Police safety video

[Guest Richzx6r]

Donnington Park taught me to leave that feckin rear brake out of it

 

Yeah I only ever use the rear brake if I'm settling the bike through a corner

[Stu]

Yet I use the rear more than the front!

[Guest Richzx6r]

Yet I use the rear more than the front!

 

Do you ride particularly hard or just cruising around?

[Tiggie]

[mention]Stu[/mention] I find that really surprising!! First time I've heard a biker say that, it's usually always the opposite

[Stu]

Yet I use the rear more than the front!

 

Do you ride particularly hard or just cruising around?

 

Depends who I am out with and how I am feeling but it's irrelevant the rear gets used most as I plan well ahead and slow down a little and throw the bike in

[Guest Richzx6r]

Yet I use the rear more than the front!

 

Do you ride particularly hard or just cruising around?

 

Depends who I am out with and how I am feeling but it's irrelevant the rear gets used most as I plan well ahead and slow down a little and throw the bike in

 

But....how do you do the drs dangle when your just using the rear brake....

[Stu]

@Stu I find that really surprising!! First time I've heard a biker say that, it's usually always the opposite

 

I often get people saying to me "your brake light doesn't work"

Yet when tested it's fine!

I don't use a great deal of brake! In fact I have just replaced my front pads after almost 20k and there was very little wear!

[Stu]

Do you ride particularly hard or just cruising around?

 

Depends who I am out with and how I am feeling but it's irrelevant the rear gets used most as I plan well ahead and slow down a little and throw the bike in

 

But....how do you do the drs dangle when your just using the rear brake....

 

You miss read

I use the rear the most not only

[Tiggie]

I'm lazy and can't be bothered looking, is your bike a vtwin? They have good engine braking usually too.

[Guest Richzx6r]

I'm lazy and can't be bothered looking, is your bike a vtwin? They have good engine braking usually too.

 

It's an fjr1300 so 4 cyl

[S-Westerly]

Mine's a v-twin and does engine brake very well. I tend to use the front brake more than the rear but use the rear when going into a corner or at low speeds. At 8500 miles the pads are hardly worn and the discs are as new.

[Guest Swagman]

@Stu I find that really surprising!! First time I've heard a biker say that, it's usually always the opposite

 

I often get people saying to me "your brake light doesn't work"

Yet when tested it's fine!

I don't use a great deal of brake! In fact I have just replaced my front pads after almost 20k and there was very little wear!

 

I have the same front pads in my bike that were in it when purchased in 2005 35000 mls ago, I use mostly my rear brake front for me is a emergency brake, that’s how I learned in 1972 .

[Stu]

I'm lazy and can't be bothered looking, is your bike a vtwin? They have good engine braking usually too.

 

The tl was the v twin

[Tankbag]

TL1000R nicknamed the widow maker

[James in Brum]

Up until I temporarily had

No brake light switch for the rear brake I used the rear brake mostly.

I now use he front a bit more and not sure how it plays out average wise. It’s easy to build a habit.

[manxie49]

copper is one stupid c"*t who should be taken away from the general public and given a job in an office in a basement somewhere.

yeh middle rider should have stopped, the copper caused the accident, fog bad light and he steps out into the road....im going to call him a c"*t again … pc mc' c"*ty c"*t

 

six why don't you just say what you mean and stop beating around the bush

[Six30]

Love some of the replies to this without anyone knowing the facts

This was staged! But not the crash

They was filming for something and the guy on the bike borrowed the bike to ride but has not ridden for years as a result he forgot he had front brakes

They knew the copper was there they new the copper was going to stop them!

As for who was to blame! The guy for thinking he could just get on a bike and think he could ride it.

 

proof please.

[Stu]

Love some of the replies to this without anyone knowing the facts

This was staged! But not the crash

They was filming for something and the guy on the bike borrowed the bike to ride but has not ridden for years as a result he forgot he had front brakes

They knew the copper was there they new the copper was going to stop them!

As for who was to blame! The guy for thinking he could just get on a bike and think he could ride it.

 

proof please.

 

I can't find the original video but read the comments on this video

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

If it was staged that second rider could earn a few bucks moonlighting as a stuntman.

[fastbob]

Yet I use the rear more than the front!

 

Do you ride particularly hard or just cruising around?

 

Depends who I am out with and how I am feeling but it's irrelevant the rear gets used most as I plan well ahead and slow down a little and throw the bike in

 

I haven't touched a rear brake in years even on the Harley .

[fastbob]

Up until I temporarily had

No brake light switch for the rear brake I used the rear brake mostly.

I now use he front a bit more and not sure how it plays out average wise. It’s easy to build a habit.

 

You should have been using the front brakes almost exclusively on a ZZR 600 mate .

[James in Brum]

Thanks for the Tip.

I have found I don’t need my brakes much, unless I am choosing to enjoy the bike’s potentia of course

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

I used to use the rear quite a bit in heavy traffic when I lived in the city centre, but only gently to settle the bike in tight situations.

The only time I tickle it now is on gravel tracks where I don't want the front to let go. Some of the farm tracks are not brilliant for two wheels.

[Tankbag]

Inescapably we've got into a braking thread, in the circumstances of the original post, ignoring observations, there were two choices. Load up the front or off the brakes & try & go around what you don't want to hit. Oh & 3rd, don't volunteer to ride a bike for a video when you haven't for 15 years

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

I remember the guy who taught me to ride saying always be looking for your escape route. He drummed it into everyone. Many collisions happen when people use the brakes more than the steering.

It's a natural panic reaction which causes humans to freeze rather than think. His point was to make a habit of always thinking where do I go if this goes pear shaped. It changes how you view the road and your options. It has made particularly aware of those situations where there isn't an obvious escape route which means I enter those scenarios a lot slower.