Braking quickly

[proximity]

Is it faster to brake with the clutch in or out, im talking when like a cage pulls in front of you just meters away. I cant really tell with my brakes being so poo (drums). I remember on the car test they told me to not press in the clutch until im stopped on an emergency stop.

[Ste]

If you pull the clutch in you will not have any engine braking so do not pull the clutch until you're stopped.

[mr.z]

Your engine without throttle will under its own weight and friction slow down, engine breaking... engine breaking is your friend, especially on 125s with abismal brakes.

On my cg i think the vast majority of my slowing down was going down the gears, when something pulls out on you then its not really going to help but its worth practiceing, its not ideal, but it works...

But when your emergency breaking you leave the clutch alone (unless you are in a very high gear or are able to go down a couple), forget its there, pulling in the clutch disconnects the rear wheel from the engine, so you have lost some breaking power, (that is assumeing your not on the throttle!) so leave it till your stopped, if you stall then its not a big deal, defenatly less of a problem than meeting with the side of the offending vehacle...


I know the feeling with crappy drum brakes, you need to keep them in very good condition all the time...
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[Frost]

I don't think that the engines breaking will come into play when stopping so rapidly in a high gear. Back off the throttle when cruising in a high gear, air resistance slows you as much as engine breaking, and then you often get to a point where bu the engine is pulling you forward on tickover revs rather than slowing you down.
I think rather than the engine slowing the bike the bike will have to force the engine to slow down, thish will make it harder to lock the rear wheel as to do so the braking force will have to overcome the friction of the rubber and the force of the engine trying to turn the wheel.

I know for a fact that if you pull the clutch in too soon you will lock the rear easier so i allways left it to the last instant to pull it in to avoid locking the rear rather than to have the engine slow me down.

[proximity]

Cheers guys, thats what i thought, i use engine braking a lot but the reason i asked is like you say its easier to lock up with the clutch in (not that thats good) i guess thats just becuase you will have to lock the engine up with the clutch out.

[jonboy]

[NSR125-Kid-UK]

Don't be sorry he asked for it, as do a great many others .

...Yeah leave your clutch out, but don't leave it too late before pulling it in. I managed to lock my rear and there was a worrying clunking noise from the transmission - no permenant damage but still worried me.
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[Smoto Bob]

LEAVE THE CLUTCH OUT, reduces the chance of the rear locking(esp now its winter) and as they all say bikes with crappy brakes need all the engine braking they can get.

Guessing you havent done you emergancy stop on you test yet
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[mr.z]

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The bike is also a lot more stable if you brake with the clutch out .

Try you will see. Coasting on a bike is not advisable.

[mchaggis]