I found that the best way to practice your braking is but choosing a mark at which you will hit the brakes. Say a crack on the ground, a line, etc. Then riding on straight line at 10-20 mph I will see hit the brakes at the mark and see how far it took me to get to a complete stop. I will repeat this trying each time to brake my previous record. This is an useful exercise not only for beginners but for experienced riders as well. I did this after 2 years of riding and I was surprised how bad my panic brake was. You don't get to practice panic brakes very often on the rode (thankfully), but we should all be prepared.
Javier. On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:43 PM, James O'Gorman <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice work! > > I always thought the parking lot stuff was the hardest; riding on the > roads at 55 mph was really a no-brainer. > I did all the same stuff as well, practicing in an empty parking lot by my > apartment. One thing I worked on that sounds similar to you was carefully > finding the braking threshold for the front and rears - I would ride to > like 10 mph in a straight line, and see how hard I had to squeeze /just/ > the front or /just/ the rear before it would lockup. Basically I found out > that the front for my 83 650 I can squeeze the front as hard as i need to, > but the rear will lock up pretty easily (which isn't very good). > > Doing each one individually helped me to understand how to "balance" the > brakes throughout a braking cycle. > > I would also do the parking lot stuff for a bit, then run around a few > city streets and come back. Your brain needs time to rest and think about > it. > > - JO > > > On Aug 13, 2013, at 21:12 PM, Erin Newkirk wrote: > > Hi All! > > Got my temps, insurance, tags today. I practiced starting and stopping, > figure eights, turns, starting on hill (and because of stalling it multiple > times while learning to use the clutch, got a crash course in popping the > clutch). I have two big things to keep working on, using both front and > back break and getting it to neutral on the first try. > > I plan to spend another day or two in the parking lot, then get on side > roads and figure out how to remember to use my turn signals, mirrors and > interact with traffic. > > Give me your top three things to get down right away to save my hide. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
