jake brakes
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Joined: May 2006
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From: Bowling Green, KY
RE: jake brakes
ORIGINAL: ILTim
Motorcycles have incredible engine braking already. Before I started riding this bothered me in my cage, often a bike would slow very rapidly without brake lights coming on. I try to remember that when I ride and at least tap my brakes when I shut the throttle so that I dont surprise the car behind me.
Motorcycles have incredible engine braking already. Before I started riding this bothered me in my cage, often a bike would slow very rapidly without brake lights coming on. I try to remember that when I ride and at least tap my brakes when I shut the throttle so that I dont surprise the car behind me.
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
RE: jake brakes
ORIGINAL: Da Gumpmeister
Up this way, a lot of the 'small' towns on the major highways, have signs on the outskirts of town "NO Jakebraking - Noise Ordinances Enforced" They are NOISY when used.
Up this way, a lot of the 'small' towns on the major highways, have signs on the outskirts of town "NO Jakebraking - Noise Ordinances Enforced" They are NOISY when used.
Usually, when you see those signs, noise is the least worry. Jake brakes can cause such a vibration, it has caused landslides before.
In that other post, I mentioned something that probably only older guys (45 yoa and older) would know about. In the 70's, it was not uncommon for dirt bikes to have "compression releases" on them. There was 3rd lever on the handlebars, and pulling that in caused the engine to "jake brake" the bike. I believe it opened a valve and let all the compression inside thecylinder escape. Helped in racing situations where you wanted to slow down rapidly, but not lose control due to downshifting or hitting the brakes too hard.
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