Went riding w/ a guy today who's back brakes didn't work b/c of a bad master cylinder... this guy was nuts i stood mine up and he did right after w/ no rear brake eek: ... i'm sorry but i thought the guy was gonna kill himself. just thought i'd share.:

 

nah ... do that **** all the time..... only use rear brake when doing slow **** .... but on my street bike, I never use it, and have noever had any problems .... I even rode with no front brake and only rear brake a few times tooo

 

My rear brake works but I don't use it for standups and since I can't do slow **** so I don't use it at all. Unless you are doing 6th gear standups your bike should have enough compression braking to bring the front down if needed.

 

always keep that brake covered for the just in case. High RPM's can bring you back down - but the confidence of knowing you can mash the brake is good.

 

mine doesnt work and i never used it either
i cant do slow stuff

 

I cover the back brake when I'm doing long sitdowns, but nah I really don't need it for anything. I've tried a few times riding it instead of adjusting the throttle and for the most part it'll get you a long wheel but you'll burn up the pad fast.

As far as needing it for emergencies, the biggest need would probably be if you miss the shift from first to second, or if the bike pops out of gear between 1st and 2nd, and you are past the balance point, I've had it fall out of gear before, but I've always been on the good side of the balance point when it happened, and just had to deal with the front slammin down.

I don't like to ride if either of my brakes are failing me, bad karma...

 

i dont have any pads on the rear caliper it rubs harsh but i still dont use it brakes are overrated unless ur doing slow s h i t........

 

 

 

Thats kinda like sayin the skin on your back in overated too

 

back brake ? whats that ?? isn't that some sort of loop-safety device...

 

at one I used to wheelie without covering my rear brake .now a days even if im not using my rear brake I won't attempt to wheelie a bike where the rear brake isn't working a 100%

 

thats cause u are a horrible rider skillz i cover the front brake when i wheelie cause im crazy like that

 

that allright I have 5 grand that says that anything that you can do I can do better .I can do anything twice as gooder as you

 

hahaha gooder

 

SHO ME DAT PUS!! you big *****

 

I dont care how good you are, if you ride without safety equip of any kind you are a dumb ***. Be smart and run a safe bike, there is no need to take chances with an already dangerous sport.

 

i ahve rear breaks but no break lever to use them

my stupid *** brother STOLE my biek said he got ran off the road threw it down and now i dont have a rear break lever to even use my beack breaks and i do slow stuff

gotta do some welding now to get that **** straight again and start pimping the slow stuff before the snow hits

 

I love how people are so dependent on the rear brake that they wont even do highway wheelies without it

 

howbout rear peg standups mang
we highway rear peg for like 6 miles
you jus gotta use your head andnot get to high