You have to do an emergency stop at 70mph in the dry, in a straight line, on a 1000cc sports bike? (Aprilia RSV)
(I am asking, as I am not 100% convinced that what happened to me was normal)
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11-08-14, 08:45 AM
You have to do an emergency stop at 70mph in the dry, in a straight line, on a 1000cc sports bike? (Aprilia RSV)
(I am asking, as I am not 100% convinced that what happened to me was normal)
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A - Stop quickly
B - Lock it up but recover it and stop quickly
C - Lock it up, don't recover it and enjoy the tarmac up close
D - Don't stop in time and plough in to whatever you were trying to not hit
It's one of the above
None of your guesses Chris
Well as you seem too coherent to be in Hospital smacked out on morphine it definitely isn't frame snapped in half and spat you down the road so my last guess is going to be it sprouted wings, morphed in to a Lear jet and flew over the hazard...... well known Aprillia design feature
I'll give you a clue, what are super bikes renowned for having rubbish ____ _____?
Beyond rubbish comfort not a lot I'd expect your Aprillia to have pretty awesome brakes.
*edit* quick google tells me people have issues with the back brake on the RSV. Sounds similar to the problem on the front on my kwack which can be sorted by removing the caliper and bleeding it while someone holds it at an angle that actually gets all the air out.
Fine, answer is - 4 stoppies, in a row, maybe got about 3ft of air on the third one.
Bled the rear brakes, twice, changed original to the ducati 748 rear brake master cylinder, next stop is taking the rear caliper off, changing rear pads and giving the caliper a good service to see if that makes a difference.............
So yeah, new pants please!!
So it was at least a very cool looking e-stop!
Try my suggestion above if air is remaining even after bleeding. My ZZR was awful for it brakes would go to sponge hours after being bled but bleeding with calliper off and the Mrs holding it with bleed nipple up high and agitating it a bit sorted the problem.
It's what I would expect on anything with forward weight bias, decent front brakes and grippy rubber - have experienced it on my less than super GSXR750 and MT03. In real emergency stop mode the rear brake is pretty much useless after the initial dab as it will usually just lock, not talking about linked brakes here of course.
What were you expecting to happen?
You can mess around with the rear brake all you want it won't stop the rear wheel lifting under heavy braking.
If you feel you exercised good brake control but it still grabbed too hard, you really need to look at the front brake.
Aprilias are well known for sticking callipers.
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