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 I guess this shows how much you really use the rear brake on the track, eh? ****** thing looks fast standing still, doesn't it?
Women and cats will do as they please. Men and dogs should just get used to that fact and relax
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Um, anyone that knows anything about the function of brakes on a car OR bike knows that the front brake does at least 70% of the work. Probably more in racing.
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With the new slipper clutch/trans, there really isn't much need for one.
Boy that is a beautiful bike...
2002 Bandit 1200/ GSXR cams/ 1277 BB Kit/ Holeshot header and can/ 38mm flatslides/ a good head/lotsa hp/lotsa tq- lots of rear tires...
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That is beautiful but it's really a standard aprilia look, I had a friend when I lived in Italy that rode a bike that loked almost exactly like this one but it was a 125cc 2-stroke.
Let my dying thought be that every mile was fun and let my tombstone read,"They never made one fast enough for me."
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THAT
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BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Bedouin has one of those, or one just like it.
I dont care what anyone says. When it comes to making sexy looking bikes and cars, the Italians really know their stuff.
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Arsenalfan. AKA Mark Able
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Bedouin.
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why even have a rear brake?
for when youre at a red light on a incline, you could use the rear brake so you dont roll back...
Erwin
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I dont care what anyone says. When it comes to making sexy looking bikes and cars, the Italians really know their stuff.
Ahem...Mark. I do believe you may be leaving out a few other sexy looking exports that the Italians are somewhat famous for "making" TOO! 
http://us.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1091/0959_2133.jpg.html?seq=19
http://www.lovegoddess.info/Gina.htm
(and BTW...back when I was a kid riding my '66 BSA Lightning, I'd have braked for either one of these signorina)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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why even have a rear brake?
for when youre at a red light on a incline, you could use the rear brake so you dont roll back...
No kidding, isn't that what they're for?
if life gives you lemons keep them because hey,free lemons.
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With the new slipper clutch/trans, there really isn't much need for one.
Boy that is a beautiful bike...
OK, although I know this is a joke I'll play along. On gravel and in wet conditions using the front brake tends to make the front wheel suddenly flip up and throw you, and your bike, to the ground. With the weight transfer that takes place under hard braking too much application of the rear brake just causes the rear wheel to skid and slide out to the side so a larger brake on the rear would give you no benefit but could cause control problems.
There are times when application of only the rear brake are called for, these include:
Braking under slippery conditions.
Braking while under power, such as when making a tight slow speed turn.
Whenever operating at very slow speeds when, in conjunction with slipping the clutch, it allows the rider to maintain control at and below walking speed.
When stopped.
Novice riders could easily take the joking and banter in this thread to mean the rear brake is useless. While the rear brake is usually a minor factor in slowing a bike under normal operating conditions, the proper use of the rear brake is essential to safe riding.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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He||...... to drag this thread completely off topic..... but how can I not when there's a link that has lovegodess and Gina in it.... I was wondering what had been said about me...  Then I go on it and my web filter blocked it..... So I suspend that and find out... It's nothing to do with me.  Not that I'm not a love godess of course...
Gina
03 America - Pretty stock - except the TBS wheel... 
06 America - missing, presumed in bits. With it's TBS wheel... 
09 America - It's very blue....
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So, that's why the silly kids ride on just the front wheel when stopping, who woulda thunk?
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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The only reason I posted this was that I don't think I have ever seen a rear brake that was so out of proportion to the front brakes as it is on that Aprilia. As a result, Friar John thinks I'm an idiot and Ladisney thinks I'm a bad influence on newbies! 
Women and cats will do as they please. Men and dogs should just get used to that fact and relax
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The only reason I posted this was that I don't think I have ever seen a rear brake that was so out of proportion to the front brakes as it is on that Aprilia. As a result, Friar John thinks I'm an idiot and Ladisney thinks I'm a bad influence on newbies!
In THAT CASE...step right over HERE next to ME, Dude! 
Those two have thought(and often with good cause, I might add) the very same thing about Yours Truly for YEARS now TOO!!!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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The only reason I posted this was that I don't think I have ever seen a rear brake that was so out of proportion to the front brakes as it is on that Aprilia. As a result, Friar John thinks I'm an idiot and Ladisney thinks I'm a bad influence on newbies!
I really gotta learn to use more smilie faces when I'm insulting people...   
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You have to be joking.Correct?If not then someone quickly get round to his house and take his bike keys away for his own and the general publics safety and wellbeing. 
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We have to have a rear brake. It extends the life of the front brake pads.
Ride Safe,
Dennis
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Eeh! Brakes, Shmakes! All those suckers do is slow ya down!!!  (Boy! Now THERE'S an old one, HUH?!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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