how often do you use max performance?

on the public road NEVER! firstly I would be going like a bullet and secondly you'd have to have a death wish .....I don't

have done it on an airfield though twice and it gets a bit scary cause if you brake at 150mph you need to have stroooong arms )))

[glade]

Ok here's food for thought.

In the car have you ever pressed the brake with your left (clutch) foot.
I find that the brakes are much sharper than o thought, because I have more finesse with my right foot.

Originally Posted by glade

In the car have you ever pressed the brake with your left (clutch) foot.
I find that the brakes are much sharper than o thought, because I have more finesse with my right foot.

Agreed, unless you race then your left foot isn't used to braking much (and if you drive a manual gearbox, then it's not used to braking a all!).

As for how often I use max performance, never on the road. What's the point?

Originally Posted by glade

Ok here's food for thought.

In the car have you ever pressed the brake with your left (clutch) foot.
I find that the brakes are much sharper than o thought, because I have more finesse with my right foot.

I got better at using both feet when I had an auto. I find the problem is more that my clutch foot us is used to sensitivity on the way up and the right foot is more tuned into sensititivy on the way down.

The SV brakes can be blinding if you get them setup right, most of the problem is the forks, as they tend to bottom out to easy. Heavier oil and/or new strings fixes that easy.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by BigApe

I've heard several people complain about the SV brakes. The SV brakes are more than adequate for the bike.

They do bottom out the standard forks though, and as soon as the forks are bottomed, the tyre is doing the job of suspension, which it isn't very good at, so you loose grip. (I think thats the chirrup)

So IMO once you've braided lines and decent pads then there's no point touching the brakes untill you sort the forks.

Stiffen the front end and make sure the calipers are working properly. I think the brakes are a good compromise on what is, essentially, a bike for inexperienced riders. There is always gonna be a time when you wish you had more brake, even on top flight thou.

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

TBH the SV's brakes felt better than the Falco's do atm. Ive got new disc's ill be putting on which should reverse this. The current ones are warped which really doesnt help braking

Since this is a brake thing, has anyone on here bought EBC disc's and pads? I just have, hope they work fine.

Falco discs are renowned for warping. I put Braking Waves on mine.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

So IMO once you've braided lines and decent pads then there's no point touching the brakes untill you sort the forks.

...unless you want to stop...

[yorkie_chris]

OK no need to be a pedantic hairy bugger

There's no point in further modifying the brakes, untill you sorted the forks

Is that better

[flymo]

I'll be running my race bike up to speed at the weekend on track. It now has modded original forks (racetech gold valves, Ohlins .80 springs and 20wt oil), EBC Pro Lite race discs and EBC HH pads in the original calipers.

I've raced older bikes with single piston brakes and they were more than up to the job of racing. If the brakes are in good servicable condition they should be easily good enough.

From experience on a previous bike (FZR400 race bike) the brakes were as good as I could get them but it was the forks that made the biggest difference. Once I'd added gold valves and done the forks, the brakes felt much more useable, you could safely brake much harder than before.