02-07-15, 10:45 AM
Quote:mainly because it ensures maximum tyre compression and contact area under a hard panic brake
The opposite is true. If the load is being taken care of by the forks, the tyre isn't being planted on the road as hard. Less dive = more load on the tyre as the tyre walls will have to do the flexing instead.
If the front is more stable, you will get more confidence.
Another ex-Fazer rider that is a foccer again