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I rarely use brakes unless its a faster stop or for the last 5mph before coming to a complete stop, where I only use light rear brakes. With this bike you can use the engine to slow down a significant amount.
I always use brakes because of the way people drive. If I simply let off the throttle I'll get rear ended. My philosophy is I'd rather them see my brake light, and slow down with me, then to get nailed and potentially hurt. Drivers in NJ are pretty bad because they ALL tailgate, doesn't matter how many rear end accidents they see, they continue to do it. I wish the cops would enforce the rules on that a bit more, but I guess they can't very well hand out a ticket to everyone! Lol
The additional caveat for me is that I also use the brake (even if it's a light tap just so the light turns on) with rolling off the throttle, and downshifting.
I agree, drivers in jersey are horrible. Still no driver is worse than the drivers in Puerto Rico. Lived there 3 years. Couldn't pay me to ride there. You'd get jacked for your bike and hit day one.
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is there something they make that can simulate the brake light coming on, even if your not hitting the brakes sometimes, maybe some sort of switch to activate it, when people are tailgating, to keep them off your a$$, but they dont necessarily know your not hitting brakes.
haaa, i just realized, this so called device to do this can also be called..............................................
the throttle. lol.
Haha no doubt. PA is blissful to ride in sometimes!!
That doesn't work on NJ roads, too congested!
I take my distance very seriously when on the bike. People just don't get it. If someone is tailgating me, I will go slower and increase my distance to the car in front of me.
I hope you don't go slower than the limit if someone is tailgating you.
I hope you don't go slower than the limit if someone is tailgating you.
Front brakes pretty much only. I never use down shifting especially at high speeds. Too high a risk of locking up the rear wheel and getting out of shape. When I down shift I rev match by blipping the throttle while down shifting and braking all at the same time. This keeps the revs up at the same speed as the rear tire when you drop down a gear. Only time I ever touch the rear brake is slow speed maneuvering in a parking lot or u-turns. When I'm pulling up to a stop light ill just use the front brake and pull in the clutch and down shift into first without letting the clutch out.
You can see me rev matching at about 3:29 in this video.
https://vimeo.com/58660701
what do you use most when braking, and at what speeds ?
1. mainly brakes
2. mainly brakes & downshifting.
3. letting off throttle, and downshifting.
at what speeds do these each apply most.
I'm glad I read through this thread because I appear to do it a little differently...I roll off the throttle, clutch, then usually double-tap the shifter down 2 gears, then slowly release the clutch. I think this habit comes from driving a car with a manual tranny because I'd usually go from 5th to 3rd, then slowly let the clutch back out to slow down. Not sure it's the best practice, but it seems to work.