PD Simplified | How To Use Your Brakes

Brakes are the most powerful controls on your motorcycle. Even more powerful than your engine. And learning how to use such a potent tool correctly will help you ride better. And one of the worst things to do is grab a handful of your brakes - that WILL do more harm than good. What you want to do is modulate your front brakes with two or one fingers, depending on how powerful they are. Braking transfers all the weight of the motorcycle to the front, and thus increases friction between the front wheel and the road. This also means your rear wheel has little to no traction and using the rear brakes hard can cause a rear-wheel lock-up or the rear ABS to kick in. On the other hand, if you have a pillion and/or luggage, you still have weight on the back, and you should use the rear brake in this case. But there's more to braking which Shumi explains in this episode of PD Simplified.

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