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fireblah · 06-30-2009, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by csgup1

for an inexperienced rider without the braking technique, disk brakes can be a fair handful when you just grab at them , locking the front wheel and sending you flying. im sure the abs helped there but you also need to learn the right braking technique which is setup and squeeze

it a 2 part technique which when you have some practise will become second nature and make hard stops pretty easy

when you need to brake, lightly squeeze the brake lever till you take the slack out of it and they just start to bite. then you can gradually increase force and brake as hard as you want while rolling your wrist to twist back the accelerator to the start position.

the key is to be fluid and not jutterry. with some practise you will be amazed how quickly you can do it. and its a technique used from street riding to motogp racing

Yes, I did learn this on my training with Honda, that is setup and squeeze(i use this technique) . I know exactly how amazingly this works. But then again, this was a panic brake situation as i had no anticipation of the calf suddenly appearing in front of me, so all training went for a toss...

julianpaul · 06-30-2009, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by fireblah

Yes, I did learn this on my training with Honda, that is setup and squeeze(i use this technique) . I know exactly how amazingly this works. But then again, this was a panic brake situation as i had no anticipation of the calf suddenly appearing in front of me, so all training went for a toss...

It's called taper braking and if you ride a big bike, you HAVE to learn it.

Practice makes it instinctive and it's instinct that kicks in when you panic. You need to spend a few dozen hours over a longish period of time (say 2 weeks) for your brain to start registering it as an automatic, decisionless action. go to an empty road and pretend theres a cow in the middle! then practise tapering the brakes. Shame we don't have any decent riding schools in india, given the growing number of big bikes here.

fireblah · 06-30-2009, 10:58 PM

^^ right said mate ... got to practice it alot of times, so that it comes instinctively.
And hey, your location made me nostalgic.... I did my engineering from Bharti Vidyapeeth Kharghar ... there used to be drags there... amazing roads at kharghar . First time i saw a maruti Zen beating the crap out of esteems and even a baleno !! hahaha (later found out that zen was turbo charged)... sigh .. i miss that place

Bladerunner · 07-01-2009, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by fireblah

^^ right said mate ... got to practice it alot of times, so that it comes instinctively.
And hey, your location made me nostalgic.... I did my engineering from Bharti Vidyapeeth Kharghar ... there used to be drags there... amazing roads at kharghar . First time i saw a maruti Zen beating the crap out of esteems and even a baleno !! hahaha (later found out that zen was turbo charged)... sigh .. i miss that place

Thats where they have illegal as well as legal events like Speed Run and Torquenite.

Whats the update on the Blade? All this is very unlike Honda build quality! I have never even seen a grey market Honda with such problems. This is not what anyone deserves for spending almost 14L. Are you taking their case or not?? I know I would.

svjhonda · 07-01-2009, 08:38 PM

Finally I'm back on this thread. My internet connection was down, so it was like I'd been cut off from the rest of the world....

So, Fireblah, still encountering the problem? And would it be possible that the first problem you had encountered is happening again? The one where it was supposedly a 'loose connection in one of the injectors'?

csgup1 · 07-02-2009, 06:34 AM

yea thats why i recommend doing it every time when you brake. even if its slowing down slowly . after a while you wont really know any other way. but practise on an empty road will help as well!

julianpaul · 07-02-2009, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fireblah

^^ right said mate ... got to practice it alot of times, so that it comes instinctively.
And hey, your location made me nostalgic.... I did my engineering from Bharti Vidyapeeth Kharghar ... there used to be drags there... amazing roads at kharghar . First time i saw a maruti Zen beating the crap out of esteems and even a baleno !! hahaha (later found out that zen was turbo charged)... sigh .. i miss that place

yeah, in fact i live at rail vihar, that's right on the road that starts from BVpeeth and goes to the 'official' speedrun drag strip. for a resident it aint so much fun when you're trying to sleep and noisy cars and bikes are buzzing by. but definitely fun to watch. and drag. and run from the cops!

