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3 | 5.66% |
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41 | 77.36% |
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2 | 3.77% |
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7 | 13.21% |
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#41 |
Let go of my ears.
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Moto: '03 GSX-R600, '04 625SMC
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I only use 1 finger on the brakes. I use four fingers on the clutch. My brakes are set-up so that I can only use one finger, steel lines, DOT5.1, and HH pads. Even braking down on the front straight at Jennings I only need one. In an emergency situation I use two, but that's it.
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#42 |
Nowhere Man
Join Date: Nov 2008
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I grew up using 4 on the brake because you had to or the damn thing wouldn't stop. As brakes got better I started backing off. Now I use two most of the time. Track riding pretty much required it since I needed to blip the throttle between down shifts and brake at the same time and it just became natural. Sometimes in a panic or sudden braking situation 2 seems, for a millisecond, to not be enough, but it is.
I use 4 on the clutch. Always have and have ridden many bikes that required it. Always covered the clutch with at least two fingers when I raced 2-strokes, but not so much on4-strokes. 2-strokes have a nasty habit of seizing up just as you roll back into the throttle pulling out of the apex and spitting you off like a watermelon seed. Sometimes you can get the clutch in before the launch and mutter "shit" instead of "OH SHIT" in mid flight. ![]() |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Jeremy B. said the other day that Rossi's could be faster if he did not use his whole hand to brake. Said that he could get o the gas a split second faster if he used one or two fingers. |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: North Louisiana
Moto: A Twin
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2 on both. I have small hands and have my levers adjusted accordingly too. I also keep both covered all the time. Just a habit I've gotten into.
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#45 |
I give Squids a bad name
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Fly Over State
Moto: 1996 CBR600 F3 (AKA the Flying Turd)
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I use two fingers. I got that from my BMX past where I rode with two on the brake. That way I can brake and control the bike.
I know the MSF says to use 4 but that seems dangerous. I almost hit a deer and was on one wheel at 60mph hanging on by my remaining fingers. Plus I ride a 1996 CBR600 with ancient brake technology compared to today's bikes. Instead of worrying about accidently grabbing a full brake iwth 4 fingers. Practice Emergency Stops with two fingers. You'll get use to two fingers.
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#46 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Renton, WA
Moto: Ninja 650R
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Two brake, two clutch. That's what I've always done, and what I'll always do unless some bike forces me to change- call it Newton's Law of Motorcycles. Whatever's comfortable for you is right. It's the same as batting left or right, riding snowboard regular or goofy- as long as it's natural, that's all that matters.
![]() I've had a few occasions on the bike that I needed four fingers on the clutch. Stupid clutch disengage whatever the fuck switch won't work unless the lever is against the bar. Which doesn't work unless all my fingers are out of the way. Simple solution- DON"T STALL! ![]()
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Everett WA
Moto: VTR1000, SV650, FZR400, CRF150
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Even in a panic, only 2. I've never used 4. 2 on on the throttle leaves me the option of a quick gas to swerve if need be.
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#48 |
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Location: Central NY
Moto: 2003 SV650S
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depends... if it's cold out I use 2 cuz it hurts to move more. Otherwise I use 4.
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#49 |
Ride Like an Asshole
Join Date: Feb 2008
Moto: nothing...
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Two for the brake, three or four for the clutch. Just the way I've always done it.
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Tractor Driver
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Franklin, TN
Moto: Buell XB12X Ulysses
Posts: 1,007
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Evidently, Two:
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