Safe riding video

andyvh1959 · 01-05-2021, 12:22 AM

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.

01-05-2021, 12:22 AM	#7
andyvh1959 Advanced Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Green Bay WI Posts: 759	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. __________________ My $1200 Vulcan, to start from.
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