Improving braking preformance

[hXc]

personally the clutch is one of the last things i have covered because engine braking should be a major factor when stopping.

with the clutch in u have lost the advantages of engine compression to help slow u down wich can make a huge difference.

He rides a 2 stroke. 2 stroke = no engine braking.

One thing that may help is spelling braking right!!!

But also, Flyingpony: When emergency braking or having to stop in a short distance then you should be using both your brakes. Yes, your front brake provides you with almost 80% of your braking, but you risk throwing the back up. So you use both of them, applying the back brake lightly first!

Well that's what I was told in my basic skills test and what has worked for me in a couple of sticky situations.

Using the gears will help as you don't have much engine braking, being a 2 stroke.

Hope that helps.

[jonbuoy]

Actually you might have a point here, I never covered the brake on the zxr and never had a problem, but since getting the KR, and covering the clutch nearly always, I've gotten into the habit of covering the brake as well. Might be something to think about.

I always have my fingers over the brake just not touching, fair point covering the clutch when your giving it some welly though...

[WINJA]

He rides a 2 stroke. 2 stroke = no engine braking.

One thing that may help is spelling braking right!!!

But also, Flyingpony: When emergency braking or having to stop in a short distance then you should be using both your brakes. Yes, your front brake provides you with almost 80% of your braking, but you risk throwing the back up. So you use both of them, applying the back brake lightly first!

Well that's what I was told in my basic skills test and what has worked for me in a couple of sticky situations.

Using the gears will help as you don't have much engine braking, being a 2 stroke.

Hope that helps.

IF THE BIKE IS CAPABLE OF DOING A STOPPY THEN YOU MIGHT AS WELL LEAVE THE BACK BRAKE ALONE ESPECIALLY IN AN EMERGENCY , THE BACK BRAKE CAN ONLY MAKE THINGS WORSE ESPECIALLY IF YOUR DEDICATING BRAIN POWER TO OPERATING IT , A LOT OF THE BASIC SKILLS TEST GUYS ARE NOT UP WITH THE PLAY WITH A MODERN/SEMI MODERN SPORTS BIKE,
IVE DONE A LOT OF EMERGENCY STOPS IN MY TIME FROM SPEEDS THAT MOST WOULDNT CONSIDER DOING ON THE ROAD AND THE BACK BRAKE IS A FUCK UP WAITING TO HAPPEN

[WINJA]

my special tip for braking is see if the lever perch can be moved closer to the triple clamp , reason being you get better levearge pulling further out on the lever and you also have better control

[sefer]

Sadly the Krr is a comuter that just happens to look like a sports bike (still fairly quick however ), and as such there is pretty much no adjustment anywhere.

One thing that may help is spelling braking right!!!

LOL, fair enough. Now ask me what my job is....

BTW, there is NEVER any reason to use more than one exclaimation mark

[sefer]

Well intresting... I was playing around today and discovered that hard braking (yes with the clutch in ) causes my engine to stall pretty much 80% of the time. That's why I haven't been able to recover from the slide, the engine bogs out, stalls, and isn't warm enought/doesn't have enough traction to restart via bump causing the rear wheel to remain locked.

Of course in the situations I've described I've usually kept the bike in gear and focused on braking, but do remember trying to bump the engine while still sliding on the first occasion in an effort to regain some control.

Guessing the engine running to cold is the problem, might be time to break out the old duct tape and see if I can get the temp gauge above the bottom line

[kickingzebra]

So what do you do for a job? big carpark there? for stoppy practice?

[sefer]

Well lets just say there may be a generation of New Zealand children who can't spell, nor think that being able to spell is that important

And no most of the places I work are not places I really want to be seen doing stoppies or anything else 'dodgy'

I'm actually training ATM and was practicing in the car park there

[kickingzebra]

Bah, rubbish, every kid needs a dodgy role model! Teaching then I take it.

[sefer]

LOL the KRR is a cooling machine! I blocked off 2/3s of the radiator, took her for a 20min spin and the temp gauge still barely moved.. Back to the drawing board I guess

[kickingzebra]

If it is running cool, there shouldn't be a problem, does the exhaust get warm? there is no way on earth an engine is going to run for 10 or 20 minutes hard, and not get up to operating temperature. If you are worried about it stalling under braking, you could wind the idle up a bit.