Emergency braking

cbcanada

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Always been curious to ask

Whats the fastest speed you have emergency braked from. Just curious? I only been riding one year and one time i emergency braked and went flying over the top of the bike :)

Thank GOD no serious injuries

that was last year and i lost my confidence for a while after that and was riding real worried the next few days

I wasnt going that fast maybe 50-60 but i panicked and slammed on brakes instead of squeezing.
 
I locked 'em up doing 120 on the 400 with my 96, 1200 Virago. It happened so fast, but I think I went 60% front 40% rear, could have been more on the front, but like aI say it happened so fast, good old Virago did me good that day, it was dry roads too.
 
We should make riders training mandatory in this Country.


Emergency braking in a control environment vs uncontrolled is different. Not saying that the riders training wouldn't help but im just saying a few emergency braking procedures wont help that much, it has to be practiced constantly.

But i do agree on making riders training mandatory though.

And to answer the OP, had to do an emergency braking on the highway going 120km/h, car cut me off. Didn't come to a full stop though, slowed down to about 60km/h.

I only been riding one year and one time i emergency braked and went flying over the top of the bike

Grip the tank with your knees.
 
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We should make riders training mandatory in this Country.

Naw thats why bikes have abs now...electronic aids mean theres no need for training.
 
I've had to get slowed up for an unexpected corner from a hustle, just be smooth and you should be fine. There's no magic speed number to be concerned with, just the faster you're going the longer it's going to take to get stopped obviously.
 
We should make riders training mandatory in this Country.


AGREE 1000%!

The emergency braking techniques I learned saved my *** once when a car u-turned in front of me. I was going 80, put faith on the technique, and stopped mere feet in front of the dude. I swear our eyes locked for what felt like forever.

For those who didn't take the course:

1. Down shift
2. Apply smooth but firm breaks
(repeat from step 1 as needed)
 
60 km/h - locked front wheel, rear wheel in the air, hit the car in the process of tucking the front end.

Practice helps, but when there is a car across your path (this one turned left in front - no signal and no warning at all) and you know you're going to hit the car, it's a whole different ball game from practicing with a cone. You WILL grab too much brake, this is why I am in favor of ABS on a street bike (even though I don't have one with it).

The best panic-stop or panic-swerve is the one you don't have to do. It is extremely rare that I ever have to do a panic-stop like this. I had to do an emergency swerve into the opposing lane this past summer when a car stopped at the stop sign then started to move before I got to the intersection. Braking would have been the wrong thing to do, there's no way there was enough time to stop. But still, in 20+ years and several hundred thousand kilometers, there have been only a few (probably ~5) actual emergency-stop or emergency-swerve situations.

If there is traffic around, the best thing is to position yourself to minimize the need for doing an emergency move ... avoid being beside or in the blind spot of other vehicles in traffic, beware the last-minute dive for an exit ramp by other vehicles (avoid being in the lane that splits, and don't be beside other vehicles), time your arrival at intersections so that whenever possible, you are using another vehicle for cover (if there is multi-lane traffic with a left-turner in the opposing direction) or at stop signs, watch for cross traffic coming to the intersection before you even get there, and slow down or adjust your timing to arrive at a different time ... In last summer's emergency-swerve, I had actually done just that, slowing down slightly to avoid getting to the intersection at the same time as the other vehicle in case they ran the stop sign - but they did stop, they just didn't bother looking before starting again.
 
Just to follow up with my OP

i did training but like some one mentioned training and real life is different.... And this happened in my first week of riding. If i didnt love riding so much i would have gotten scared off.

Not sure if guys that have been riding long time remember but your first week on the road you re kinda like a fish out of water even with training.

Anycase i did spend a lot of side street and parking lot time practicing my braking after that happened. And i will keep on doing more
 
For those who didn't take the course:

1. Down shift
2. Apply smooth but firm breaks
(repeat from step 1 as needed)

Shouldn't the down-shifting follow the braking?

I was taught to smoothly apply both breaks while firmly gripping the bike. Once at a complete stop, check behind you while simultaneously "stomping down" the gears to first.
 
Shouldn't the down-shifting follow the braking?

I was taught to smoothly apply both breaks while firmly gripping the bike. Once at a complete stop, check behind you while simultaneously "stomping down" the gears to first.

Next time you're in your car, without pushing the brakes, take the gear shifter from D to 3...
You'll have better understanding of the concept then.
I would personally downshift and use both brakes simultaneously for maximum braking power.
 
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