Originally Posted by
Thirteendog
Using the RPM's to save your brakes. Downshift so that you use engine braking instead of the middle/left pedal. To go faster, learn to use both.
I keep my RPM's around 3-4k and shift up at redline. On the Dragon I'm constantly between 2nd through 4th. On the roads you followed me on it was 2nd through 5th. I say upgrade those brakes and do both!!!
Well said sir. Brakes are for stopping, not for driving. One advantage of the open rear end is greater control on turns using the engine to put pressure on the free turning front wheels. Brakes dissipate energy as heat. A total waste of energy that one can use coming out of a turn.
That and some controlled lunacy will make the Dragon a breeze to run thru.
However, I will admit, a brake upgrade makes it safer to be nuts.