the other day i was at hiranandani and heard this awesome exhaust note. turned around to see an alto (!) with a big futhermucker of an exhaust

gviper · 07-02-2009, 08:00 PM

for Mobil or Shell fully synthetic oil.. contact Munna at Sharma Auto.. its near ballygunj phari... 033-28890509.. i usually get it frm him.. or Motul... which again is in Ballygunj.. Opp Telephone Exchange.. they'r ethe main distributors of Motul in Kolkata

fireblah · 07-03-2009, 11:08 PM

I contacted Honda UK and asked them what oil they recommend. They have Castrol power 1 gps (semi synthetic) for first oil change, and later they recommend Power 1 racing (fully synthetic) ...
But this gps is not available in india i guess...

dreamchaser · 07-04-2009, 01:46 AM

Whats the update on the Blade? All this is very unlike Honda build quality! I have never even seen a grey market Honda with such problems. This is not what anyone deserves for spending almost 14L. Are you taking their case or not?? I know I would.[/QUOTE]

it seems like that only the official ones are developing problems!!...may be they ARE selling defective pieces here because they know its not a very huge volume market here...and contrary to general writing honda willl NEVER loose its name if one Honda in India has a problem..after all how many of the common man would even ask about a CBR at a honda showroom whereas he is more concerned about the next 150cc or 200cc bike to be launched by india..whether it will cost more than the R15 or not!!??....but if a bunch of them in the UAE or UK had this problem they would have even considered calling back the whole lot maybe....

06-30-2009, 10:58 PM	#583 (permalink)
fireblah Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 614	^^ right said mate ... got to practice it alot of times, so that it comes instinctively. And hey, your location made me nostalgic.... I did my engineering from Bharti Vidyapeeth Kharghar ... there used to be drags there... amazing roads at kharghar . First time i saw a maruti Zen beating the crap out of esteems and even a baleno !! hahaha (later found out that zen was turbo charged)... sigh .. i miss that place __________________ May the torque be with you.. My first F1 @ Sepang

07-03-2009, 11:08 PM	#589 (permalink)
fireblah Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kolkata Posts: 614	I contacted Honda UK and asked them what oil they recommend. They have Castrol power 1 gps (semi synthetic) for first oil change, and later they recommend Power 1 racing (fully synthetic) ... But this gps is not available in india i guess... __________________ May the torque be with you.. My first F1 @ Sepang

07-04-2009, 01:46 AM	#590 (permalink)
dreamchaser Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 137	Whats the update on the Blade? All this is very unlike Honda build quality! I have never even seen a grey market Honda with such problems. This is not what anyone deserves for spending almost 14L. Are you taking their case or not?? I know I would.[/QUOTE] it seems like that only the official ones are developing problems!!...may be they ARE selling defective pieces here because they know its not a very huge volume market here...and contrary to general writing honda willl NEVER loose its name if one Honda in India has a problem..after all how many of the common man would even ask about a CBR at a honda showroom whereas he is more concerned about the next 150cc or 200cc bike to be launched by india..whether it will cost more than the R15 or not!!??....but if a bunch of them in the UAE or UK had this problem they would have even considered calling back the whole lot maybe.... __________________ smoking weed is for kids.....i smoke asphalt!

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07-01-2009, 08:38 PM	#585 (permalink)
svjhonda Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Kolkata Posts: 839	Finally I'm back on this thread. My internet connection was down, so it was like I'd been cut off from the rest of the world.... So, Fireblah, still encountering the problem? And would it be possible that the first problem you had encountered is happening again? The one where it was supposedly a 'loose connection in one of the injectors'?

07-02-2009, 06:34 AM	#586 (permalink)
csgup1 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 174	yea thats why i recommend doing it every time when you brake. even if its slowing down slowly . after a while you wont really know any other way. but practise on an empty road will help as well!

07-02-2009, 08:00 PM	#588 (permalink)
gviper Aircraft Mechanic Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Kolkata Posts: 2	for Mobil or Shell fully synthetic oil.. contact Munna at Sharma Auto.. its near ballygunj phari... 033-28890509.. i usually get it frm him.. or Motul... which again is in Ballygunj.. Opp Telephone Exchange.. they'r ethe main distributors of Motul in Kolkata