ABS, take 2
Honda’s brake-by-wire system for sportsbikes - Combined ABS » The Biker Gene
"brake by wire"
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Originally Posted by Parabellum
I will never need ABS...I don't use my rear brake at all. I have thought about removing it, but its not worth the trouble.
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No offense but that would be exceptionally silly. Even track bikes should have a rear brake, if nothing else for when the front fails going into T1 or in the grass before hitting the airbags. The rear brake is just another tool at your disposal (street, track, stunt) - learn to use it properly.
The only time I drag the rear at the track is when cresting a hill at WOT
I use it on the street when in traffic, slow speed moves, riding 2up, or when on a slippery surface.
I use it when messing around with wheelies
There are lots of other GREAT times/places to use the rear brake but I have not developed those skills. There was some racer who had a thumb brake (rear) mounted on his clip-on but I can't recall who it was.
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Originally Posted by Parabellum
It offers absolutely nothing for the track imho
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You do realize that the rear is used heavily to control rear wheel power, right? Before MotoGP had advanced wheelie control, riders had their right foot...this is still the case every weekend at race tracks aroudn the world.
EDIT - I'm still waiting on your track day pics!!!