How many fingers do you squeeze with?

**Dave-** · 28th May 2008, 19:39

all 4 if i can

depends on the amounf of breaking needed.

**freddy72** · 28th May 2008, 20:22

Normally 3 some times 4 when needed

**Chrislost** · 28th May 2008, 20:36

I prefer to finger with all 4.
means the back can come off the ground and the bike wont fall over.

**P38** · 28th May 2008, 20:45

Squeeze the brake with two fingers during the normal course of riding

Use the lot when I really have to.

Wave to other motorists with one

Usually shortly following a using the lot episode

**discotex** · 1st June 2008, 21:58

Depends on the bike. My old ZXR250 was much easier to haul up hard with all four. On the CBR one is really enough but two gives me way more feel.

First thing I test when getting on a new bike is work out how many fingers and how much squeeze on the brakes is required to get the bike stopped.

**Boob Johnson** · 1st June 2008, 22:40

lol @ the tags firstly

And lol @ the thread.

My finger usage changes depending on the situation really, if im in the city/round town etc ill usually cover the brake (front) but more so approaching uncontrolled intersections, I eye ball the driver (ignore the vehicle) & watch for body langauge, you would be suprised how much you can read if you don't do that already. After being taken out I now realise to the full extent what kind of awareness is required on a bike, "spidey sense" someone rightly said recently, but as far as im concerned if you don't cover your front brake around the city/town then good luck to you.

You cant buy back that 0.5 of a second it takes to reach