Re: [ST] for Benjamin F. - Re: Counter Rotating Brakes

[Ken Nisula <knisula@xxxxxxxxx>]

Do you think it is safe to have a bike on the street
that will change direction with minimal force?  The
track is one thing, but how often do you negotiate a
100 plus mph switchbacks on the street?  Then when you
are just running down the highway, some slight
pressure and your in another lane.  Doesn't seem
applicable to a Sport "Touring" bike.
Ken

--- Matthew Heyer <matthewheyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We are now missing the point - these
> counter-rotating brakes have nothing to do with
> increased stopping power.  They are dealing with the
> issue of force needed to turn a bike at high speeds.
>  
>  
> Matt Heyer
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Nathan Maher <nate@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 1:28:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [ST] for Benjamin F. - Re: Counter
> Rotating Brakes
> 
> 
> donnydogood wrote:
> > Had to chuckle when I read that,... it's the same
> exact question I asked my local dealer in 1969 when
> he was trying to talk me into trading-in my beloved
> '61 BSA Super Rocket for a new Honda CB 750 with
> disk brakes
> > 
> >                                                   
>    dowgydoodoo        - - - - o&\o
> 
> The small difference is that I've never seen a drum
> brake do a stoppie. 
> The day that F1/Indy/whateverreallyfastthing starts
> using counter 
> rotating brakes is the day I'll let them on my
> motorcycle.  I'm not 
> saying that what we've got is the best they'll ever
> be but at some point 
> the tires become the limiting factor in braking
> power, not the brakes.
> 
> 00SprintRS "ABS Free, and happy to be that way."
> Nate
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