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Originally Posted by askmrjesus
Ok, fair enough, let's talk safety.
You can, in my opinion, ride for your entire life, on any road in the world, without trail braking.
How? Simple. Slow the fuck down. The world is not a racetrack. Treating it like one, exponentially increases your odds of becoming a leather clad graffiti stain on some unforgiving canyon wall.
I ride at **ahem** a fairly "spirited pace", but I'm usually off the brakes, way before the apex. Maybe it's because I got the whole racing thing out of my system years ago, (almost, anyway...) or maybe it's because I've seen too many dead guys laying under sheets. Probably both.
So, trail braking? Good thing to know how to do. It will make you faster. Will it make you safer? I don't think so.
JC
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I'm inclined to agree with you and if that was that would have been the original line of thought coming out of this thread then I'd have nothing to say. The fact is that the guy posted useful information about motorcycles on a motorcycle site. Fuck me I think this was the first time I've even seen you post about riding... until this point I wasn't even sure you had a bike.
I don't mind some ribbing and I certainly don't think this should be a 'strictly motorcycle content' sort of site but if someone wants to talk bikes, riding, or something related to the core purpose of this site let them. If you disagree then disagree but don't click on every thread with the intent on taking a shit all over it. Its really fucking annoying and pathetic.