i just took the MSF course and ive been practicing in an empty parking lot near my house. At the MSF course i was taught the B-C-D (Brake-Clutch-Downshift) for braking. However a lot of people have told me to pull in the clutch first THEN brake. Which is correct?
You should stay with brass fittings. Stainless steel fittings are meant only for stainless steel tubings. If you use stainless fittings on copper tubes, the stainless ferrules will crush and damage the soft copper tube when you tighten the nut. This will cause the fitting to leak or worse, to break out under load.
in an emergency its pretty much a simultaneous event. you'll want to react as fast as possible. but the instructors cant say clubradwnshft all at the same time. really once you release the throttle to brake your engine will slow you down. use clutch to downshift as you are slowing and pull your clutch in when coming to a complete stop
In an emergency do what your course taught you (brake, clutch, downshift). Just riding around, clutch then brake or both at the same time. But at high speed the transmission will slow you down quicker then you think. And at very high speed, wind resistance will slow you down quickly.
brake first,, clutch second,, down shift third,,, when slowing down normally you use the engine braking to help slow you. in an emergency stop. grab a hand-full of front brake the clutch down shift all at once don't worry about the rear brake when you grab the hand-full of front all the weight shifts to the front wheel if the back is not on the ground ( or only just touching) hitting the rear brake only stops the wheel turning. will not slow the bike.
If I understand your question correctly you are building a bar by which I assume you mean for serving alcohol, Why go to the expense of copper and stainless when the trade uses plastic and pushfit. No problems with bending and awkward tight places and its all very flexible.
