Downshifting during emergency stop

Dunno if it's frowned upon or not, but I do block downshifts all the
time. But my bike fits 6 gears between 0 and 70mph, so I feel it is kind
of necessary to do block gearchanges if I'm doing any more than gliding
idly to a standstill.

 

The essence is to be in the correct gear for whatever speed/intention that
you have. Which, as others have already said, allows you the option to
accelerate should the situation change and you have to replan your
intentions. So, unless you have unlimited power available, in , say top gear
then changing down sequentially or block (where possible) is advisable.

YMMV

 

The newer BMWs with EVO brakes have SFA braking with the engine off. Too
clever by half.

 

platypus emerged from their own little world to say

Intermittently, some have SFA brakes with the engine ON, whilst hurtling
towards a STOP sign.

I prefer fuckwitted.

 

The R80RT never caused me too much anxiety. Although I am used to
white-knuckle braking on a daily basis.

"Shake the hand that braked a Z200 from 30 to a stop in under a quarter
mile..."

 

Interesting. I was told I'd fail if I stalled (same with the car) cos it
shows you're not in proper control and you can't get out of the way of the
idiot that's piling up behind you.


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During a test I feel I shouldn't stall the bike during an emergency
stop. In Real Life I don't think it matters that much. I've never
stalled it during an emergency stop IRL or on a test.

 

You've got that all arse about face, I reckon. Only on bikes with
Power-Assisted braking would the fact of the engine turning make any
diference to the braking, as it would with cars. But in any event, if
you didn't pull the clutch in the engine would still be turning until
you'd reached a complete stop, so the servo would also be active.

Whoever told you that was talking out of their backside. Of course, if
you can keep the motor running then all the better, but _no_way_ would
you fail, or even be marked down on, a test for failing to do so.

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And that, children, is why a sensible rider should ride with the balls
of the feet on the pegs - especially halfway round a corner when there
will be no need to use any foot controls providing the rider is even
slightly competent.

Additionally, should the angle of lean be such (and there's no earthly
reason why it should not) that the peg may graze the tarmac, the
errant toe will not be dragged (or even pulled off the peg) - or in
extreme circumstances be trapped under a foot control or rammed up
beneath the gearshift, causing an inadvertent upshift. One never
knows when the angle of lean will have to be increased, should a
corner tighten or an obstruction appear and it therefore behoves the
competent rider to be prepared for such eventualities before they
occur. Dib dib dib.

Apart from anything else, with the balls of the feet on the pegs it
obviates the rider looking like a right wombat from behind, plates of
meat dangling out at 45 degrees. This particularly applies to the
larger rider who is equipped, unsurprisingly, with oversized feet.

 

Aye, so it does. These days I put the balls of my feet on the pegs, plus
I'm less twitchy now I don't work in IT any more.

 

Pip wrote:

<waves>

I'm learning. Honest guv
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It is, of course, entirely possible, nay probable, that they were talking as
you suggest.

TBH should I get into an emergency stop scenario I'm really not going to GAF
if I stall it........
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Just out of interest, how many emergencies have you had in your riding
career? It seems like a worryingly high number........
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The element of fun increases when you have a pillion who simply hasn't
taken on board what you told them at the outset, and consequently has
their feet so far forward that you can't get your own foot far enough
back.

They seem to get the hang of it after the third set of increasingly
hard kicking though.

 

Aye. Bang everything on as hard as poss, as early as poss. Get the
plot to a halt and if it stalls and you're about to become strawberry
jam, jump and run for it.

 

<waves back>

I had to learn to do this when I started riding the RF, which has the
most godawful riding position in the world - pegs too low and too far
forward, for a start. Then I found with feetses on pegses that I was
better balanced, could move around much more easily (and I'm no
monkey) and that peg-weighting could be played with. Not only that,
but it became instinctive to lock heels up and into heel plates and
knees into tank - and very simple to move feet to controls and back
again without thinking about it.

That made me at least 10% quicker everywhere.

 

Bruised but educated dipshits - result.

 

It depends if it's hot and sunny and if I'm paying more attention to
the talent on show than the road. I remember coming scarily close to
mating with the rear of some horrid caravan twice in five minutes, the
second time around thinking "I don't think I can stop in time, I'll
just get off as much speed as possible" while looking for the softest
part of the rear to become intimate with through Dymchurch.

The number of 'oops' moments far outweigh the proper BUGGER IT
moments.

 

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.motorcycles/msg/a49caf0761300b8
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I just don't like looking like a wombat [1] like I did in the last photo
that Essex Police took of me

[1] Albeit a black clad, stylish wombat.....

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