Running no front brake is it safe?

[ProSimex]

Nope, he THINKS he rides pretty hard and has just been lucky so far

no he rides pretty hard man, maby not sportbike hard, but for a raked out rigid ironhead he moves. As far as being lucky then I agree with you. I seriously worry about him.

 

[mydlyfkryzis]

He's not stopping hard though




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[crazypj]

There really isn't much difference between a well sorted out drum brake and a mediocre disc on initial stopping.
The real problems happen when drum heats up and you don't have enough lever travel, or, the linings overheat (or both)
As for 'lifting the back wheel' almost any bike will do it if you try
It's also real easy with a distorted disc or drum, or 4x4 through the spokes ;D

 

[Walms]

The stock disk brake on my triple sucked, so it's not like I'm advocating for every disk setup... I did all the experimentation with different friction materials but it was a lost cause, now 80% of my riding is 2 finger operation.
It's probably safe to say both drum and disc can be made to work well and the best advise so far was to take your bike out and test some panic stops.
Know your bike's limits, it might save you ass one day!

 

[ProSimex]

amen to that!

 

[VonYinzer]

Yup

 

[crazypj]

You can still be surprised by a bike you think you know.
I didn't know it was possible for a 1995 Katana 600 to do 100mph plus 'stoppies' until I did it (wasn't trying to, I was just trying to avoid hitting bike in front of me)
Tyre never 'let go' and I did slow down enough but I didn't think I had 'enough brake' until then

 

[Walms]

You know you have good brakes when it's just as much of a buzz hitting the binders as it is doing a power wheelie.

 

[hillsy]

As for 'lifting the back wheel' almost any bike will do it if you try

A friend of mine did an unintentional emergency stoppie on his single disc Heritage Softail a while back.


Scared the shit out of him...

 

[crazypj]

I would like to see a picture of that ;D