Posted by Twibil on May 30, 2011, 1:13 pm
> The best was watching him accelerate hard then lock the front wheel
> and have the anti lock kick and just keep going in a straight line,
> not slowing down. That made some horrible noise but he never dropped
> the bike. I want anti lock brakes now.
Why would you want anti-lock brakes if they won't slow you down?
Posted by Twibil on May 30, 2011, 2:59 pm
> > > The best was watching him accelerate hard then lock the front wheel
> > > and have the anti lock kick and just keep going in a straight line,
> > > not slowing down. That made some horrible noise but he never dropped
> > > the bike. I want anti lock brakes now.
> > Why would you want anti-lock brakes if they won't slow you down?
> Well, he was in gear hitting the rev limiter at the same time... I
> guess I left that part out.
Ah; that explains it. But I wonder how he found out it was possible
to do that?
It would have never occured to me to twist it WFO and grab a handfull
of brakes at the same time just to see what would happen...
Posted by tomorrow@erols.com on May 30, 2011, 6:22 pm
> > > > The best was watching him accelerate hard then lock the front wheel
> > > > and have the anti lock kick and just keep going in a straight line,
> > > > not slowing down. That made some horrible noise but he never dropped
> > > > the bike. I want anti lock brakes now.
> > > Why would you want anti-lock brakes if they won't slow you down?
> > Well, he was in gear hitting the rev limiter at the same time... I
> > guess I left that part out.
> Ah; that explains it. But I wonder how he found out it was possible
> to do that?
> It would have never occured to me to twist it WFO and grab a handfull
> of brakes at the same time just to see what would happen...
I believe that stunt riders try things that regular motorcyclists
simply don't think to try.
Posted by Twibil on May 30, 2011, 8:14 pm
On May 30, 3:22 pm, "tomor...@erols.com"
> > It would have never occured to me to twist it WFO and grab a handfull
> > of brakes at the same time just to see what would happen...
> I believe that stunt riders try things that regular motorcyclists
> simply don't think to try.
Substitute "survivors" for "regular motorcyclists" and I'd go with
that.
Posted by tomorrow@erols.com on May 30, 2011, 10:57 pm
> On May 30, 3:22 pm, "tomor...@erols.com"
> > > It would have never occured to me to twist it WFO and grab a handfull
> > > of brakes at the same time just to see what would happen...
> > I believe that stunt riders try things that regular motorcyclists
> > simply don't think to try.
> Substitute "survivors" for "regular motorcyclists" and I'd go with
> that.
Heh. Point.
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> and have the anti lock kick and just keep going in a straight line,
> not slowing down. That made some horrible noise but he never dropped
> the bike. I want anti lock brakes now.