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Old 09-03-2014, 10:01 PM   #1
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Safe riding video

Some one sent me this, and although it appears to be a little old and at times basic, there is still a lot of good stuff worth watching.

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Old 09-04-2014, 09:43 AM   #2
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Street Smarts is a good series. I think they produced 4 or 5 different videos on safe riding. They were produced back in the early 90's so you can get a laugh at how we all used to dress. Pretty good information and really good safe riding tips for traffic situations. I think I have the entire series somewhere...
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Not sure I have ever heard use the front "brake only'????
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Not sure I have ever heard use the front "brake only'????
Me neither but I think they borrow a few technics from GP racers in this video. Since 90% of your braking force is with the front brake and the rear is primarily to prevent the back of the bike catching up to the front in a lock up situation, I guess GP riders can get away with it scrubbing off speed just before a corner.
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I know my 830 lb Nomad stops a lot quicker when I use both brakes. That lane splitting is definitely not for me. I have seen it around here a few times - don't know if it's legal here or not. But man, I have never been in that much of a hurry to try that.
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I will watch this later...looking forward to it! Not ready for 53min of it at the moment.
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Both brakes for all riding other than slow speed tight maneuvers. Tight maneuvers and U-turns are rear brake only, clutch/friction zone, eyes/head, throttle. For nearly all other riding just get used to both brakes. Why give up the 10 to 30% of total braking the rear brake adds. Like said earlier, using the rear brake is more about bike stability/tracking than it is braking distance. Using some rear brake also reduces front end dive or pitching forward, the bike just squats down into the stop.

For those of us with floorboards and that big ol' Chevy Impala brake pedal; keep your boot heel on the floorboard and only apply the rear brake with the ball to toe of your boot. If you cannot keep your heel on the floorboard, then get your floorboard and rear brake adjusted to do so. You cannot properly control the rear brake with yout boot off the floorboard and fully on the brake pedal.
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