I must say Javier - that was a great link - it describes almost
exactly what I was taught!
It also brings to light two important points: The bike you're
riding and the conditions you're riding it in are more important than
some fixed percentage of braking effort per wheel.
For instance - under 5 MPH I locked the rear on that GS-1000 I
purchased. Why? Well, Being as it was the first stop I ever made with
that bike, I wasn't used to it. The disc on the rear works much better
than the drum on my 450. Second I was stopping on a severe amount of
dirt at a stop sign. Thus, it would have been more appropriate to be
on both brakes at 2-5% power than one at 10%. On the other hand - I
locked it and slid for maybe 6 inches. I wasn't worried.
-Joey
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> wrote:
> I found this article about braking interesting:
> http://www.msgroup.org/Tip.aspx?Num=030&Set=001-034
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Noah Goodall <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Wheel-less? This is an motorcycle driving simulator used in a report I was
>> just reading. They found that motorcyclists use front brakes a lot more than
>> they did in the 70s, but now forget to use the rear brakes.
>>
>> The report:
>> http://www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/NVS/Crash%20Avoidance/Technical%20Publications/2011/811448.pdf
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Allen,
>>> You design R/C airplanes? Building them out of wood? Plastic?
>>> Fiberglass?
>>> Trial and error on the designs or do you do some prototyping
>>> or simulations or???
>>> -Joey
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Torque steer is a big issue on take off for single prop planes
>>> > especially on a tail wheel steering. I design and build R/C planes and if
>>> > one is under powered, has the main gear too far forward, or has too small
>>> > a
>>> > rudder it will ground loop on you.
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>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: Joey Kelley <[email protected]>
>>> > Sender: [email protected]
>>> > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:16:44
>>> > To: <[email protected]>
>>> > Reply-To: [email protected]
>>> > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Not exactly On Topic: Different
>>> > MotorcycleEngine Configurations
>>> >
>>> > On that same note - they do have that 'torque steer' problem on single
>>> > blade aircraft and single prop boats - (heard first hand accounts from
>>> > pilots and captains on this) Not sure about the bike though...
>>> > -Joey
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >> I have heard the torque affects the leaning of the bike so you need to
>>> >> roll on when leaning one way and roll off the other way. But that is 3rd
>>> >> party scuttlebutt since I've never rode one to know for sure.
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>>> >>
>>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>> >> From: Joey Kelley <[email protected]>
>>> >> Sender: [email protected]
>>> >> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:20:04
>>> >> To: <[email protected]>
>>> >> Reply-To: [email protected]
>>> >> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Not exactly On Topic: Different
>>> >> Motorcycle
>>> >> Engine Configurations
>>> >>
>>> >> Doesn't that provide for better cooling of each cylinder than say a HD
>>> >> design?
>>> >> Same idea as the Guzzi's or those wide flat BMW bikes eh?
>>> >> Wonder how they corner?
>>> >> Kyle - you ever been on one?
>>> >> -Joey
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:54 AM, paul annen <[email protected]>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>> how about indians only shaft drive bike, and it was a transverse
>>> >>> v-twin....
>>> >>> i would kill to have one of these...
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> All,
>>> >>>> We've been having some fun on another thread so lets make it
>>> >>>> official - Wacky / weird / Different motorcycle engine
>>> >>>> configurations.
>>> >>>> Graham - can you tell us some more about the Suzuki RE5 you
>>> >>>> briefly owned?
>>> >>>> Allen - any more thoughts on the Turbine powered bikes?
>>> >>>> -Joey
>>> >>>>
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