----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Michaels" <oricom@USWEST.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]: Priority Green was Modulating a headlight


> Roman Black 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?
> >
> >
> >Ha ha! Is this still the Piclist?? Has one of my
> >motorcycle mailing lists corrupted my mail server?
> >;o)
> >
>
> Ha, Roman, I knew you couldn't resist this discussion.
> And it's that new guy, Michael.B, what started this.
> ;-)

Hey.....I'm not that new, I've been here three whole months. ;-D  I'm trying
to get over my shyness. ;-)

> ====================
>
> >Front brake stands the bike up mid turn, rear brake
> >pulls it around.
>
> Woof. I'll remember that next time I need to juke the bike
> sideways 6" fast in the middle of a turn. Inhale. Hand brake
> hard, right pedal real hard. Exhale. Woof.
> ==============
>
> Having done racing schools and much
> >track time myself I believe that anyone with a bike
> >should at least do the safety course, and an advanced
> >riding course. And stay away from braking in the
> >corners unless you are racing.
> >
>
> I think hereabouts they say you should basically use the
> front brake in a turn, just as you would on the straights,
> but this is obviously open to discussion ..... and like
> everything else on a bike, must be exercised by a calm mind
> and moderated by experience.

I don't think just bearing down on the front brake would be a real good
idea, but a "balanced" application of both seems to work well.  A technical
analysis of this "balance"  is difficult because the PID control is almost a
reflex action made up of so many variables and controls. ;-)

> [BTW, Dale, a "mature" friend of mine who has never ridden,
> and is apparently trying to recapture his misspent youth, asked
> me a few days ago about the idea of his getting a bike. I just
> said "no"].
>
> - danM

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