Pads, calipers, fittings, fluids, master cylinder: the braking system is a more complex chain than it seems. And it performs an extremely onerous job, because if you think about how long it takes - in terms of time and space - for the engine to accelerate you up to maximum speed, and how much less it takes for your braking system to stop you, you'll have an idea of the power ratio between the two.

Without claiming to be exhaustive, together with Motorquality we will examine two of the components - the master cylinder and the pads - to explain how it is possible to customize your bike by choosing components suited to your use. Because especially nowadays, with motorcycles increasingly transcending the traditional boundaries of each segment, it's not always certain that the choices made by designers are the best ones for the use you make of your bike. Here's how to...fix it