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    Originally used for braking both the front and rear wheels, drum brakes have largely been superseded by disc brakes or are used for rear-braking only.: 17  The...
    18 KB (1,889 words) - 11:53, 18 March 2024
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    1988). Antilock Brakes At Last. Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 2013-04-18. Brown, Stuart F. (May 1987). Anti-lock Brakes for Motorcycles. Popular Science...
    61 KB (7,471 words) - 16:22, 23 August 2024
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    when brake components overheat. Disc brakes also recover more quickly from immersion (wet brakes are less effective than dry ones). Most drum brake designs...
    68 KB (9,050 words) - 20:17, 14 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Combined braking system
    A combined braking system (CBS), also called linked braking system (LBS), is a system for linking front and rear brakes on a motorcycle or scooter. In...
    9 KB (979 words) - 14:55, 2 July 2024
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    Trail braking is a driving and motorcycle riding technique where the brakes are used beyond the entrance to a turn (turn-in), and then gradually released...
    14 KB (1,785 words) - 20:45, 3 August 2023
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    Sport bike (redirect from Sport motorcycle)
    A sport bike, sports motorcycle, or sports bike is a motorcycle designed and optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on asphalt concrete...
    44 KB (4,734 words) - 05:00, 22 May 2024
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    additional external braking mechanisms such as friction brakes or magnetic brakes. The term is often confused with several other types of braking, most notably...
    12 KB (1,645 words) - 02:46, 26 June 2024
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    Honda VFR800 (category Honda motorcycles)
    control both front and rear brakes; commonly, the foot pedal only operates the rear brake. Honda first introduced this braking system on the 1992 Honda CBR1000F...
    15 KB (1,257 words) - 19:32, 18 July 2024
  • A motorcycle's suspension serves a dual purpose: contributing to the vehicle's handling and braking, and providing safety and comfort by keeping the vehicle's...
    27 KB (3,695 words) - 18:58, 28 May 2024
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    the motorcycle's suspension behaviour, and critically affect safety, braking, fuel economy, noise, and rider comfort. The history of motorcycle tyres...
    24 KB (2,601 words) - 20:53, 21 January 2024
  • control. Front brakes are generally much more effective than rear brakes: roughly two thirds of stopping power comes from the front brake—mainly as a result...
    22 KB (2,975 words) - 10:56, 11 June 2024
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    Brake fluid is a type of hydraulic fluid used in hydraulic brake and hydraulic clutch applications in automobiles, motorcycles, light trucks, and some...
    17 KB (1,741 words) - 12:32, 6 July 2024
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    modern mass-produced motorcycles has standardised on a steel or aluminium frame, telescopic forks holding the front wheel, and disc brakes. Some other body...
    77 KB (7,105 words) - 07:33, 22 August 2024
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    Excelsior X Bicycle. His innovations to the model included drum brakes, motorcycle brake levers and cables, and triple chain–rings, all taken from "junkers"...
    7 KB (687 words) - 21:52, 22 May 2024
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    Zero S (category Motorcycle stubs)
    The Zero S is an electric motorcycle made by Zero Motorcycles. On 23 April 2009 the company announced it would establish a distribution network in the...
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    Brembo (category Brakes)
    automotive parts that most notably produces brakes and rims, especially for high-performance cars and motorcycles. Its operational head office is in Curno...
    11 KB (904 words) - 00:03, 26 June 2024
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    bicycle brake reduces the speed of a bicycle or prevents the wheels from moving. The two main types are: rim brakes and disc brakes. Drum brakes are less...
    84 KB (11,359 words) - 08:51, 30 July 2024
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    generators and braked the vehicles. The tram cars also had wheel brakes and track slipper brakes which could stop the tram should the electric braking systems...
    55 KB (6,203 words) - 21:49, 31 July 2024
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    The motorcycle sport of racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) includes motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits...
    32 KB (3,967 words) - 01:41, 15 August 2024
  • with both drum brakes and disc brakes. Loss of stopping power, or fade, can be caused by friction fade, mechanical fade, or fluid fade. Brake fade can be...
    18 KB (2,649 words) - 01:18, 5 August 2024
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