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Rear Brake Lockups....

AAAltered468

AAAltered468

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I have noticed on at least two occasions, most recently today in a quick, but certainly not panic stop that my rear brake *seems* to lock up fairly easily.

Anyone else notice this, or is it I am too used to my vintage bikes that all have drums....

Ed in NJ
 
Indeed! The rear brake on the Breva is too powerful without ABS and is very easily locked. These measures can help:

Adjust the eccentric on the brake pedal to put the foot at 7.30 O-clock. That will give minimum leverage.

Learn to always apply the front brakes first when stopping or slowing. That will ensure that you apply them first in an emergency when applying the rear at the same time will likely cause it to lock. That's because you would tend to apply the same pressure to both.

Learn to apply the rear brake very gently when slowing while cornering.

Graham
 
As I've had a few Honda's with linked braking, I tend to use the back brake all the time for nornal stops at lights etc. The Front brake is always covered as well.
Using the back brake for light stops and more importantly during filtering, slows the bike without upsetting the steering due to the front diving.
Try it, pull up at the next syop light you see using just back brake, the left foot touching down as you stop. No wobbly stop, no side to side paddling, nice.
the only down side is at the 6k service I needed new back pads, but at least it's only one set.

Going back to the original question, yes , if your used to drum brakes your probably putting around 500% too much brake, :lol:
 
GrahamNZ wrote:
Indeed! The rear brake on the Breva is too powerful without ABS and is very easily locked. These measures can help:

Adjust the eccentric on the brake pedal to put the foot at 7.30 O-clock. That will give minimum leverage.

Learn to always apply the front brakes first when stopping or slowing. That will ensure that you apply them first in an emergency when applying the rear at the same time will likely cause it to lock. That's because you would tend to apply the same pressure to both.

Learn to apply the rear brake very gently when slowing while cornering.

Graham
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This is very important!
Also do learn to use the front brake in a very effective way - before you need it!
Look high, and beyond the obstacle, relaxed arms so you're able to steer, and use your knees to relieve the body-pressure forwards.
Rear brake is good only for light speed-regulation and to stabilize the bike at hard braking.
The rear brake might be more effective on a heavy"cruiser". But a Guzzi happily isn't that kind of thing.
 
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