08-08-2016, 12:09 AM
(08-07-2016, 10:37 PM)Rocky_imp Wrote: Maybe it's just me or my riding style, but I think the rear brake works very well.I have no way to size any of this up. I would not say the Ferret doesn't know how to use the rear brake, so I think on his particular machine there was some kind of issue.
I haven't been involved in a panic stop yet so I may have to reserve further comment.
For several months I thought I had linked brakes because the brochure said so. Later, due to a thread started by ferret, we both discovered that our brakes aren't linked.
Up until then I was using the brake pedal most of the time in city traffic and had no problem at all. Unknown to me I was only using the rear brake, but once I knew the truth I use the front brake like I do on all my bikes.
Otherwise I am with Rocky all the way.
I practice emergency stops (when we practice them, they aren't "panic" stops) and have had the rear break loose and have had it off the ground a bit a couple of times. The brakes on my bike are outstanding; one finger usually suffices, along with a moderate touch on the pedal.
My GSX-R 750 (with s/s lines and Galfer HH pads) and 2015 ZX-10R have extremely good brakes but the CB1100, for what it is, has a great set of binders. Well-matched to the bike and the kind of rubber it's expected to wear.