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<blockquote data-quote="DaveKamp" data-source="post: 190473" data-attributes="member: 5122"><p>Oh, and some other comments:</p><p></p><p>While the 'integrated braking' works nicely on concrete and asphalt... I don't like it one bit on gravel.</p><p></p><p>See, I gotta drive a mile on gravel every morning and night, and they just added a mess'a gravel to my road. I'm very used to using front brakes... my CX500D has a GL1000 front end with dual brakes and a master cylinder from a CB900 (I think... it's been a long time). Not uncommon for me to stop it totally on front brake, and have an inch of daylight beneath the rear tire... so I'm not the rider who lives, and crashes, by only the rear brake.</p><p></p><p>In this case, though, when I'm slowing to turn on the gravel road, using the rear brake causes the front caliper to demand traction from the front tire, which on gravel, means no steering.</p><p></p><p>SO... if anyone here has done a brake de-integration conversion, please let me know. I don't need integrated braking to keep me safe, and I'm equipped with anti-lock braking, traction control, and dynamic stability control by virtue of the grey stuff located midway between my earlobes... having some machine try to 'do it for me', is inherently dangerous...</p><p></p><p> :music2:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaveKamp, post: 190473, member: 5122"] Oh, and some other comments: While the 'integrated braking' works nicely on concrete and asphalt... I don't like it one bit on gravel. See, I gotta drive a mile on gravel every morning and night, and they just added a mess'a gravel to my road. I'm very used to using front brakes... my CX500D has a GL1000 front end with dual brakes and a master cylinder from a CB900 (I think... it's been a long time). Not uncommon for me to stop it totally on front brake, and have an inch of daylight beneath the rear tire... so I'm not the rider who lives, and crashes, by only the rear brake. In this case, though, when I'm slowing to turn on the gravel road, using the rear brake causes the front caliper to demand traction from the front tire, which on gravel, means no steering. SO... if anyone here has done a brake de-integration conversion, please let me know. I don't need integrated braking to keep me safe, and I'm equipped with anti-lock braking, traction control, and dynamic stability control by virtue of the grey stuff located midway between my earlobes... having some machine try to 'do it for me', is inherently dangerous... :music2: [/QUOTE]
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