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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Rapide front brakes
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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 32523" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>Hi David.</p><p></p><p>After reading your post I had to view the video a couple of times to see what was happening with the front end. The part of the clip where the bike approaches the stop firstshows the front end after the brakes have already been applied. It is difficult to gauge fork action until the braking ends when the bike stops. When the bike stops, you can clearly see springs pop up and my upper body get thrown back. It looks to be quite a lot of fork action, difficult to say exactly how much.</p><p></p><p>It looks as though the springs compress about as much as they can then, as you say, the rest is done by the tire.</p><p>Glen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 32523, member: 2708"] Hi David. After reading your post I had to view the video a couple of times to see what was happening with the front end. The part of the clip where the bike approaches the stop firstshows the front end after the brakes have already been applied. It is difficult to gauge fork action until the braking ends when the bike stops. When the bike stops, you can clearly see springs pop up and my upper body get thrown back. It looks to be quite a lot of fork action, difficult to say exactly how much. It looks as though the springs compress about as much as they can then, as you say, the rest is done by the tire. Glen [/QUOTE]
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