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The first thing we have to think when riding pillion is the kind of ride we’ll do. It’s not the same moving through the city than a medium or long distance. And as in everything in life, judgement and common sense. We start by the clothing. As we explained in another post, it must be […]
It’s summer! The best time of the year to ride a motorbike. What a happy face you put when you go next to infinite traffic jams heading to the beach and you are so fresh and with no retentions. With the air in front of you and your best beach look, wearing flipflops and shorts […]
In the northern hemisphere, we’re about to start the summer season, something that usually raises the motorbike trips. But we have to prepare to face these hot months having special care with some elements that compose our vehicle. Here we can divide the focus into two variants: how we prepare our motorbike for the daily […]
If our brake discs are dirty, intoxicated in the argot, by lubricants or grease, it’s evident that we have a serious problem. The formed film will make that the effectiveness of the pads pressing the disc is almost void due to the lack of cleaning. We have to give special attention when putting certain spray […]
Everything related to contribute to our safety is always welcome. Some years ago, the contribution of the CBS or combined braking system was a big step forward. Now, the double combination of CBS plus ABS is another step won in pro of the safety of motorbike riders. Obviously, any system is infallible if some external […]
Is it possible to improve the braking of a motorbike? The answer is yes. There are a lot of fans of the two wheels that don’t settle with the motorbike as it comes, they need to make some improvements for its features to be higher than the original ones. Their kind of riding is more […]
It may seem an insignificant thing, but many times anyone has explained to you how a brake disc works. This detail can help you understand why your motorbike brakes and why it’ll never do it as you want. Let’s start explaining the parts integrating a braking system: Brake handles and/or pedal, it is the piece that, […]
Those who live in cities and whose daily life is a continuous jam know full well that if it is also raining, the chaos can be enormous. You have the motorbike to escape all that, but raining and riding a motorbike can be the perfect equation to have a bad day. Due to that, it’s […]
We constantly analyse all the elements intervening in the braking of our motorbike and usually the pads and the discs are the ones that get our attention. In this case we’ll talk about the microfissures that can appear in the brake disc. Before addressing the subject we want to reassure that the complete braking system […]
We constantly hear about the floatiNG Brakes for motorbikes but not everyone really knows why this naming and its mission. We are so used to see normal discs, those with one piece directly fixed, but since some years ago we see in the market some discs that are more eye-catching and have a fixed central […]
We don’t have the perfect guide to avoid a sudden or dangerous brake but with some advice we’ll comment it’s possible to brake safely in most cases. First of all, experience is a rank, and never better said. As we face more kilometers and situations we’ll begin to foresee actions that can avoid us some […]
Even though you search and research on the Internet, there’ll be a lot of entries talking about when to change the brake discs of a moto or quad, but any of these articles will explain to you precisely what we, the manufacturers, indicate. Usually, the users give special importance to the “scratched” effect of the […]