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Old October 26th, 2013, 05:59 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Thorgrim View Post
...........I had no idea the bars could move that far at that speed. Notice the speedo, he scrubbed off a lot of speed very quickly - I can't imagine he was able to hang on well enough to use the front brake, and I wouldn't think that would be a good idea if he could.


The slapper eats a lot of energy itself, slowing down the bike.

A common consequence of these things is that it spreads the pistons of the calipers apart and some pumping of the front brake's lever is needed to achieve any braking right after.

It seems that a road's bump started it all.
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