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Motorcycle Forum / General / Sportbikes / August 2006HOW MANY FEET SHOULD I BE ABLE TO STOP FROM 60 MPH ON A
500 POUND BIKE, I WEIGH 250. Just a guess? I am going to practive my straight line stopping. > 500 POUND BIKE, I WEIGH 250. > Just a guess? I am going to practive my straight line stopping. http://www.msgroup.org/forums/mtt/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=219 Mack > 500 POUND BIKE, I WEIGH 250. > Just a guess? I am going to practive my straight line stopping. Well, it all depends. Do you always stop with caps key on? Bryan >> 500 POUND BIKE, I WEIGH 250. >> Just a guess? I am going to practive my straight line stopping. > > Well, it all depends. Do you always stop with caps key on? > > Bryan you are so helpful Bryan....don't know how this group *ever* survived before you stumbled in here... >>> 500 POUND BIKE, I WEIGH 250. >>> Just a guess? I am going to practive my straight line stopping. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > you are so helpful Bryan....don't know how this group *ever* survived > before you stumbled in here... And here is a perfect example of the "Pot calling the Kettle Black". Do any riding lately, Joey? Bryan >500 POUND BIKE, I WEIGH 250. >Just a guess? I am going to practive my straight line stopping. Depends on your reaction time, awareness and the bike + tires and traction conditions. Playing it safe in good weather, say 150 feet or "about" 2 seconds or ~9 car lengths on the freeway at 60MPH. Since most freeway traffic is > than 60 these days or at least around here (PHX), so push those number out to say 175 feet and 2.5 seconds which is still really pushing it but nothing happens instantaneously. IOW, an accident in front of you happens fast but not instantly. Now!!! Nobody seems to follow these guideless else there would be no accidents. Two car lengths and I start pumping my brakes light for the guy behind to back up to say 4-5 car lengths which still is too close. Cage designers have given their buyers the impression that they are invincible behind the wheels or their multi air bag rolling land barges. BTW, the only thing that stops faster than a "well ridden" modern sport bike is a modern sports car with VERY expensive tires. But again all cars now have ABS, which only adds to that feeling or invincibility. ABS helps stopping distances for soccer moms but it's no panacea Bob Nixon, Chandler AZ 01 Sprint ST "RED" 54K miles http://bigrex.net/pictures > >500 POUND BIKE, I WEIGH 250. > >Just a guess? I am going to practive my straight line stopping. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > 01 Sprint ST "RED" 54K miles > http://bigrex.net/pictures ABS increases stopping distance > ABS increases stopping distance That depends on the driver and the road surface. I just did 1660 miles last week and did a few panic stops-wow, my Triumph Speedmaster will just about throw me over the handlebars- yes they stop fast and you need to practice a couple times a week. > >500 POUND BIKE, I WEIGH 250. > >Just a guess? I am going to practive my straight line stopping. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > 01 Sprint ST "RED" 54K miles > http://bigrex.net/pictures >I just did 1660 miles last week and did a few panic stops-wow, my > Triumph Speedmaster will just about throw me over the handlebars- yes [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> 01 Sprint ST "RED" 54K miles >> http://bigrex.net/pictures Have a look at www.helperformance.uk for a very good explanation of stopping times/distances from various speeds. Also has a nice little tester of your potential reaction times....although no one can be really stupid enough to correlate mouse-click speeds with starting the braking process...but still an interesting indicator of just how far you can travel before even starting to apply the anchors. Mutton 05 Fireblade, the Black One >>I just did 1660 miles last week and did a few panic stops-wow, my >> Triumph Speedmaster will just about throw me over the handlebars- yes [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > Mutton > 05 Fireblade, the Black One Sorry chaps...please revise that last url to read http://www.h-e-l.co.uk/  SignatureMutton 05 Fireblade, the Black One South Africa >I just did 1660 miles last week and did a few panic stops-wow, my > Triumph Speedmaster will just about throw me over the handlebars- yes > they stop fast and you need to practice a couple times a week. Are you serious? You are actually afraid of being "thrown over the handlebars"? > 500 POUND BIKE, I WEIGH 250. > Just a guess? I am going to practive my straight line stopping. If you aim for a bridge abutment, I'd say about .01 feet. - Kurt I tried it out and it was .001 feet. > > 500 POUND BIKE, I WEIGH 250. > > Just a guess? I am going to practive my straight line stopping. > > If you aim for a bridge abutment, I'd say about .01 feet. > > - Kurt > 500 POUND BIKE, I WEIGH 250. > Just a guess? I am going to practive my straight line stopping. a full 1G stop from 60MPH will take 120 feet. Plus reaction time Few bikes can pull 1G stopping - longer sport tourers and cruisers have it easier - they are less prone to stand on their front wheel. Also, what kind of tires? The stickier the better. I assume you'll be wearing full gear when you do this... Will Kansas http://kshsta.mylanders.com/ > I assume you'll be wearing full gear when you do this... Nah, he will be wearing a thong and a bathing cap. Some people... SignatureTweak |
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