50cc brakes stronger than 350 ?

[MotorMAD]

Hello

i let my friend have a go on my bike and he said that my brakes are stronger than his and my outher friend said here similar to his 400's brakes which are off a 900 im confused is it just because its new bike ?
Thanks neil
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[fuzz]

The amount of braking force applied has so many factors: Weight, rubber, disc size, caliper/piton type, pad type, brake fluid (new/old.)

Generally speaking, larger capacity machines have better brakes to cope with the extra weight/performance - this is evident with me when I tried riding my NSR after having the SV for a week. It felt like the brakes had completely failed when I pressed the lever - but the other factors need to be considered as they all play a part in how quickly they can stop the bike at a given speed.
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[Type_Mo]

Whats the condition of the pads?

I got 1 pot brembo's on the front of my Typhoon 50
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[stinkwheel]

I think weight would be a significant factor. The lighter an object, the less effort it takes to slow it down.

A 50cc sports bike with a single hydraulic disc brake is going to pull up a lot more quickly than a much heavier bike with a similar setup. Chances are the brakes themselves on your friends bike are more efficient than yours, they are just doing a lot more work.

I would also suspect that if he only ever rode his bike at 30mph, pulling the brake on hard would feel like hitting a brick wall, equally, if you managed to get your 50 doing 70mph, the brakes would seem a lot less effective.
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