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Originally Posted by Water Warrior
Contrary to what many riders say, I can and do brake going into a curve. I'm not talking about race track speeds but speed non the less and I do it with the front brake. A little rear brake to settle the back end but fairly hard on the front end will scrub off speed in a hurry. I also practice this now and again after entering a curve. A little more exciting of course but something we should all be able to do. The wild life around here doesn't wait for you to be riding in a straight line before leaping out and scaring the stuffing out of you.
So many new riders never learn how to front brake for fear of going over the handle bars. Not so in actual life, your are more likely to go over the bars after T-boning a cage because you can't stop properly and in the shortest distance possible.
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i agree, once i ran over a squirrel, he jetted out into the street and went right under my bike, and i ran him over, thank god only my rear tire went over him. not sure what would have happen if the front tire would have ran over him.
i have all kind of practice hard breaking right before going around sharp curves. i have practiced every thing i cold think of that might come in handy some day, practicing hard breaking in all situations is a really good idea, it would be pretty hard to go over the bars using your front break on a cruiser, those crotch rockets on the other hand might flip you over the bars easily, those guys hit the front breaks hard and rid wheelies on their front tires.
mrmld1 my exact words were (if there is any time where you cant not see the road ahead and don't know what is coming up, slow down. better safe than sorry.) it was definitely better to break hard going into that curve that it wold have been to fly off the road into a ditch. and when i say ditch i mean big ditch a good 2 feet or more deep, hard breaking going into a curve is definitely skill, in my case it was a bit if skill and luck. like you said you never know if there is going to be gravel or any thing else there trying to wipe you out.