A motorcycle’s front brake provides the vast majority of stopping force. In the past, motorcyclists avoided using using the front brake, fearing that they would be thrown over the handlebars. This is ...

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Do You Know the Limits of Braking? While smaller displacement bikes like this Yamaha R3 can’t match the acceleration of a literbike, most provide an equivalent stopping force.©Motorcyclist There are a ...

If it doesn't, you can be flat on your face in less than a second. Try it in a corner, and you can quickly eat up whatever traction you were using for cornering and slide merrily off into the bushes.