MOPED ARMY

yes exactly. ok, so ill just buy the treats pads then. I read that Jbot sipes his shoes in another thread, but if i can just buy new shoes and get the same effect for 30$ or so, id rather go that route.

shoot, and i just realized i forgot to buy shoes for my spring build. its going to be a fun 4/20!

Use a dremel cutting disc or a 1/8 straight bit and just plunge cut it.

Just do it outside and wear a respirator.

I just do it, don't pay much attention. Either way seems fine.

Brakes run cooler and clutches lock up nicer

But it doesn't matter at all from someone who does this all the time

I do it all the time, too. Thin cutting disc on an air powered grinder. I don't pay attention to the direction, either.

If you wanna get really tricky, look at the way your shoes are wearing before you pull them off the brake plate.

The leading edge of the shoe will have more wear than the other. That's the main point of contact on the drum. Call it the high spot. Label the shoes with a sharpie so you put them on in the same spot.

Sand that high spot down, blending it into the trailing edge of the shoe, so you get more of the shoe to contact the drum.

You'll have to take it apart and check again after riding awhile to know how much contact you're getting, but you should notice better braking immediately.

I've had shoes where the trailing end looks like it's never even touched the drum, and the brakes sucked, and after matching the pads and siping them, would, y'know, actually stop.

Also, sand the inner drum while you have it apart, to remove the shine.

GURU rebel moby did this a while back

new people need to understand it...

it could save your skin from the road-rash highway of life.

So are you saying you cut the grooves at an angle across the shoes, or perpendicular to the shoes? If someone has an image of a shoe they've cut, please post it. It would be good to get a visual.

Just slice some angles

buy 4 pairs for each moped...

they will wear out quicker...

obviously no one knows when...only you jump on your brakes...no one on the forum can answer that question...they aren't in control of your braking.

I used to always do this, I havent in a while. It does seem to help, but usually if the brakes feel shitty its cuz they're worn out or glazed over. I'm also not going super fast. Actually that's probably around the time i stopped doing this to brakes. Huh

Several years ago, when I lived by Panama City, FL, I finished my MC Endorsement riding test with a stoppie. I got a perfect score. The instructor just shook his head.

They don't wear out quicker at all.

That is not correct.

I've never swapped a hobbit clutch or brake with sipes.

Annnnnhhh the coil spring don’t fit the wheel hub.. I squeezed the correct spring inthe vice trying to tighten it a fuzz more. It’s alright action, I have a hardened one from a new set of ebc that I’d like to try.