WHEELIE4U

having promlems w/ mastering the foot brake
does anyone see any problems with me going stright to a hand brake.

pros cons?
thanks for the help

Insane J

don't try to run for you're problems... Practice practice practice... Don't go buy a HB before you have footbrake controll... Thats just my

WHEELIE4U

running from the problem is not what i want,
all though i already have the hand brake set up just needs pluming
so i think i;m going try both to see what i pick up faster

KF_Chris

learn the foot brake first.

Stuntone0one

foot brake, if you run a HB because you haven't learned foot brake first, your a squid.

Bobby@BullyDog

confucious say "learn foot brake first...then try not to wreck with the handbrake"

alexcod

like your boy said learn the foot brake first , there are going to be many times you'll need foot brake more than hand ! ! ! just practice the foot and in the end your hand brake skills will even be easier !

WHEELIE4U

thats what my boy keeps telling me

KF_Chris

yeah, listen to him. don't skip the necessary things.

WHEELIE4U

thats what we keep doing
so ill keep on listening to him and you guys
thanks

motopsyko32

where is the squid rules list? and how governs and adds to it?

that list must be hilarious...

Stuntone0one

everyone has the list, it's programmed into thier conciousness at birth, althought not everyone calls it thier "squid list" and LOTS of poeple ignore it all the time.













































































some poeple call it "common sense"

KF_Chris

"there's nothing common about sense"

FrankieG

See if any one of your friends has a TTR 125 or a KLX 125, CRF 150 and practice on a DB you will pick up the rear brake real fast......

Charlie_L.929

^hahaha no kiddin?!

WHEELIE4U

boy has a fitty,
played w/ pocket bikes(no foot brake there though)

mikkee

Other than using your foot or your fingers they are both the same. Break control is being able to work or feather the brake (which is an on/off or pumping action not mashing or riding the brake) in the bp while keeping it from going on the bar, coming back down on two wheels, or stalling...

Keep practicing it will just click one day.

Good luck

WHEELIE4U

thanks mikkee

ill just keep banging away

Nikoli

yea, I usteo be a squid, i bought so much **** for my gsx-r 750 befor i even knew how to use it. I tried learning foot brake but couldnt, so i tried going to hand brake... well - I totaled my bike a month ago and now have a pretty much stock f4i with a cage on it and im learning MUCH quicker.

this pic was taken yesterday... day 2 of riding my f4i...

yea its just a stoppie and not a wheelie but still, take it one step at a time and learning will be easier.

Fallout Carl

Learn the footbrake first. I had the same situation and it caused me a lot of problems. I started on a bike with both. The handbrake was much easier to learn for me, so I got great with the handbrake first, which made it even tougher to learn to instinctively use the footbrake. In my opinion the handbrake is much easier to learn. Force yourself to learn footbrake first, the handbrake will come pretty easy anyway, it's going to be harder to pick up footbrake control if you learn handbrake first, at least in my experience. If your buddy has a fiddy, force yourself to learn footbrake on that.