Options for 4 wheel disc? - Toyota Yaris Forums

bronsin · 01-01-2012, 12:25 PM

One thing you can do is to ride a motorcycle with independently operated front and rear disk brakes. Try stopping as fast as you can with fronts then try it with the rears. The rears do about 10% of the braking.

The rears suck so bad most people riding motorcycles dont even use them. They can get you in a lot of trouble. Its far easier to lock the rear brakes than the front ones. And if you do that while on a curve you put the bike on the ground. Right now! In fact if the surface of the road changes its friction due to temperature, crap you cant see on the road, humidity or some such like that, the rear brakes can lock very unexpectedly. Possibly killing you.

The only thing is...

Those pads are a heck of a lot easier to change than the shoes of drum brakes.

Flipper_1938 · 01-01-2012, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bronsin

The only thing is...

Those pads are a heck of a lot easier to change than the shoes of drum brakes.

Yeah, but you only have to do it every 300,000 miles or so.

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01-01-2012, 12:25 PM	#1
bronsin Drives: 2009 Base Hatch 2 Dr Auto Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: nj Posts: 4,784	One thing you can do is to ride a motorcycle with independently operated front and rear disk brakes. Try stopping as fast as you can with fronts then try it with the rears. The rears do about 10% of the braking. The rears suck so bad most people riding motorcycles dont even use them. They can get you in a lot of trouble. Its far easier to lock the rear brakes than the front ones. And if you do that while on a curve you put the bike on the ground. Right now! In fact if the surface of the road changes its friction due to temperature, crap you cant see on the road, humidity or some such like that, the rear brakes can lock very unexpectedly. Possibly killing you. The only thing is... Those pads are a heck of a lot easier to change than the shoes of drum brakes.