Proper braking technique?
Road Master
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From: Columbus Mississippi
Here check this out:
http://www.ehow.com/way_5434896_moto...echniques.html
Have you been thru the MSF yet? If not I highly recommend it...just my opinion.
http://www.ehow.com/way_5434896_moto...echniques.html
Have you been thru the MSF yet? If not I highly recommend it...just my opinion.
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From: Chesterfield, VA
I use 30-70 rule
30% rear 70%front ... that's what they teach in MSF classes
Remember that you foot applies a lot more force to the pedel than your hand brake.
Practice this rule ... it will give you more confidence in emergency stoping power and will keep you from locking the rear causing a fishtail.
30% rear 70%front ... that's what they teach in MSF classes
Remember that you foot applies a lot more force to the pedel than your hand brake.
Practice this rule ... it will give you more confidence in emergency stoping power and will keep you from locking the rear causing a fishtail.
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From: Washington State
I use the gears to do most of the work and then the rear and front
http://video.about.com/motorcycles/H...Motorcycle.htm
http://video.about.com/motorcycles/H...Motorcycle.htm
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From: Driftless Area
When it was raining last week, I pulled off the interstate and slowed for a stoplight. I felt the Electra-Glide get REALLY loose. I still don't know what was spilled on the road. It was slicker than ice. Nothing bad happened, but if I had been one ounce harder on the front brake, I'm pretty sure I would have been on my ***.
It made me think of that thing about planes, where they say any landing you can walk away from is a good one. With bikes, any stop where you put your feet down is a good one.
It made me think of that thing about planes, where they say any landing you can walk away from is a good one. With bikes, any stop where you put your feet down is a good one.
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gear down and slam them both
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Not sure if you understood that right. The rear brake applies approx 30% of the stopping power while the front brake applies approx. 70%. That doesn't mean you should apply those percentages. Use both brakes same pressure at the same time.
Road Warrior
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From: WireGrass, AL
Recommend the MSF course but you need to practice so that when you have to stop you can. I use both the amount of presser varies with road conditions. I'm always reminding myself that a car can stop a faster then I can on the bike so fallowing distance is very important too. Happy trails