What do you do to stop if Spyder Brake Master cylinder quits?

[flash2002]

Just wondering, on a motorcycle you have separate front and rear brakes, so if one quits you can still stop. My question is, what do you do if the Spyder master quits, and you have to stop fast?

 

[EdMat]

The same thing you would do in a car.

The master cylinder is divided into 2 parts. The front half applies the rear brake and the rear half applies the front. Unlikely both sides go out at one time.

If they do most folks just $^&T themselves and hope for the best.

 

[K80Shooter]

:dontknow: Maybe get one of those trunk monkeys with a rope and anchor for such an emergency. :dontknow:

J.K., I'll cross that bridge when/if I come to it. The main thing is don't panic.

 

[Peter Aawen]

Just wondering, on a motorcycle you have separate front and rear brakes, so if one quits you can still stop. My question is, what do you do if the Spyder master quits, and you have to stop fast?

As other's have mentioned, it's pretty unlikely that you'll suddenly lose ALL you braking circuits at the same time without some prior warning; but in the unlikely event, once again as others have mentioned: remain calm; don't panic; look at WHERE you WANT TO GO & not at what you want to avoid; throttle off; change down; & if you still need to stop even quicker, aim at the nearest 'soft landing', or if there's nothing 'soft' available, maybe even aim for a glancing blow/sliding stop on anything harder!! nojoke

And in the unlikely event that you this happens and you even have time to think about it, let alone do it, I'd strongly suggest that unless death is imminent, DON'T even attempt to bail until your speed is down below about 25 mph or so; and even then, tuck & roll early, & be prepared for some pretty bad bruises & possibly some extensive skin loss, maybe even a broken bone or two! :shocked: Wearing ATGATT will help with minimising the skin loss, especially if you're going slower than 25 mph-ish; and armour can lessen but not remove your chances of destroying those major joints & bone structures they're covering! But while you might be lucky enough to walk away from bailing at 25 mph-ish, bailing at anything much faster than that WILL hurt, a LOT, and for every Mile per Hour faster that you're going when you hit the ground (or anything, really - even if it IS supposedly 'soft'! ), you'll have exponentially smaller chances of walking away from it!! :yikes:

 

[Dasmoetorhead]

I'd be down shifting fast to scrub off some speed and looking for the softest area to ditch in.
Can the parking brake act as an emergency brake? I think I'd try that also if I had slowed down enough to use it without going sideways or even roll or flip. Something to ponder.

 

[Chasdog]

Put it in reverse and apply throttle.

 

[fatboy]

Parking brake will not engage unless you are rolling very slow - safety feature, just in case you hit it driving.

 

[Peter Aawen]

I'd be down shifting fast to scrub off some speed and looking for the softest area to ditch in.
Can the parking brake act as an emergency brake? I think I'd try that also if I had slowed down enough to use it without going sideways or even roll or flip. Something to ponder.

Nope, not really. As fatboy mentioned, the Parking Brake won't even think about applying unless you're travelling at less than about 6mph - walking pace! :banghead:

Put it in reverse and apply throttle.

Pretty sure that won't work either - IIRC there's a 'lock-out' that prevents you selecting reverse while the wheels are turning forwards! :lecturef_smilie:

 

[RayBJ]

You could attempt to do a spin out if you have the space. Bailing out is a last resort IMHO.

 

[2dogs]

Depending on the situation, you might consider getting off.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

I'd be down shifting fast to scrub off some speed and looking for the softest area to ditch in.
Can the parking brake act as an emergency brake? I think I'd try that also if I had slowed down enough to use it without going sideways or even roll or flip. Something to ponder.

I'm pretty sure the Park brake won't activate above 5 MPH .... Mike :thumbup:

 

[Dasmoetorhead]

I'm pretty sure the Park brake won't activate above 5 MPH .... Mike :thumbup:

Good you know. It was worth a shot. ;-)>

 

[flash2002]

When you think about it, they could have made the park brake manual for safety reason.

 

[BajaRon]

The same thing you would do in a car.

The master cylinder is divided into 2 parts. The front half applies the rear brake and the rear half applies the front. Unlikely both sides go out at one time.

If they do most folks just $^&T themselves and hope for the best.

You get an 'A' for that answer! Right On!

 

[rjinaz86323]

Sounds like you're looking for a bandaid for an injury that hasn't occurred. I am definitely not going to lose any sleep over it.

 

[BajaRon]

Sounds like you're looking for a bandaid for an injury that hasn't occurred. I am definitely not going to lose any sleep over it.

It is amazing the things we find to worry about. Any one of us could be hit by a meteor! Now that would definitely leave a mark! :yikes:

 

[2dogs]

If I were so worried about my spyder's brakes failing I believe I'd solve the problem by getting rid of it, just so it wouldn't break me. I think this thread is at the top of the list of going nowhere.

 

[Mikey]

If I were so worried about my spyder's brakes failing I believe I'd solve the problem by getting rid of it, just so it wouldn't break me. I think this thread is at the top of the list of going nowhere.

You can worry a thing to death!!!!!!

 

[Allen42]

But worrying really works.... almost everything I worry about never happens! :joke: :roflblack:

 

[flash2002]

I'm not worried of the brakes failing, I was just curious to see if it did happen and what they did.