When you absolutely need to stop NOW

A bit over kill on the back wheel be different if it was on the front as that's where your stopping power is, all that's going to do on the back is locking the rear wheel and skidding, but if you didn't have any front brakes at all be a different story, it's a nice set up and made well, also looks the part, but what's on the front :?:

Ashley

Quite the styling exercise, but kind of silly otherwise.

Ken

needs anti-lock

When you ask some people why they do things, some answer 'because I can'.

Judging from the rear frame slider its probably a stunt bike that doesn't spend much of its life with the front wheel on the ground.

It is more than three times as much brake as you ever need on the back for most purposes. In road racing, many of us don't even use the back brake unless we need to steady the bike or do a crash stop when we are running out of road. Even then the back is often off the deck or very light.

It's fairly well known that the rear brake can only contribute about 25% of the total braking effort, in a normal motorcycle. So this is either not a "normal" motorcycle, or a demonstration of the "I do it because I can" syndrome. In any event it's probably a waste of time and money.
Sad really.
cheers
wakeup

I see TWO brake lines, so it could be part of an integrated braking system where the front brake lever also operates one rear caliper and the brake pedal acts on the other two.

Jean

Yep stunt cycle one that has so little time to do as many stunts as they can, be no other reasond to have a set up like that, looks good.

Ashley

Is this one of those guys that tries to do wheelies at 190m.p.h. :?: :shock:

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/video/147672/read/



http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-new ... 13521.html

likely only one calpier actually active at one time as rear lock slide is already too easy. Stunt riders are in so many positions they need more than one rear brake control location they can operate by feet or hand. To stop a wheelie over backwards only weak rear drag needed to limit flip backwards to just drag on rear step wheelie brace. Its more easy practical to have separate system of each control rather than try to get one combined system to work out right. Mostly stunters only have one extra rear lever on clutch side.

As for best panic stop from going off edge or under a truck wheels one can toss bike completely sideways and slide both tires sideways but must be able to lean far enough to slide on frame rail no to flip a hi side so not many bikes or pilots capable of this. I have a few times but so far only when nothing to lose but life and limbs if not doing it.