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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "E.L. Green" wrote:
>snippp...>
> Oh, regarding braking -- on the street, the rear brake is used to
adjust attitude but
> doesn't provide significant braking force (if using both brakes to
their max, the back will
> provide maybe 20% of the braking force). In MSF class they taught
us that the front brake
> should be the primary brake you use on the street, not the back
brake. The old notion
> that the front brake could somehow "fling you over the handlebars"
is a debunked old
> wive's tale, not something based on anything that has actually
happened, especially if
> you're talking about the rear-heavy lead sled cruisers whose riders
often parrot such
> nonsense. On the street I use the rear brake to control nose dive
and that final "bounce"
> you get when you finally stop if you brake with front brake only,
but it is the front brake
> that I rely upon to stop me.
>
I use both, especially on the KLR with its marginal stopping power,
and the rear helps a lot with attitude adjustment.
Trailing the rear brake will also help reduce your turning radius and
control slow speed turns.
Folks who don't use the front brakes are the same ones who have
to "lay 'er down" to avoid that truck turning left in front of them.
__Arden
__Arden