i_am_the_koi
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For me, I see a lot of crashes at the track caused by the handful of front brake. Seen it a couple times on the street with people too. Just something I always think about whenever I use the front brake.
For me, I see a lot of crashes at the track caused by the handful of front brake. Seen it a couple times on the street with people too. Just something I always think about whenever I use the front brake.
So then you're not "mentally afraid"? Regardless, this seems like an area of your skill set where you could do with some isolated practice? I could be reading into this too much. I know that on my ST I have to squeeze really hard to come anywhere near locking the front. That 700+ lbs. takes a lot of hand strength to slow. My experience with the brakes on the Tuono is that I couldn't really feel what the brakes were doing. I even locked the front and went down coming to a stop at a stoplight trying to feel what the brakes were doing. Consider that to stop the Tuono I need only 1 finger to flip the bike over now but the ST needs at least 3-4 fingers and a healthy pull to eventually slow down.
For me, I see a lot of crashes at the track caused by the handful of front brake. Seen it a couple times on the street with people too. Just something I always think about whenever I use the front brake.
Koi, chances are the front brake crashes you see at the track are mostly riders trailing them too hard into a corner. If you're not doing that, braking is quite a bit simpler.