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Ken_CVO

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Front braking improvement
« on: June 24, 2013, 03:55:19 PM »
Just got my Breakout and have took it out for a small ride, but I am not impressed by the front brake. I have the impression it doesn't really slow the bike and that the bake brake is way more powerful and efficient at stopping the bike.

Have any of you done something to increase the braking power? Or what are the possibilities to improve it?

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Re: Front braking improvement
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2013, 04:51:52 PM »
Mate my front brake is adequate . It's no superbike twin disc stopper , but mine is surprisingly good for a single disc set up  :2vrolijk_21:
How many miles/km do you have on it? They do bed in after a few hundred miles/km .
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Re: Front braking improvement
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2013, 04:57:58 PM »
Quote from: Dave H on June 24, 2013, 04:51:52 PM
Mate my front brake is adequate . It's no superbike twin disc stopper , but mine is surprisingly good for a single disc set up  :2vrolijk_21:
How many miles/km do you have on it? They do bed in after a few hundred miles/km .

same here...no dime-stopping distances like the dual front Brembo's on my V-Rod, but I grab the binders and the front end dives in a hurry and stops really well...

I wonder if there is too much take-up on your front brake?  I have very little travel distance on my front brake before it's at full ABS engagement.  That's how all my cruisers have been that I have owned from HD: rear brake has much more travel for modulation than the front...
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Re: Front braking improvement
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2013, 05:03:45 PM »
My cvo Ultra was like that , just needs more miles it will be ok then
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Re: Front braking improvement
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2013, 06:02:41 PM »
Swap out the stock rotor and caliper for a Brembo setup from a V-Rod or touring bike. Did that on my Night Train and it made a huge difference. 


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Re: Front braking improvement
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2013, 11:56:15 PM »
Mine stops very well with the front brake also.  Moderate pressure on the lever and the front end dives.

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Re: Front braking improvement
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2013, 03:07:49 AM »
Ken_CVO, I never noticed any reduced braking on the front when I got my 09SEUC, but when I used to replace the Hawg Halter pads on my 95 Heritage (the ones they recommended) they were pretty useless until I had about 10 or 15 miles of stop and go driving to get them to seat in. After that they were great. Easily twice as good as the stock brake. Only a single disc on the 95 but with the Hawg Halters it was fantastic compared to the small single piston it came with. CAHDBIKER
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