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brake set up left or right!!!
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flag timmi
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 at 10:43 Quote
were do you put your back brake? UK standard or EU standard or wat ever the US use! i from the UK but i now run EU with back brake on the right! when i rented a bike in sweden this caught out my freind as he tryed to drift but forgot the differnt set up n locked the front brake Thumbs Down i first ran my back brake on the right on my jump bike as i only run the one brake but i not run a EU set up on my freeride as well


wat are your preferences
flag scotteh
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 at 10:55 Quote
back brake/shifter on the right
front brake/shifter on the left

why is it different in the UK?
flag scsracing
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 at 10:57 Quote
the uk is

back/left
front/right
flag DanPells
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 at 10:57 Quote
I'm from the UK
Front brake on the right/shifter
Back brake on the left
flag t-j-b
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 at 11:00 Quote
Its different bacause of an old law that still stands. It encompasses Motorbikes too; "Front brake operated by the right hand"
flag nutty247
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 at 11:07 Quote
On my street/DJ bike i run only a back brake and its on the right Smile

but on FR bike i run : back brake/shifter on the left and front brake/shifter on the right !Smile
flag timmi
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 at 11:09 Quote
nutty247 wrote:
On my street/DJ bike i run only a back brake and its on the right Smile

but on FR bike i run : back brake/shifter on the left and front brake/shifter on the right !Smile

dus that not confuse the balls off ya lol
flag nutty247
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 at 11:11 Quote
nope lol
i just cant get to grips with abbuca's and 3-taps when my brake is on the left side Confused lol
flag t-j-b
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 at 11:11 Quote
nutty247 wrote:
On my street/DJ bike i run only a back brake and its on the right Smile

but on FR bike i run : back brake/shifter on the left and front brake/shifter on the right !Smile
Have you got like upside down gripshifts or something?
flag t-j-b
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 at 11:13 Quote
you said you have your rear brake and rear shifter on the right!
flag Ox-Bikes
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 at 11:14 Quote
The UK has got this one right. I don't know why is screwed up in NA and maybe the rest of the world too...

Why are motorcycles (dirt bikes, 4 wheelers, etc) one way (front brake, right hand)
and bikes another (front brake, left hand)?

Makes sense that they both be the same, and since most peoples primary hand is the right, why isn't the most important brake (front) on that side?

I DON'T KNOW!!!!!! ARGH!!!
flag nutty247
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 at 11:15 Quote
back brake/shifter on the left - thats what i said ???
flag t-j-b
Posted: Dec 20, 2007 at 11:17 Quote
nutty247 wrote:
back brake/shifter on the left - thats what i said ???
Never mind, i thought that meant your back shifter was on the left, but its probably a typo.
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