May 18th, 2013, 06:25 AM
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Daily Ninjette rider
Name: Hernan
Location: Florida
Join Date: Mar 2011
Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja 250
Posts: A lot.
MOTY - 2016, MOTM - Dec '12, Jan '14, Jan '15, May '16
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Aurodox
.........I quickly and smoothly applied the brakes and ended up locking a wheel....
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http://www.msgroup.org/Tip.aspx?Num=263&Set=
http://www.msgroup.org/Tip.aspx?Num=267&Set=
http://www.msgroup.org/Tip.aspx?Num=264&Set=
"We all know that 'grabbing a handful' of front brake lever is dangerous. That is, squeezing the front brake lever too quickly leads to locking up the front brake and the result is a bike that ends up on its side - almost faster than you can blink.
But how fast is too fast?
If it takes you only 0.5 seconds to reach maximum squeeze pressure, you will actually achieve a rate of 1.04g's. And if you can reach maximum squeeze in as little as 0.3 seconds, the actual rate achieved will be 0.9g's.
0.3 seconds to reach maximum pressure is DANGEROUS! It takes longer than that to compress most shocks by about 50% of their travel, so you are looking at high probability of locking the brake if you squeeze that fast."
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