Motorcycle Safety Braking

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Trying to Stop Safely

Braking is probably the most important action that the rider can perform. Braking allows us to quickly slow down and stop before it encounters an obstacle.
In a single vehicle accident involving a motorcyclist was this error when the accident precipitating factor in about two thirds of cases with typical error is a blade, and due to excessive braking or too wide in a curve speed or under-cornering.
Motorcycle braking skill can actually be sharpened with emphasis on driving and find out and understand the mechanism of motorcycle braking device. None Braking motorcycle has the exact.

Drum Brakes on a Classic Motorcycle

Braking technique between classical and modern motorcycles are very different. One is a drum brake. Apply the old motors on both wheels. Drum brakes were still applied now on a small motorcycle, it was mostly just on the rear wheels.
Drum brakes work mechanically, when the cable or pull rod is withdrawn automatically pushing shoes up against the inside a drum and cause friction slowing the motorcycle down. Weakness is a drum brake system is vulnerable to the heat so the brake shoes are often burned. In addition, when exposed to water, the brakes will not work optimally.
With drum brake system, much safety riding instructor recommends using a method of "you brake 75% front and 25% rear on a dry road; 50%:50% in the wet". Use of this method is based on the ability to stop the drum brake power, the shape of the frame and suspension system, and the large size of the tires in the passed. Front suspension system generally has not been as now, some are rigid, while the use of tires that size is still small (not much different with a bike tire width).

Disc Brake and Braking Method

Most modern motorcycle have a disc brakes on front wheels, and some have a disc brakes on both wheels. This part of the braking system that does the actual work to stop the motorbike.
The disc brake is a bit likes the brakes on a bicycle. Bicycle brakes have a caliper, which squeezes the brake pads against the wheel. In a disc brake, compression brake rotor instead of the wheel and the force are transmitted by a cable instead of hydraulics. Friction between the pads and the disc brakes on the disk. A motorcycle in motion has a certain amount of kinetic energy, and the brakes have to remove the power to stop the motorcycle. How brakes work to do this? Each time you stop the bike, the brakes convert the kinetic energy of the heat generated by friction between the pad and disc.
Development of motorcycle braking systems as well as changing the method of braking. Some experts now argue motorcycle let off most - or all - of the rear brake and increase pressure on the front, which now has most or all the grip. This middle phase of braking can be 100%:0%.
There are opinions that say, "Since most a motorcycle's braking power comes from the front brake, don't use the rear brake at all. In fact, as the weight shifts forward during heavy braking, the rear brake becomes more likely to lock up and cause you to crash."
However, there are also some experts who say that opinion is a myth. It is true that as the weight of the motorcycle shifts forward, less traction is available to the rear tire for braking, but in order to master the use of your brakes, you need to use both of them for every stop. While there are instances, such as when a tire blows out, when you would only want to use one brake, the best way to master the control of either brake is to use them on a regular basis.
So how can you stop in the shortest distance possible? The standard answer is that you must reach the full application of both brakes without skidding. As you put more pressure on the brake before (to the point of blockage), you will have more traction available to the front wheel (for braking), traction resulting from less available to the back. To avoid slipping behind the wheel, you need to adjust the rear brake. Racer X for each mention of these experts did not use his rear brake when stopping, there is a Racer Y that uses only a little rear brake to adjust the rear suspension and a Racer Z uses a lot. In addition, these examples are not easily applicable to street racers from qualified runners know exactly where the brake point is, while most of us are far from that point with the front brake, even in panic-stop situations.

Sharpen Your Braking Skills

Braking, as with any riding skill is a learned skill, not quite natural. This means that you must practice the correct braking skills enough to make a gut reaction to you can be sure you will do the right things in an emergency. Research overseas has shown that due to panic conscious rider overwhelming, almost one third of all riders do absolutely nothing if of accident: they do not even apply the brakes!
However, if you're braking capabilities are high so well learned that they are instinctive, you do it right, no matter what the situation. However, this requires making a lot of high level braking skills practice is not a normal everyday driving.

Let's review a state of perfect rest:
1. You apply both brakes (the front and the back) gradually and with almost equal force for the first phase of your braking.
2. The weight transfer before the front suspension compresses, and your arms bend, the front wheel now bite the asphalt.
3. There are now more weight on the front.
4. You have now released the most - or all - of the rear brake and increase pressure on the forehead, which now has most or all grip. This middle phase of braking can be 100%:0% - if less than 85% before, you probably are not braking near the boundaries of your bike.
5. Wheel slows down and the force that carries through the brakes and tires, to reduce (wheel of energy is proportional to the square of speed).
6. Front starts to climb back up to its suspension.
7. Dims the front brake - to prevent the low speed lock - and add a rear brake pressure increases.

Tips:
Do not forget the front brake provides about three-quarters of its stopping power. It is safe for use in a quick stop when properly applied. Some bikes have combined braking system, which applies to both the front brake and the rear brake when using the rear brake pedal. See the user manual for a detailed explanation.

Warning:
Harassment in the front brake hard on slippery surfaces can be dangerous. Gently squeeze the brake lever on wet or icy road. And start applying the brakes faster than normal.

Hard Braking:
Many inexperienced bikers fall off when braking. Modern bikes have front brakes that can stand the machine on its nose. Practice braking hard on an empty road before you have to do a real emergency stop. You should be able to lock momentarily the front.

Braking on Wet Surfaces:
Applying the rear brake first increases the chance of a skid and an accident. Application of the brakes shift the weight of the motorcycle forward, making the rear of the machine light, decreasing grip at the rear and increasing skid risk. The correct method is to apply the front brake first, and after a short delay, the rear brake. This ensures that some of the weight has settled back onto the back tire, thereby increasing the grip.

*Abstracted from various sources.

The beauty of motorcycling comes from refining your skills each time you ride. So, take a step up the learning curve and learn to cover your front brake.

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  • hwaltersjaxfl Mar 27, 2011 @ 7:25 pm | delete
    Very nice and this is such an important topic and skill! Thank you from putting out here. I also teach this in my police motorcycle instructor school and our advance skills for police officers. Thanks again:)
  • Cupe Mar 29, 2011 @ 10:56 am | delete
    Thank you, truly an honor an expert visiting my lens. I just read in the experts and write back, but your safety riding expert practitioners. Maybe I should have a practice to you. Thank you.

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