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Originally Posted by Baph
I'd recommend anyone thats not sure to practice in a car park - so long as you release the brake when the tyre locks, you'll be fine.  |
I'm just a newbie, but from what I've read, the releasing is not a good idea in one situation, and that would be when you don't bring in the clutch (and that tends to happen when you're in a panic situation). More specifically, when you lock up the rear and you don't have the clutch all the way in, if you release the back will start grabbing the asphalt again and start spinning due to the motor and that causes a high side.. which I think is much worse then a low side...
I'm not sure if this is true when you have the clutch in. Perhaps someone more experienced would say if this is so or not.
However, if you do lock up the back, I've read that it's actually better if you just let it slide instead of releasing it (I know you loose like 70% of your back braking power, which would mean about 16-21% of your total braking power, but I guess it compensates with not going high side..)
The source of my reading is "Proficient Motorcycling".
Now I might be mistaking, but if I am, I'm opened to corrections
Btw, +1 for the practicing in an empty parking lot.. helps a lot. Also getting used to always doing progressive braking (that is every time you brake in traffic etc) helps alot