pit inspection on dragbikes

[rapidray]

What Ryan said!!! Ray.

[BadBillyB]

Having raced a GS1000 on the national circuit for many years, with AMA Dragbike, NHRA, IDBA and Prostar, I can tell you this.......The front brake is used for doing burn-outs and the back brake is for slowing down or stopping. Please do not use the front brake when racing. The front wheel will wash out in the blink of an eye.......Not only do you need a rear brake but you need a good one.....Billy

[madjack57754]

Racing in a heads up class, I've pried the pistons back on the rear caliper just to get rid of that tiny bit of drag the pads cause but would never think of running without a rear brake.
I have seen a few dragbike at a recent AHDRA that had a small disk and caliper mounted on the countershaft, inboard of the front sprocket

[gs1150streetracer]

Having raced a GS1000 on the national circuit for many years, with AMA Dragbike, NHRA, IDBA and Prostar, I can tell you this.......The front brake is used for doing burn-outs and the back brake is for slowing down or stopping. Please do not use the front brake when racing. The front wheel will wash out in the blink of an eye.......Not only do you need a rear brake but you need a good one.....Billy

Indeed at 75 an 80(Local Strip) tonight i needed every bit of my rear brake since the new front pmfr caliper AND line seemed to have air trapped?Or i just needed to break in the new front pads since the 41mm caliper was brand new?