5b. Suppose the braking distance is sufficient, then also, practice by braking your REAR BRAKE intermittently, this helps in reducing rear wheel slippage. Apply your front brakes to what level you feel comfortable, but your rear brakes, intermittently. This helps in getting a better control of the rear wheel too.
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5c. If at all braking distance is not sufficient enough, make sure your bike is upright/straight/not slanting and jam the front brakes, jam the rear brakes. There will be a point when you feel your rear wheel jammed. Immediately release your rear brakes and jam them again, all this in milliseconds. The less the rear wheel slipping, the better your safety and control.
Try these at a safe place, and this is really helpful. Mark a spot on your mind. Based on your experience, you know the safe brake distance, so mark it on your mind and practice these steps, it will help you in real life scenarios. If you get a chance to go to a beach, where you are allowed to go with your bike, def go and practice braking, no where do you get such drifts possible like on beach sand. But make sure you do not go there with your bikinis, wear some dress please. Nothing more gay about a guy driving around with his undies.
6. ALWAYS, ALWAYS make sure your brake lights are working. When was the last time you checked if your electricals are in order? Pretty long time I guess right? If this bike was Katrina's ass, you would definitely have checked it every minute. Perverts I tell you....
7. And to all those guys who have no life and go around carrying their girlfriends and lovers on a superbike( :( me included), please make sure your lovely better half leaves no dupatta or piece of cloth hanging by the side. I broke up with one for having her dupatta hanging in the wind, which eventually brought the dupatta into the rear disk brakes. I am sure
Anand has had this horrific experience, and the worst part, it was some strange lady, not even his girl friend. Now how does that happen. He said this girl was standing, her dupatta blew as he rode past. Ya right, I am sure you were giving her a lift. But to be noted on a serious (GALAXY NOTE) note, make sure the pillion has kept no lose ends of their cloth anywhere near the wheels. The worst case, your brakes are jammed, no matter what you do.
8. Teach your pillions on how to sit on a super bike, girl or not, I hate it when they really put the whole weight on you, as such on this bike you are lurched forward, on top of that, an additional weight of another HUMAN BEING. Even Ayesha Takia should not be allowed to do that.(Those who don't know Ayesha, google, you will understand why I took this example).
These are a few pointers, hope you guys can add more and also bring out some critics inside you. If there has been any typo error, blame it on my cat Sundari(pic included), she did not let me type this till I fed her Whiskas. But cute she is, so you might as well blame on me.
Cheers!!!