Official Car Thread :: Vol 2 :: Now with More Bikes!

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Nice pic.

I love how he didn't use the attachment feature.

The paint is so bright that the board couldn't handle it.

My wheels...

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/att...4&d=1333250158

It's an '04 Saab 9-3 ARC. That's from back when I first got it. It's a crappy picture because the car's covered in snow, but it's all I've got.

The engine's only a 4 banger, but it's a peppy turbocharged 2.0 liter. That, in combination with my BFGoodrich g-Force Sport tires, makes for a fun ride. :cool:

I like Saabs. Sucks they went kaput

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Originally Posted by MarkRyan

The rear tends to lock up pretty easily in the wet or under hard stops. Fortunately, the rear locking isn't nearly as catastrophic as locking the front.

When you brake, the weight balance of the bike (and you) moves toward the front tire--that's why the front of the bike "dives" lower than the rear. This shift in weight balance takes weight off the rear tire which in turn makes it easier for the rear tire to lock up. Without weight on the rear tire, it doesn't have much traction. Consider that the ultimate effect of weight balance moving forward is that the rear tire comes off the ground (a stoppie), in which case you'd have zero traction and the tire would "lock up" with any application of the brake. That's the extreme, but any weight balance shift leading up to that is another degree in that direction.

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Do you know if bikes have some kind of metering valves like cars do to prevent the front brakes from engaging before the rear drum brakes? I know very little about bikes and am curious.

Some bikes have linked brakes, where rear brake inputs (through the foot pedal) are applied to both the rear and front brakes. On most bikes, though, the front brakes are activated by the right lever on the handlebars, and the rear brake is modulated with the right foot pedal. They are not linked because conditions determine the braking limits of the front and rear tires.

I don't use my rear brake very much.

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Originally Posted by Bojack

Do you know if bikes have some kind of metering valves like cars do to prevent the front brakes from engaging before the rear drum brakes? I know very little about bikes and am curious.

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Brakes on most bikes, including mine, are very simple. There is nothing connection them, no electronics whatsoever--just hydraulicly operated calipers through a handlebar lever and a foot lever.

Increasingly though, new bikes are coming with more advanced braking. Linked braking does what Tones described, applies some of both brakes when jut one lever is used. I'm not sure if it's just a mechanical connection or some electronic shit, but my guess is mechanical. Bikes with ABS typically have some linked braking, though in sportier bikes it's either minimal or not linked at all.

Subaru Forester. Brand new. It's so much fun!!!

Did you opt for the sti/xt (whatever they call it in the forester) version?