Real world difference in stopping? Single vs dual
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Interesting thought! I tried finding stopping distances via Google and came up empty
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I won't dispute that "upgrading" brakes can have significant placebo value, along with posing value.
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Captain, are you a little challenged discerning between myth and reality much? 
Have you started to discover the difference between real upgrades, and the "wallet grab" upgrades?
Have you started to discover the difference between real upgrades, and the "wallet grab" upgrades?
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As a former sportbike rider, racer, and canyon carver, I actually find stock Harley suspension and brakes to be quite adequate. Sure, the change required some adjustment, but learning to get the best out of different sport bikes required some adjustments too. Not a big deal.
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That depends. On a race bike, brakes used repeatedly for hauling down straightaway speeds of 130 mph or more, will almost certainly benefit from being dual disk, for heat dissipation. This doesn't have much to do with the average Harley street rider though. Not that some of them don't imagine themselves to be blazingly fast, and in need of every braking and suspension upgrade they can buy.
As a former sportbike rider, racer, and canyon carver, I actually find stock Harley suspension and brakes to be quite adequate. Sure, the change required some adjustment, but learning to get the best out of different sport bikes required some adjustments too. Not a big deal.
As a former sportbike rider, racer, and canyon carver, I actually find stock Harley suspension and brakes to be quite adequate. Sure, the change required some adjustment, but learning to get the best out of different sport bikes required some adjustments too. Not a big deal.
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I prefer dual disc...It's just a preference for me, no real reason other than, that's what I prefer.
I have had single disc on this Dyna and now I have dual disc on it, it stopped fine with single and it stops fine with duals...It does feel quite a bit more solid with the duals and it requires less lever pressure, but both versions stopped the bike just fine.
It's fun watching the "self appointed" authorities babble on about the pros and cons though.
I have had single disc on this Dyna and now I have dual disc on it, it stopped fine with single and it stops fine with duals...It does feel quite a bit more solid with the duals and it requires less lever pressure, but both versions stopped the bike just fine.
It's fun watching the "self appointed" authorities babble on about the pros and cons though.