I gotta tell you guys...  it's been years since I was on a bike (assorted
400 vertical twins), and I was thinking seriously about looking at a
newer, larger bike for cruising with the wife...

until today.

On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, Dan Michaels wrote:

> Matt Bennett wrote:
> >Dan Michaels wrote:
> >>
> >> Say what? Here's today's quiz, should you use the front brake
> >> to slow down while in a turn? Or will physics toss you on your
> >> ear?
> >
> >I took a roadracing course with Jason Pridmore, and he braked heavily
> >with the front on every turn, all the way to the apex of the turn, where
> >he started to accelerate.
> ...........
>
>
> Well, shoot, you're no fun. I was asking MB ;-).
>
> My understanding is std practice is to brake in the turn, so long
> as all of the usual "fun scary" things are absent [gravel, wetness,
> dead cats, 2x4's, etc]. BTW, I had my fun hitting gravel in a
> hairpin turn once [spent a week every nite in the tub with a set
> of tweezers after that], and a 2x4 on a freeway offramp. Course,
> my buddy was hit from behind by a pickup truck on a freeway
> offramp, so I'm not complaining.
>
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