Covering the brake

I only cover it when filtering, or approaching occupied side roads.

I always do mid to high 70s (actual) when passing plod on motorways,
assuming the outside lane's empty. I figure they're more likely to
assume your bike/car is fully legal if you're blatantly speeding under
their noses. Haven't been stopped so far (touch wood).

 

I cover the back when filtering at slow speeds.

Reasoning because I can control a rear wheel slide but not a front if
I panic and lock it. Worked so far.

 

I do when filtering at under 30 mph as it prevents front wheel dive.

 

I do when filtering at under 30 mph as it prevents front wheel dive.

 

I don't filter at more than that through stationary traffic and rarely
on motorways unless there is a bloody big gap.

Call me a wuss but I like this bike without fucked fairings.

 

I'd never filter at 30 mph through stationary traffic. Seen a couple of
flying scooterists in front of me on my commute when passengers/drivers open
doors. In other traffic I don't like filtering at more than +15mph relative
to other traffic unless I've got a cob on in which I case I don't care.

Besides the mirrors fold in before the fairings get touched. I got the t
shirt.

 

You've not got ABS have you?

 

Yeah, but don't sit in front of an unmarked car at a set of lights and
then stomp off down a dual carriageway at 130. The logic can't be
extrapolated that far, trust me.

 

porl wrote

I do it sort of instinctively when I feel threatened and deliberately
when riding like a **** on purpose.

 

Ben wrote

I find I have much better things to do than look at the clocks when
filtering and I don't like the guilty feeling if ever I do.

 

30,000 times faster.

 

43%

 

108 yards.

 

Maybe I should just think about it...

 

I can guess pretty easily. 1st gear on the GSXR will go up to a lot
of mph. I just never change out of first and don't rev too high.

 

Thought so. First japanese middleweight with ABS IIRC. Why not just slam the
brakes on as hard as possible then?

 

Ben wrote

I don't give a shit about the actual numbers. I am making progress at
what I consider to be a less than reasonable speed and am eager to get
to a place where I can give some of my attention to enjoying a faster
less hazardous ride.

wuss

 

Ace will be along shortly to tell you you can do it in 6th.

 

Ditto - although the only two-stroke I have ever owned was an RD 350
LC YPVS back in '84 - '85.

 

Why is front wheel dive so bad at under 30 mph?