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Old 10-22-2008, 05:24 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Parabellum View Post
A honda CBR600RR can pull .79G of braking force with the front and rear brake maxed out (no slipping).

The same bike with the same rider will pull .77G with the front brake alone.

For me, I'll sacrifice the 0.02G to have the assurance that my rear isn't going to walk out of line when panic braking.
Me too, but panic braking isn't an every day event (let's hope not!). I'm curious how much those figures would change if measured on an FZ6. They would certainly be very different for a cruiser or big standard like a bandit.
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Flats do happen, but it's not enough of a problem to attach magnets or brooms to your bike....
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