New 300 Ninja front brakes do not bite hard

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sid_for_speed

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I got the ninja 300 recently and yeah...the front brakes do not bite as hard as the CBR 125 I rode at RTI....I dunno if this is normal or not....It's got ABS but I HIGHLY doubt It was coming on .....I did the going fast and slamming on the front brake( at a parking lot) to see if it stops hard or not but still the same....going at 50kmph I didn't dare try it....

Do the brakes need to be bled??
 
deejizzle said:
It's your ABS working, that's what you paid for.
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It feels different in a car...You can feel the pedals pulse....On the bike I do not feel it...its just smooth no matter how hard I press the lever...On the 125 that thing would have flung me off the bike

But I do feel the stopping distance needs to be a lot MORE on the 300 then.....Because it takes foreever for this one to stop whereas the cbr wouldda stopped in a heartbeat..
 
For real you paid $500 extra for this crap ABS thing? You might as well have stayed in a car if you wanted ABS on a bike, the fun thing about bikes is for them to be bikes and ride them without astronaut suits either.
 
Pegassus said:
For real you paid $500 extra for this crap ABS thing? You might as well have stayed in a car if you wanted ABS on a bike, the fun thing about bikes is for them to be bikes and ride them without astronaut suits either.
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I really hope it is just the ABS...bike wasn't even cleaned when I got delivery and there was like 500ml of fuel in it.....

And yes...I walked into the dealership and said gimme the most safest ninjette you got....
 
killerkeith said:
Did you work in the pads yet? New brakes pads take some time to wear in.
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work in the pads??? so they will bite more as they wear out???? The bike's got only 20 kms on it so far and I'm a newbee....
 
The 125's at my course (RTI, North York last year) had really touchy brakes, to the point where I was worried about riding my new CBR250RA waiting for me in the garage. Long story short, it was just those bikes, my 250 and others I have ridden (CBR500R and CBR600RR) all brake progressively, depending on how hard you squeeze the lever (vs on/off on the course 125s).
 
Pegassus said:
For real you paid $500 extra for this crap ABS thing? You might as well have stayed in a car if you wanted ABS on a bike, the fun thing about bikes is for them to be bikes and ride them without astronaut suits either.
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Dear god, do you proof read the garbage you spew out on this forum. ABS is nothing new in the bike world been around for years and years and many manufacturers are planning on making it a standard feature on the bikes they sell in many countries. I have only ever had bikes with ABS it in no way effects the bike in the negative and for a new rider the added level of safety is actually a good idea, along with the potential resale value. Man all this coming from the idiot who ran over a turtle, I think you really should look at safety aspects again.
 
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killerkeith said:
You need a few hundred kms of riding before they work in. Then...they bite.
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+1 one on this, with the bike being new the pads need to work in, also you would have to be pulling full strength to get the ABS to kick in on the front so no worries about that in most case you will feel the lever or pedal pulse. From my experiences the back is far easier to engage the ABS versus the front brake even if your bike is equipped with dual braking.
 
Pegassus said:
For real you paid $500 extra for this crap ABS thing? You might as well have stayed in a car if you wanted ABS on a bike, the fun thing about bikes is for them to be bikes and ride them without astronaut suits either.
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Jampy00 said:
Dear god, do you proof read the garbage you spew out on this forum. ABS is nothing new in the bike world been around for years and years and many manufacturers are planning on making it a standard feature on the bikes they sell in many countries. I have only ever had bikes with ABS it in no way effects the bike in the negative and for a new rider the added level of safety is actually a good idea, along with the potential resale value. Man all this coming from the idiot who ran over a turtle, I think you really should look at safetly aspects again.
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meh don't feed the troll -- or in this case the pegasus...
 
the brakes on any motorcycle are not progressive, it's the person doing the braking.

conundrum said:
The 125's at my course (RTI, North York last year) had really touchy brakes, to the point where I was worried about riding my new CBR250RA waiting for me in the garage. Long story short, it was just those bikes, my 250 and others I have ridden (CBR500R and CBR600RR) all brake progressively, depending on how hard you squeeze the lever (vs on/off on the course 125s).
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