Those of you that have linked brakes, what do you think ? I am thinking this might be a better option for me than a thumb brake, but I have never ridden a bike with linked brakes.
This would be through the front brake. It's a 16 fj09 with abs, so this might be a good option ?
This does not make sense to me. The front brake is your main braking force. Other linked systems will activate the rear, when the front is actuated, but not the other way around. Is it equal force applied to the front brakes when you use the rear first?My VFR has linked brakes. I find with them I use the back brake WAY more often. I like that I get a percentage of the brake up front. I also have ABS so I just push as hard as I can and it does the work for me and if I need to slow down faster I apply the front brake as well. It gives the perception that the back brake is more powerful as it is applying pressure to the front as well.
** The VFR shoots maybe 1/4-1/5th front brake to the rear and vise versa so not 100% link/combined.
I like them. Could I live without them? Probably. This is my first bike with ABS and Linked brakes so maybe I could live without the linked part and still stomp on the rear.
I am not reading that the FJ09 has linked brakes. Yamaha is using Unified Braking System (UBS) where the rear brake activates a couple of the front pistons as well. No rear braking from the lever, AFAIK. That's on SuperTenere, R1, and FJR.
This does not make sense to me. The front brake is your main braking force. Other linked systems will activate the rear, when the front is actuated, but not the other way around. Is it equal force applied to the front brakes when you use the rear first?
In case you haven't considered this: The rear linked brakes on the VFR doesn't work directly off the lever. The rear pistons are activated by the torque on front left caliper. So it's affected by both the front lever force and the front wheel speed. Incorporating such a design might be an important consideration
The Honda ST1300 had a similar set up with a small master cylinder on the forks. I worked seamlessly on the ST1300. My K1600GT also had linked brakes, only way you noticed was the need to change rear brake pads more than I thought I had used them.
The bike does not come with linked brakes. I want to try and put linked brakes on it cause my legs don't work and I have no way to use the rear brake
Thumb lever on clutch side or just forget about a rear brake. I often ride without ever using the rear brake. I usually check it as I take off but never use it again.