i'm new here, can anyone tell me.....it is just me or anyone feel that rear break is kind of little hard and not really reduce the speed....the frontbreak is better.... is it normal? or i have to adjust the rear break.....

 

Well, considering the front brake does 70% of your braking and the rear does 30%, I would say so, however, it should still slow you down.

 

Front is more like 90% stopping power, if not 95%.

Really, the best thing to do is learn to not use the rear at all. It provides little stopping power and serves to get most in experienced riders in trouble more than help them. I teach riders to not rely on it in any way.

 

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No................

 

you can try brining the lever up alittle...easy to do...

 

The rear brake is on there for a reason. Yes, it does handle some of the stopping power of the bike, and NO, front brakes don't handle 90-95% of your braking. Like D2M said earlier, it's more of a 70/30 or 80/20 more than anything.

The only time it'll get you into trouble is if you are inexperienced and use it brashly while in a corner. When trained properly (like the MSF teaches you), the rear brake dramatically improves the stopping distance as compared to front brake only. Not to mention, the bike is more stable during panic braking when both brakes are used. (it's all in your MSF guidebooks guys )

 

From a racers point of view, meanstrk is close, it's actaully more like 95% - 100%. The ONLY time I ever use the rear brake is used to get the chassis and suspension settled on corener entry (or during an off track excrusion into the grass [:@]).

On the other hand, for street riding, the rear brake comes in very handy for keeping the bike stable and controled during low speed manouvers.

I'm not saying the MSF is bad by any means, in fact it's great, and I recommend everyone should take it (yes I have taken it, and the advanced course as well). BUT..Just because it's taught in the MSF and printed in the book doesn't make it right or the truth, because that book was written, what 20 years ago and it's written in very general terms. Any modern sport BIKE can stop as quickly or even quicker with the front only than it can with both the front and rear (notice the emphasis on BIKE), but the bike will be extremely unstable and would cause a crash with 90% of riders out there. What it really boils down to is the comfort, ability and feel of each individual rider. For the most part the average rider will be able to stop faster using both the front and rear brake at the same time, but that riders skill, comfort level and feel for that particular bike will determine the front/rear percentages used... i.e. a newb may start out using 60/40, then as he/she become more comfortable it will become 75/25, then 80/20 and so on.

 

I don't think he was asking when to use the rear brake. I think he wanted to know of any of us are noticing that the rear break is weak. I for one have noticed that the rear break on the 07 RR is weaker than other bikes I have been on. I thought it was just me, but after this posting, it must be the bike.

 

i found just the opposite. i thought the rear brake grabbed a little hard for my taste. I had to move the pedal down so my foot didnt accidently hit it when i moved into a right hander.

on my 1000RR i had my rear rotor lightened by almost 1 1/2 lbs. with that bike you can stand on the rear pedal even with steel lines and a HH pad on the back and it barely drags.

which of course lessens the chance of a high side

yes the MSF course teaches to use the rear brake.

i have only been to three track schools but every one of them has said use the rear brake only while straight up and down IF you are getting ready to go too hot into a corner. once you get it leaned over you better get off of it.