20-05-15, 09:54 PM
(20-05-15, 09:31 PM)Arfa link Wrote: TBH I'm the same, always end up locking the back up when doing an emergency stop. Though not had it swing round yet. Either way, it's not good and something I do need to work on. I think a lot stems from always covering both brakes due as for 80% of my commute I'm filtering between gridlock traffic...I did a level 1 california superbike school day which was a bit tame on track but they had some low speed stuff which turned out to be good practice. I never really used the back brake for years and anyway a lot of them didn't do much, probably for good reason. Have been coming round to using the back more and the 1000 rear is to me a powerful rear brake, mind you i did have some H****s that had the linked brakes so didn't have a lot of choice.
I've been doing an IAM course this year, first thing they did with us was a machine control day on an airfield, covering lots of reasonably basic stuff: emergency stop in short distance, slalom at speed (counter steer practice) and full lock to lock circle-figure 8's at 1-3 mph. Really highlighted bad habits and stuff I need to improve on - all in all really useful. Their guidance was back brake only for low speed stuff (and then control speed just with back brake, keep throttle/clutch constant).
Won't be as exciting as a Ron Haslem track day, but I've certainly found IAM useful to tidy up my riding a bit.