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 ...

The front brakes handle most of the stopping, the rear brake causes the bike to hunker down instead of pitch forward, the angels sing and you stay out of hospital. But this is easier said than done, ...

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 ...