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- From: joe@rider.cactus.org (Joe Senner)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: ZX-11 front brake.
- Message-ID: <933@rider.UUCP>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 04:59:24 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.094551.38@iris-dcp.es> <1992Nov17.175623.28861@megatek.com> <1992Nov18.092422.45@rediris.es> <37482@zx11.cactus.org>
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- cantrell@seqp4.sequoia.com (Paul Cantrell) writes:
- ]Randy sounds pretty surprised, and although I have a ZX-10 instead of an -11,
- ]I'm also a little surprised. I would think that our brakes are pretty similar,
- ]and the front brake on my -10 is very capable. It has enough braking power to
- ]lock the front wheel without incredible effort, but enough feel so I can avoid
- ]locking. No squishiness at all.
- ]Can you be more specific about what needs to be improved? In what way was the
- ]CBR900RR superior? Are you sure you're talking brakes, not tires?
-
- if the 900RR's brakes are even close to what the goof2's brakes are like
- then yes, the 900RR's brakes are FAR superior. compared to the ZX-11 the goof2
- has much more stopping power, better feedback to the lever, and this is for
- both front and (especially) the rear. the weight difference no doubt accounts
- for the stopping power difference, but the feel of the brakes at the levers
- on the honda can't be matched by the kawasaki. pressure changes at the lever
- on the honda result in much more positive/precise changes at the calipers.
-
- many times when grabbing a handful of brake on the wife's goof2 I said
- to myself, "geez, I wish my ZX-11 had brakes like this".
-
- (and yes randy, this applies to the stock pads and not the EBC's).
-
- --
- Joe Senner joe@rider.cactus.org
-
- 'When I asked Unix to make the witches burn I got:
- mcad.dunham-frodo[ 10 ]%make witches\ burn
- Make: Don't know how to make witches burn. Stop.
- Ergo, it must be the wizards.' -- Jerry Dunham
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