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Hmm... understood. Can you actually get on the gas too hard after turn in whereby instead of the rear braking loose first, you unload the front so much that the front starts to tuck first? The reason I bring this up is that while reading this month's Roadracing World, there was an article about the new single spec Bridgestone tires in MotoGP. They talked about how the riders all agreed that the way to ride the Bridgestones was to keep them loaded as much as possible, including on turn-in. The riders spoke of the front tucking when they didnt keep it loaded. It just seems contrary to what we are taught in class.

In class we are taught to roll on a little maintenance throttle right after the initial turn in into a corner - as the best way to keep the front tire from washing out. However, I do hear and read a lot about guys who instead load the front tire with more weight (presumably by trail braking) to increase friction and hence keep the front tire from washing out. So which is it? Are we better off unloading the front from too much weight or loading it with a little more weight? Or do different situations call for different techniques?