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07-03-2011, 06:28 PM | #1 | |
Get Fit...or Get OUT
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: KS
Moto: 07 M109-R
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Anyone have any insight into what that irrational little phobia is about? |
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07-03-2011, 06:33 PM | #2 |
Moto GP Star
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Few years back I was on a ride and lost a caliper bolt on my front brakes. A few peope stopped to help/see whats going on. One hardley rider said jsut dont use the front brakes. Scared my friends because I told him to go away before I killed him LOL
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07-04-2011, 12:08 PM | #3 | |
moderator chick
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Hill Country TX
Moto: Pasta Rockets
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No lie. That's the fear. They are afraid they will get on the front brake and go over the bars. I had someone at the track - we are introducing a new class that will have street bikes [cruisers, standards, tour, etc.] using the track as a training surface. Think MSF outside the parking lot. I was testing out a curriculum one day, this woman was taking the class on her bagger [big ass HUGE harley]. I came to learn she wasn't EVER using the front brake. EVER. As in, Never EVER. She was told by her brain surgeon riding buddies that it was dangerous to use the front brake. She has been riding for 10 years without ever using the front brake. I told her that if she could do a stoppie and go over the bars on her bagger she would defy the laws of physics and should win Stunt Wars. I was shocked.
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07-04-2011, 03:48 PM | #4 | |
token jewboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man
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The best logic I have heard was that the rear wheel could lock up and skid, but you can recover from that, if the front wheel locks up you will wash out the front and there is no way to recover from that
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