[jays3]

Another technique i was naturally already used to is what i believe is called the brake trailing?

This technique is not highly recommended for the streets and i caught myself a few times doing so only because i use it all the time when i drive. I try not to use this at least not right now since i consider myself still fairly new.

For those who dont know what brake trailing is its using the front and rear brakes during the enter to roughly anywhere before the apex of the turn. What this does is shift the weight to the front thus tightening the suspension for better cornering. Slowly releasing pressure on the front brakes as the apex of the turn nears and readies (weight shift) the rear suspension for accelerating out of the turn.

Again this is not recommended for the streets but perfect for the track. The reason being is if your brake trailing at the initial turn and have to make an emergency stop, your initial reaction is to apply more pressure on the brakes. Since the front brakes are already applied you may end up applying too much pressure and cause the fronts to lock up during a lean. Im sure you know what happens after that.

I know its common sense but not everyone knows this so if your someone that may be doing this but was not aware of the danger then i hope i made you realize the hazard.

As a mechanic/technician for about 10 years (6 years honda dealer ship and current) i still can’t believe the lack of common sense some people have. For example a customer says their radio no longer works. Turns out their son used the car previously and turn the radio off. The fix? I pressed the on button on the radio. Btw i was the bad guy according to the customer because i made him look like an idiot.

[jays3]

I bought a 2013 cbr500r as my first bike back in may but couldnt ride it till i passed the mandatory course where i live here in canada. Passed the course back in mid june and inly been riding for a few months but ive been riding as much as possible. Shit even rode in severe rain for a few minutes and it wasn’t as bad as i thought.

Anyway my initial buy was the cbr250r and was looking at videos online and thats how i stumbled onto your videos. I then found out about the new cbr500r which was pretty much twice the bike and still considered a beginner/starter bike. The bike cost roughly $2,000 more than the cbr250 and insurance here (although rediculous) was pretty much the same for bikes having 0-500cc. 501-1000cc is roughly $2,600-$3,000 a year or per riding season

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