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06-22-2009, 09:46 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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 I understand your pain though, are you more concerned with front end grip? Are you having problems with too much initial bite spooking you? Do your brakes tend to fade? You are very intelligent to have braking concerns, now you just need to isolate the exact problem/concern and work on that either mentally, physically and/or mechanically. Here come the flames, but one of the best braking control exercises for me was practicing stoppies in a parking lot. It allowed me to experience and modulate exactly what happens when I got on the brakes hard. It takes a lot of the "OH SHIT" away when the rear tire comes up a little during hard breaking for a turn. Just a thought. You may just need brake lines or pads to totally turn things around and give you confidence. Which is of course exactly what you need to be a great braker!
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Hicktown in NC
Moto: 07 R1
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seems to me some people have a misconception of what trail braking is? its not just laying on the REAR brake, its just braking until the apex of the turn, with the front or rear brake, though IMO the rear brake isnt gonna do much if you're hard on the front brakes, maybe except settling the rear a little
i love late braking and trail braking, its as much fun passing somebody on the brakes as it is on the gas..
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06-23-2009, 12:09 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Cherry Hill NJ
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i tend to lightly ride the rear brake, especially in slower speed turns. seems to keep the front end a little more stable and helps tighten the line
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06-23-2009, 07:50 AM
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Some of these repsonses are scaring me.
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06-23-2009, 08:57 AM
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06-23-2009, 12:56 PM
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