Re: [ST] Riding Styles and Consumption of consumables

["Mike Benzon" <fast87@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken, you struck a cord with me about braking. Sometimes I too like to take
it deep into a corner and trail the front braking into the corner just like
I did racing. It is a wonderful feeling knowing you left nothing on the
table entering a corner. However, I don't do this on the street, just track
days. To me there is no greater feeling than the feed back of the tires when
you have used ever bit of their grip. I am too late in the game and too old
to pursue the feeling of a little slip and rotation of the bike in "corner
entry", but I dream about it once in a while.
Riding on the street, I exclusively employ the "Pace" technique, and rarely
use my brakes setting up for a turn. That still leaves the opportunity a
good lean angle and some corner grip.

Mike Benzon
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Mitchell" <kp.mitchell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 8:48 PM
Subject: RE: [ST] Riding Styles and Consumption of consumables


> One thing to note is that I ride a Sprint RS, as opposed to an ST. If
> there's one thing that is truly different between the two models, it's the
> rear brake, swingarm, and other associated bits like the exhaust and
center
> stand.
>
> The single-sided swingarm bikes of Triumph are well known for coming from
> the factory with wooden rear brakes. ;) In general terms, they suck. OTOH,
> the rear brake of the RS (mine at least) is very good easy to modulate,
> rarely do I lock it up without doing so purposely. (And I don't do that
but
> once every 2 years when I re-take the MSF-ERC.)
>
> I *DO* use my rear brake on the street. Mainly for slow speed stuff like
> U-turns, but I also apply it when I have some weight on the rear (like my
> son), or when I need to brush off just a wee bit more speed on a corner
> entry. Why the pads have gone 42,000 miles is a mystery to me.
>
> I use the fronts more aggressively. I am one of those that like to wait a
> bit before braking. Not a stoppie kind of guy, but I do love hauling the
> bike down from speed inducing some negative G's. I do ride fairly hard,
but
> still sane. I would gage my front pad life to be an average of 24,000 mile
> intervals. Pretty good pads, I'd say.
>
> Ken M.
> '00 RS
> Spencer MA USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: peter.chittum@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ST] Riding Styles and Consumption of consumables
>
> It strikes me how much difference in wear and component life each persons
> riding style creates.
>
> Ken below states that he has 42k on his original rear pads. My OEM rear
> brake pads died around 16,000 miles. I changed them at 17,000, and came
> within a couple of molecules of needing a new rear rotor.
>
> OTOH at 20k (now), I've still got lots and lots of wear left on the
fronts.
>
> In doing some talking around, I heard that a lot of mfr's will put softer
> material on the rear brake pads, since there is typically less braking
force
> exerted on the rear wheel. Can anyone confirm?
>
>
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