"Stephan Rose" <ker-spam-mos RemoveThis @kermos-no-spam-reversed.net> wrote in message
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>>I wasn't trolling, I was just pointing out that it isn't a particular feat
>>to achieve 100% braking using only 2 fingers and the front brakes only,
>>the
>>rear doesn't do much good while in the air is all.
>
> This is true, I give you that. But generally, I do not have my rear in
> the air when approaching a stop light in rush our traffic.
I wasn't referring to "wee little braking", I was talking about deciding to
stop...RIGHT NOW. When puttering along in the street world, you can do
almost anything, anytime, anyway, and generally survive to tell the tale.
When it comes time to STOP....not just kinda drift to a halt a little
quicker than dragging your feet to slow yourself down.
Learning how to STOP on a motorcycle is one of those, "gee you better
learn...sooner rather than later" type skills. If you don't get the muscle
memory all working your way, the usual result of a situation which requires
you to STOP is the rear end weaving all over the place, you trying to figure
out what you should do, generally resulting in focusing on the rear brake
and releasing it, and then watching the accident scene recede beneath you as
you are high sided to the moon....having now given over all control over the
situation to Sir Isaac Newton.
> When stuck in rush hour traffic, I even have a tendancy of favoring
> the rear brake over the front brake, simply because I like resting my
> foot on it while stopped to keep my brake lights flashing.
Pumping the front lever does the same thing, and getting the muscle memory
going your way really matters when riding a performance machine....we aren't
talking about cagers, their bad habits or incompetencies here. Cagers are
the enemy, cagers are bad, cagers are incompetent, hell, one of the real bad
things is they don't even usually KNOW they are incompetent. We are talking
about getting you to a higher skill level prior to getting your clock
cleaned....
> I agree with you however that in high-performance scenarios, things
> change especially considering the danger associated with locking up
> the rear wheel. I probably would stay away from the rear brakes in
> those cases. But, since I do not view public roads as my personal
> track, I generally do not need to worry about this during city riding,
> making that rear brake very convenient for me.
>
On a bike, high performance and your reflexes and experience are all you
have going your way. Thats it. Anytime. All the time. You might not be
thinking "high performance" when idiot cager turns left in front of you, but
you are gonna need to get there, and pronto. So getting to a performance
level where you won't get yourself killed is important, and could save your
life sometime soon. Its not enough to putter around on the street figuring
you got it all figured out...nope....doesn't matter....when silly things
happen between objects in motion, the little object usually gets the raw end
of the deal.
> Also, while my skill level has considerably improved, it still has a
> LOOOOOONG way to go before I'll even be close to be able to do what
> you are describing.
LONG way to go hopefully doesn't involve LONG periods of time......get thee
to schools and classes and whatever is available and learn a couple of
things real quick....foremost among them what the hell happens when you
decide you need to STOP and start squeezing levers and stomping levers and
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