Problem with the Touring model

I finally got used to it, or else I haven't done any panic stops lately , but the rear on a Touring definitely locks up way too easy. I remember a few years ago someone here wanted to upgrade the rear brake on a Touring, I forget the details, but all I could think was are you crazy?
 
Ransom said:
Trouble is that unlike abike with pegs were I know how hard/much I'm pressing on peddle when foot is randomly anchored there is no correlation between ankle movement and force excerted
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that me be some of my problems because i am coming off of the floor board.
 

i was like u i was thing how am i going to make it softer
 
My Touring rear brake seems much more powerful than the front. Maybe Triumph used the same master cylinder and caliper for the Touring, which has a more narrow rear tire (180) vs Roadster (240)?

I have learned to be "light footed" with the rear brake and "heavy handed" with the front. That seems to work for me.
 
One of my "should have just ordered the **** things when I could" regrets are the brake calipers, a small UK company who's name I can't recall off hand did gorgeous ones in chrome with six pots instead of four that were straight bolt-on replacements. Brakes aren't all about how well they clamp down but how much feel you actually get so you can apply the right amount, too. On the whole the brakes are fine but 6 pots to stop something this heavy would be better.
 
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