 Green ZX12 sold
The fast color!!
Green 2005 ZX10R
2009 Concours Black ABS
|
ZHooligan
Moderator
Post Whore Extraordinaire!
Posts: 3829
|
posted July 26, 2002 11:14 AM
Edited By: ZHooligan on 26 Jul 2002 12:16
Similar to redelk, I use my rear brake in the rain and in some of the gravel situations along with setting at a stop light on a hill.
On occasion for shits and giggles, I will in the right circumstances use to the back brake to slide the rear end.
____________
To those who do not count their life in years, but in how life
has touched them in the past and how much it can hold in the
future; -- Youth is forever.
|
ForeignMissle
Parking Attendant
Posts: 8
|
posted July 26, 2002 12:55 PM
I use the rear brake when approaching corners to reduce speed slightly without unsettling the chassis, and have found it useful for slow speed u-turns. It allows you to modulate the throttle/clutch while maintaining forward momentum and cuts a tighter arc.
Mark
|
wannabe
Pro
Posts: 1931
|
posted July 28, 2002 07:03 PM
I still have a habit of using a lot of rear brake coming out of a corner as well. I picked up the habit with my old bike. ('86 Ninja 1000R) The throttle on that bike was insanely twitchy. It was not nearly as smooth as the one on my 12 now. So, coming out of corners, I used the rear brake to regulate the power being applied to the ground. I guess I had better feel doing it that way than trying to deal with a twitchy throttle. Plus it allowed me to get on the gas much earlier out of the turn.
____________
-----------
"There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; the rest are just games." - Ernest Hemingway
|
TReMor
Expert Class
Dazed and Confused
Posts: 115
|
posted July 28, 2002 07:58 PM
I use very little rear brake. Mostly just to settle the suspension when coming to a stop or slowing for a corner. Like FM, I also use it during U-turns. I subscribe to "Slow in, fast out," so using the rear brake as a method of controlling the power being applied to the ground would be counter-intuitive to me. It would more likely cause me to "fall in" to corners rather than letting the 12 do it's rock-stable thing and letting me concentrate on rolling the throttle on progressively.
Tim
|
wannabe
Pro
Posts: 1931
|
posted July 28, 2002 08:15 PM
Yeah, it was counter intuitive to me at first. But, when you use the rear brake coming out of a corner, you don't have to 'roll the throttle on progressively.' You can go ahead and punch it early.
Of course, rolling the throttle on progressively, is a whole lot cheaper than replacing rear brake pads all the time and having the guy at the shop keep saying, "Rear brakes? You don't need those."
____________
-----------
"There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; the rest are just games." - Ernest Hemingway
|
Zhooligan
Moderator
Post Whore Extraordinaire!
Posts: 3829
|
posted July 28, 2002 08:19 PM
The rear brake settles the bike in a lot of different applications. Works well in the whoops on your moto-cross bike as well. With all that said I still don't use it much for actual braking.
____________
To those who do not count their life in years, but in how life
has touched them in the past and how much it can hold in the
future; -- Youth is forever.
|
|
|
HOME
NEW TOPIC