Rear brake is Great on a Sportbike....
1) At a stoplight on a Hill
2) Riding on the gravel road going to the "Bucksnort"!!!
Rear brake is Great on a Sportbike....
1) At a stoplight on a Hill
2) Riding on the gravel road going to the "Bucksnort"!!!
PHX, AZ
Originally Posted by Dietrich_R1
Actually number 1 is more correct than you realize.
The amount of braking available from the rear brake is variable depending on traction and slope.
Take this test, head down a street that is going downhill. Try using the rear brake all by itself. You will have less braking power because as you brake the bike is being slowed thus unloads the rear suspension and gravity pulls you down the hill. This is magnified if you use the front brake because you are already nose down, rear tire up in stoppie mode.
Try the same test on a steep incline, gravity and slowing pulls the bike and the rear wheel into the inclined road compressing the suspension thus increasing the amount of pressure on the rear tire allowing you to brake harder with increased effect.
This works on the front tire as well, using both brakes you can stop much faster up an incline and even skid both wheels easily on a down hill. You can apply the front brake even harder with less worry of the back end lifting off the ground or the front tire skidding.
Last edited by R1chie; Thu Oct 5th, 2006 at 08:00 PM.
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