Safe Braking on a Scooter

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Uploaded by on Mar 3, 2011

Ken Whitehouse from HART St Ives takes us through some safe braking techniques. Any further training required give HART at St Ives a call on 02 9144 5725

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  • @Mautaz Front brake locks up a lot harder than the rear brake, due to weight being transferred to the front wheel. Never slam on the brakes, apply them smoothly. With good tyres and normal road conditions you would probably flip your scooter before your front wheel loses grip.

  • backwheel is easy correctable

  • id rather have my backwheel locking up then my front wheel. Thats why i use the backbreak first.

  • Very helpful and informative. How about more videos from HART...perhaps street strategies and slow speed techniques (U-turns, turning from a stop etc.) ?

  • @Yamainnu It's the same as a motorcycle Front then rear Why? Because you want to transfer weight to the front tire as soon as possible, that's your main stopping tire. just like they do in bike racing, very little if any rear.

  • @Yamainnu Hi, stopping on a scooter is exactly the same as for bikes, we settle the front tyre by setting up the front brake and increasing the contact patch on the road, this gives us more grip, the rear tyre is un loading (getting lighter) .With both bikes and scooters if we apply the rear brake first when the front is applied the rear wheel is very easy to lock up due to the weight moving forward. Hope this helps. Ken.

  • So stopping in a scooter is the exact opposite of stopping a bike? Set up the front then the rear? why is this?

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