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- From: lmcstst@noah.ericsson.se (Stamos Stamos)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: ZX-11 front brake.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.150911.24658@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 15:09:11 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.094551.38@iris-dcp.es> <1992Nov17.175623.28861@megatek.com> <1992Nov18.092422.45@rediris.es>
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- In article <1992Nov18.092422.45@rediris.es> marrevola@rediris.es writes:
- >> |Any advice to improve the front brake performance of a ZX-11?
- >>
- >> Improve how? Feel? Stopping distance?
- >>
- >> What's wrong with your ZX-11's brakes?
- >>
- >> Randy Davis Email: randy@megatek.com
- >> ZX-11 #00072 Pilot megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
- >> DoD #0013 ucsd!megatek!randy
- >>
- >
- >I'd like to improve feel and braking power. I think that this brakes are not
- >enough for a 147 HP bike... For instance, the CBR900RR brakes are far superior.
- i>
- >Cheers,
- >manolo[taf.fundesco.es
- >ZX-11
- >DR-600-S
- >DoD #1033
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- How exactly would you define 'braking power'?
- I can lock the front wheel of my ZX no problem, in fact it's too easy
- to lock up the front wheel.
- A ZX is much heaver than a CBR900, but then again someone in
- rec.autos posted some formula on braking distances and he claimed that the
- weight of the vehicle didn't affect the distance(what he actually claimed is
- that the greater weight of a car would allow it to create larger braking
- forces thus canceling each other out). How does this apply to bikes?
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- If two brake systems(for the same bike) both have the power to lock the
- front wheel but one is better, what is it that makes it better/stop in a
- shorter distance? Isn't the front tyre(and suspension) the limiting factor??
-
- Is it the feel of the brake that allows you to use maximum pressure without
- locking the front? Is it the lead time of the pads from when you first pull on
- leaver to when they really start to grip? Is it because greater
- effort is needed at the leaver at higher speeds? How does the friction
- of the pad come into play, apart from needing more/less pressure on the leaver?
- I know about brake fade but that is more applicable to the race track, or is it?
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- What I am trying to ask here is: What can a aftermarket brake system
- (calipers,pads&discs) offer you apart from greater fade resistance? Do they
- truely offer reduced stopping distances? If so how?
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- Stamos <lmcstst@noah.ericsson.se> ZZR11 Ellas
- Ericsson, Cellular Design
- Montreal, Canada.
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