fromt brake , do you use it ????

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Dec 21, 2010 | 01:23 AM

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LRHD

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Front brake 80% back brake 20% works good for me.

Dec 21, 2010 | 02:05 AM

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Beauregard

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I almost always used the rear brake 80% followed by the front 20% on bikes with foot pegs, its just easy to brake. Ever since I've been riding with footboards, I've become lazy and brake with the front more now.

Dec 21, 2010 | 05:44 AM

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wiredwilly

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Exactly

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Originally Posted by dope_man_21

The question should be "why would you not use the front brake?"

Dec 21, 2010 | 05:48 AM

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SleeplessinVegas

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Front and rear, except when I Fred Flintstone.

Dec 21, 2010 | 05:49 AM

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jbe

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70% of braking power comes from front brake. Yes I use it.

Dec 21, 2010 | 05:54 AM

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IndyClassic

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I am guessing (hoping) you read the link in a thread from advrider by the photog taking his RKC through Central America? I know he fried his rear rotor due to his almost exclusive rear brake use but he was hitting a lot of steep downhill twisties and dirt/gravel roads or even streams.

Just a bit different then our rides.

Dec 21, 2010 | 05:56 AM

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Notgrownup

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Only after i start to think of braking.

Dec 21, 2010 | 05:58 AM

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xFreebirdx

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Quote:

Originally Posted by heybaylor

do you use your front brake ??
opinions????

Is this a trick question???

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Dec 21, 2010 | 06:02 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TMM

No offense meant to the O/P, but, questions like this make me believe that some people really ought to just stick to driving something with four wheels.

THAT'S EVEN WORSE YET since they probably just use the parking brake to stop the cage too.

I'm not sure where the whole "front brake will make you crash" myth came from (I'm assuming that's why the OP asked a question like this to begin with) but it's completely, utterly, and totally BS. There are situations that require more rear brake and less front but under 90% of driving conditions you'll want to use that front brake as it provides the overwhelming majority of your stopping power.

Dec 21, 2010 | 06:11 AM

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rmarino14

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The only time I don't use it is when making a u-turn, or stopping in gravel or dirt and my front tire is not straight. Other then that I use it along with my rear brake.

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