Are front brakes over rated?
Physics says NO.
For whom the bell tolls
Are front brakes over rated?
Physics says NO.
KiwiBitcher
where opinion holds more weight than fact.
It's better to not pass and know that you could have than to pass and find out that you can't. Wait for the straight.
Hardcore Biker
maintain your bike properly... competent people ... proper parts... anything else is deathwish country
For whom the bell tolls
We can't stop here, this is .... whoops wrong quote!Originally Posted by reofix
KiwiBitcher
where opinion holds more weight than fact.
It's better to not pass and know that you could have than to pass and find out that you can't. Wait for the straight.
Forum whore
You want to know the technical details of why this unit died? Sure, send it down and we'll give it the same analysis that we'd do for the feds when someone claims there brakes 'failed' and they crashed causing an accident. Or why they die in general?
Blowin up bikes since ages ago
I guess I now know what was wrong with mine... the lever wasn't giving full stroke in place when bleeding it. we took it off and used an allen key to push the piston in instead and all good...
My guess is an air bubble was "stuck" on there somewhere that we just had'nt managed to bleed out properly due to the above. Im thinking that I probably have 2 perfectly good master cylinders but I chose to put the "bling" on it anyway. Every good bucket need bling!
"Some people are like clouds, once they fuck off, it's a great day!"
Forum whore
If a small piece of dirt is floating around in the bore of the master cylinder it is possible for it to lodge in the lip of the seal causing the brakes to suddenly fail.
That is why it's good practice when replacing brake pads to open the bleed nipple when forcing back the caliper pistons so the fluid (and any foreign particles) is drained off into a bottle instead of being forced back up into the master cylinder.
Blowin up bikes since ages ago
Cheers. Why did my brakes start working again a few minutes later though? Im guessing that once the seal has been broken that it cant just magically repair itself again can it? Or if the dirt was to move again then the brakes would work again?
"Some people are like clouds, once they fuck off, it's a great day!"
Forum whore
Yes, if the dirt dislodged itself without damaging the seal then the brakes would start working again.Cheers. Why did my brakes start working again a few minutes later though? Im guessing that once the seal has been broken that it cant just magically repair itself again can it? Or if the dirt was to move again then the brakes would work again?
Blowin up bikes since ages ago
Kewl, now that makes sense!
"Some people are like clouds, once they fuck off, it's a great day!"
Hardcore Biker
pfft..brakes are for learners
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Hired tool
You should try riding one of my (1985) bikes, they came from the factory with no [piss poor] front brakes.
Still managed to keep up with a late model CBR600 though, so front brakes must be overrated.
Ok im coming out of my closet just this one time, I too kinda have a curvy figure which makes it worse beacuse im a guy. Well the waist kinda goes in and the bum pushes out. When I was in college the girls in my year would slap me on the arse and squeeze because apparently it is firm, tight...
I wear jeans
.....if I find this as a signature Ill hunt you down, serious, capice?
Long Haired Yobbo
1985! Brakes were awesome on some bikes by then!
I've always thought of old HEAVY british thumpers with cable operated single leading shoe front brakes as bikes with bad brakes!
Heinz Varieties
Fair weather rider
Ever ridden a CB250RS?
It was one of the first cheap bikes Honda made with a front disc, and as such is actually worse than the old drum hondas. Back in the mid 80s it was a common mod to swap them off for a honda drum front end, or an entire twin disc RD350LC front end if you could find a straight one.
Hardcore Biker
AAHHH about this time last year I actually thought to my self "yeah stuff it i'll ride my bike with no front breaks".
Shouldnt have done that as ended upside down in some bodys front yard.
Front breaks are a very important piece of the puzzle.
Member #3164 of the SHITMARK haters club.
Hardcore Biker
Like the really dodgy cable/cam operated CB100 discs
I love the smell of twin V16's in the morning..
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