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algerath · August 29th, 2011, 04:01 PM

Ok so I was still a little skeptical about the whole braking thing, so I looked up some numbers. I thought I would maybe expect a high performance car to out brake me on the ninja but what about a common commuter, like my car a 03 cavalier, surely I could out brake my car. Well short story, nope.

2011 ninja 250 143 ft from Motorcyle usa
2003 cavalier 132 ft From motor trend

So I thought what about high performance bike and car

2011 mustang gt with brembo pkg 105 ft also motor trend
2010 Yamaha R1 132 ft motorcycle USA

So long story short, in any apples to apples comparison the car wins, it takes a high performance bike to get into the ballpark of my commuter car!

So I am convinced, Alex and Floyd you are correct, but if all 4 can brake hard enough to lock the wheels where does the variation in distance come from? Is it ALL in the tires and the friction they can generate? Is the variation just because high performance bikes and cars come with sticky tires. If I could put the mustang tires on my cavalier could I stop in 105 ft? Same question r1 tires on my ninja would I stop in 132 ft?

August 29th, 2011, 04:01 PM	#34
algerath ninjette.org member Name: Andrew Location: Bloomington, IN Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2010 ninja 250 Posts: 91	Ok so I was still a little skeptical about the whole braking thing, so I looked up some numbers. I thought I would maybe expect a high performance car to out brake me on the ninja but what about a common commuter, like my car a 03 cavalier, surely I could out brake my car. Well short story, nope. 2011 ninja 250 143 ft from Motorcyle usa 2003 cavalier 132 ft From motor trend So I thought what about high performance bike and car 2011 mustang gt with brembo pkg 105 ft also motor trend 2010 Yamaha R1 132 ft motorcycle USA So long story short, in any apples to apples comparison the car wins, it takes a high performance bike to get into the ballpark of my commuter car! So I am convinced, Alex and Floyd you are correct, but if all 4 can brake hard enough to lock the wheels where does the variation in distance come from? Is it ALL in the tires and the friction they can generate? Is the variation just because high performance bikes and cars come with sticky tires. If I could put the mustang tires on my cavalier could I stop in 105 ft? Same question r1 tires on my ninja would I stop in 132 ft?