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Someone tell me why this is a bad idea.
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I have never in my life used the rear on the track. Why would I keep it? Im not going to race, so legality for WERA doesn't matter to me.
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'cause you won't be able to do this:
But seriously: the main reason is for when you go off track. Your rear brake is the ONLY thing you should use in that situation.
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The last thing you wanna do is run off track and not have a rear brake. You ever hit dirt or (worse) wet grass at 70mph and tried to use your front? It ain't pretty. Trust me.
Also, better riders than you or I use the rear brake to settle the suspension and change weight distribution in turns.
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Quote from: Spidey on November 13, 2008, 09:49:47 PM
Also, better riders than you or I use the rear brake to settle the suspension and change weight distribution in turns.
I don't think any of the guys who use the rear brake to control wheelies and wheelspin are riding professionally any more. I think Mr Intel or Mr Motorola deal with that these days...
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Quote from: bigiain on November 13, 2008, 10:44:54 PM
I don't think any of the guys who use the rear brake to control wheelies and wheelspin are riding professionally any more. I think Mr Intel or Mr Motorola deal with that these days...
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Unless Monsterlover is riding for one of the Big Boys He probably doesn't have traction control on his bike.
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Re: Deleting the rear brake
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Quote from: Monsterlover on November 13, 2008, 08:49:34 PM
Someone tell me why this is a bad idea.
Track bike btw.
I have never in my life used the rear on the track. Why would I keep it? Im not going to race, so legality for WERA doesn't matter to me.
Because you'll never get through tech at track days. Most require brakes...front and rear.
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Damn you all and your logic.
ML thwarted again. . .
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Re: Deleting the rear brake
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ML, a better idea for your track riding is to take off your front brakes. You wanna learn to be smooth and carry corner speed?
And I'm certain the Tech guys won't check for it b/c no one in their right mind would actually do that. <looney bin smiley>
Big, I wasn't talking about traction or wheelie control, but settling the suspension with the rear which I know some more experienced riders do.
Supa, traction control has moved down to club racing. Anyone on a 1098R with a race kits has it. As does anyone buying the new 1098S. And there are aftermarket traction control units that club racers can and do run if their club rules permit it.
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Re: Deleting the rear brake
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Quote from: Spidey on November 13, 2008, 09:49:47 PM
The last thing you wanna do is run off track and not have a rear brake. You ever hit dirt or (worse) wet grass at 70mph and tried to use your front? It ain't pretty. Trust me.
This is so true and the only reason you need. I don't use my rear brake on the track but before each race, I just pump up the rear to make sure it's there in case of a runoff. If you can't resist temptation to use it while braking into a corner and that's the reason for removing it, then try this...just keep your right foot up on your peg at all times. Put the ball of your foot on the peg and keep it there. This way you are already in the right position to hang off, and have one less thing to think about. Just stay up on your toes the whole time and you will get into the habit. That's how I broke myself from using the rear.
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That's what I do. I never have used the rear.
I just wanted a lighter bike
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Re: Deleting the rear brake
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November 14, 2008, 06:45:24 PM »
The rear brake saved me all sorts of grief when I ran off the track into the slippery Texas caliche.
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Re: Deleting the rear brake
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Quote from: Spidey on November 14, 2008, 07:30:54 AM
Supa, traction control has moved down to club racing. Anyone on a 1098R with a race kits has it. As does anyone buying the new 1098S. And there are aftermarket traction control units that club racers can and do run if their club rules permit it.
I know the 1098 has TC but didn't know it has become that accessable. Thanks for the tidbit!
My point is that Mlover is doing track days not racing and hence probably not using TC but riding for fun and improvement on the street.
What $$ are we talkin'?
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Re: Deleting the rear brake
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Quote from: bigiain on November 13, 2008, 10:44:54 PM
I don't think any of the guys who use the rear brake to control wheelies and wheelspin are riding professionally any more. I think Mr Intel or Mr Motorola deal with that these days...
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Wheelies/wheelspin are not the same as the "settling" that you are responding to.
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Quote from: Spidey on November 14, 2008, 07:30:54 AM
ML, a better idea for your track riding is to take off your front brakes. You wanna learn to be smooth and carry corner speed? ;
I occasionaly ride without touching the brakes, on the road it teaches you to anticipate, and on the track starting off slow then increasing speed teaches you about lines.
We used to have these 12 hour moped marathons, a two hour stint on a 50cc step through could get boring, I'd try to get round with the throttle on the stop and without touching the brakes, learned a lot from that.
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