Atleast 70% front brake. only use the rear at abrupts stops. also coming off a sportbike, the front brake is used basically 100% as the rear does little to nothing to help you stop.

 

using just the front is a bad habit on a sportbike. the back brake does keep th back wheel down. i stoped using 100% of the front brake after a couple track days. i think it gives you more control to use both all the time, and if a situation occurs where you have to stop abruptly its muscle memory. just my .02 cent???

 

You can have the best brakes front and rear, and it's best to use them together,,,, but one thing for sure is this,,,, no amount of brakes front or rear can make up for the experience or lack of, that is necessary to know how to use them correctly.

 

Had a cage slam on his brakes tonight going over a railroad track, I used my front brakes hard and the rear. The rear locked and did a couple of fishtails, but I just kept it pointed straight and didn't lock up the front and came to a straight stop. All on instinct, didn't have time to think but all is well.

 

Geez, the front brakes are the most important....you can lock up and release those babies with impunity, but do it with the rear (which don't have that much braking power anyway) and you're asking for a crash.

I think using the front brake, and not the foot brake is one of the hardest transitions a cage driver makes when taking up motorcycle riding....the other one being the tendency of novice riders to go into a curve too fast, then grabbing a handfull of brake, and destablizing the bike....to a car driver it's often counter-intuitive to accelerate in a curve. Even after many years of riding I'm always amazed at how you can launch into a curve at what feels like excessive speed, pour on the throttle, and increase bike stability (if'n you don't mind a healthy lean angle).

 

Amen!

I perfer to use my feet. Saves on pads but it's hell on boots. Always wondered why they put dual discs in front? Figured it must be for cosmectic symmetry!

 

I couldnt tell you except i use the front brakes a lot, and i know i use the back brakes at times, its just one of those things that i do without thinking about it, its just comes natural and i dont fight it..As far as flipping over the handle bars, heck, i like riding on the front fender from time to time, the veiw is different there and things are put into perspective.

 

I am baffled.....Harley's have back brakes?

 

Brakes??? I just look for soft patches of grass to land in

You know I like this tread, I've had 2 riders I know tell me how they don't use them much. Both said they mainly down shift to slow down then the rear brakes. Funny thing I watched both almost lay there bikes down slamming on the rear brakes at critical times later on the rides we were on. My guess is they are there for a reason hummm...