yeahHow does the Beemer compare to the Venture? Were you cramped on that too?
mebbie it's time to try a Harley.
yeahHow does the Beemer compare to the Venture? Were you cramped on that too?
Damn..sorry..well if you sell the beemer and the venture..you might have enough for a downpayment on a Hardley..ha ha..just kidding...yeah
mebbie it's time to try a Harley.
Theres no reason to buy brand new..theres a glut of used bikes out there...The last time i counted on my local CL..just the 1st page... all bikes forsale..120 listings per page..70 were Hardleys...Damn..sorry..well if you sell the beemer and the venture..you might have enough for a downpayment on a Hardley..ha ha..just kidding...
Trivia; this bike has anti-dive AND split braking, hand is one front disk, foot is other and rear, no ABS. Was bitching about weak front brake on a Venture group then got schooled. Oops.
RnnnT!
RnnnT!
road couch for thenap! win.
Yeah, me too. The rear is just there when a panic stop turns into a panic stop.I'm a mostly front brake guy, have to get used to seriously using the foot.
If it stays prolly split the bakes up go back to conventional both front by hand rear by foot. I am adapting but it's not natural for me, I'm a mostly front brake guy, have to get used to seriously using the foot.
Haha! Thanks Gary, I feel much better now, knowing you’re not out there dodging deer on old hard cracked tires!I could hear Bob nagging on me from 2000 miles away..
I rode a Moto Guzzi for a little while. My right hand was connected to a strong Brembo single caliper. Consider there are a lot of big Harleys with only one brake up front. The brake pedal was connected to the other front brake and also the rear that was well proportioned. I adjusted to it quickly. The only place I found it very difficult was steep downgrades on gravel forest service roads. Other than that, maybe it wasn't such a bad idea.
I’ll tell ya, that motorcycle has more hydraulic lines on it than the space shuttle. I am a hydraulics specialist but I hope that I never have to get into that system.
I’ll bet that would make bleeding the brakes challenging. Gary’s Venture too...with the linked brakes, that’s a lot of air to get out of the system.
No ABS so that's simplifies things There is a bleed port up at the steering head 'sposed to make linked brake bleeding easy. Found 2 long enough to do the front braided lines in the bins. But think I will give this linked system a good try out first.I’ll bet that would make bleeding the brakes challenging. Gary’s Venture too...with the linked brakes, that’s a lot of air to get out of the system.