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Tomgray wrote:HELP
After several almost embarrassing offs in gravelly car parks, U turns in restricted areas, especially when two up with the boss and luggage on board I have decided to ask for advise from the more experienced members. My bird is the first bike I have owned with linked brakes. I have no problems except at lower speeds when on all my previous machines I used to drag the rear brake just to steady things up a bit. Is there a technique I can learn or will I have to "DE LINK" my pride and joy?
Any help and advise gratefully received.
Tom
jdugen wrote:The whole point of linked brakes is that they are linked!!! You have no option of using 'just the back brake' both ends have a certain level of braking no matter which lever you operate. Hard on the front brakes means the back is operating too. My point is that even with the reduced braking effort applied to the rear by the front brake lever, it is sufficient to lock the rear wheel when it is unloaded / light from the downhill stance of the bike. Believe me, a locked back wheel in any situation is not a good thing, on a bike as heavy and long as the Bird, it can lead to unfortunate outcomes.
Second that emotion :clap::clap:"Serious point JD- pass our regards to yer bro'- hope his recovery is fast and complete"
MaXX2 wrote:If this is off thread, feel free to pull it Crew!! Just thinking about this and I reckon braking is probly the hardest thing to get right in biking (linked or not) I mean, any nobber can scream past at 165 mph on a bike that will do 200, it ain't even impressive if yer on the same machine BUT, slowing down in a hurry or stopping fast, doesn't half seem to cause some problems. I think most of the offs I've seen over the last hmm hmm years, probly invoved the actual act of braking, diesel patch, rough surface, wet/damp road or mebbe just a touch of panic going into a bend a bit too hot
An old instructor of mine used to reckon that half of the offs (major & minor) could be avoided by leaving the brakes alone and just taking the speed through the corner, knowing that the machine is more capable than the rider anyway.
I wonder if he was right Thoughts??? Words of Wisdom???
jack wrote:MaXX2 wrote:If this is off thread, feel free to pull it Crew!! Just thinking about this and I reckon braking is probly the hardest thing to get right in biking (linked or not) I mean, any nobber can scream past at 165 mph on a bike that will do 200, it ain't even impressive if yer on the same machine BUT, slowing down in a hurry or stopping fast, doesn't half seem to cause some problems. I think most of the offs I've seen over the last hmm hmm years, probly invoved the actual act of braking, diesel patch, rough surface, wet/damp road or mebbe just a touch of panic going into a bend a bit too hot
An old instructor of mine used to reckon that half of the offs (major & minor) could be avoided by leaving the brakes alone and just taking the speed through the corner, knowing that the machine is more capable than the rider anyway.
I wonder if he was right Thoughts??? Words of Wisdom???
Couldn't agree more Maxx....I wonder why ya do an 'Emergency Stop' on your test
Seems like a lot of peeps throw that in the bin with the H/Code, when they've passed.
Deano wrote:New highway code out now which mentions distractions whilst driving - things like GPS systems, mobile phones (even hands free), music, smoking etc.
As I haven't yet worked out a way to smoke whilst riding my bike with a full faced helmet on I seem to be ok.
The rest of you teknofilzes take note:
Now whre is that fag packet with Jacks address on??????????
Deano
jack wrote:I'm not stopping eating mi buttie and drinking mi coffee.
Oh and don't blame me if we end up in Praha (posh spelling) instead of the Nurbergring next year
Keith Inglis wrote:Talking about brakes, I have to say the best brakes I have ever had on a bike was the BMW k1200RS it had abs and linked brakes on the front only with power assist,
I once had to slam on everything from over 100mph and the on board computer controled everything, the back wheel did not lock and of course there is no dive with them anyway, I could not beleive the distance it stopped in, at least a third less then the 1200 Triumph Trophy I had as well at the time, that stood on its front wheel once, and I wondered why the back was waving about
I have just bought a Bird, so it will be interesting to see, I taken note of everything everyone has said on the posts and will tread carefully to start with.
Thanks guys and girls
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