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  1. When I began riding, the training I received taught using the rear brake (if any braking at all), but this training was mainly at parking lot speeds, when the front brake is difficult to use gingerly. Over 10-15mph, it was said that's when you use the front brake. These weren't hard rules mind you, if you were about to hit a car at 10mph, for sure that front brake would get hammered! What puzzled me was that the fastest rider in these drills/riding course had a rear brake disc that was 30% cooler than everyone else's (verified by a laser temp sensor), under the same conditions, and going sinificantly faster than everyone else. Upon watching this person closely as he rode, I noticed he used his front almost exclusively, mainly using the rear just prior initiating the front at the heaviest braking area. It's my belief he did this to start the weight transfer so that it wasn't a violent pitch forward, lessening chassis stability. I should add that the suspension on the bike(s) being used aren't anywhere near as good as most modern sportbikes. So I guess I say all that to say this, as I have become progressively faster, I use the rear less and less (as many others just said). Threshold braking is all front, all the time. Training otherwise is to invite disaster, IMHO. Personally I found rolling off the throttle and leaving the clutch engaged helped somewhat (but most importantly didn't require much, if any attention), I know the engine isn't very effective as a brake, but either is the rear caliper under heavy braking! That's my experience using front/rear brakes. I feel as if I have just submitted an article to a medical journal for peer review
  2. Cobie, you asked another student what they thought was the most useful thing/skill they took from the class. I just came home from a ride in which I actually learned something. I followed the steps outlined in the back of the Level III pamphlet (travelling your favorite twisty road using a variety of suspension settings). The drill was very helpful to feel what the bike does under a variety on induced handling issues, and Rule #1 helps them all. Obviously, some of the issues were easier to feel than others. The main thing is none made the bike "unrideable", and all were quite manageable when I followed the rule. I make a fair number of mistakes in my riding, but following by following the princilple of good throttle control, it makes up for quite a few them. Bike is 05 gsxr1000. I wish I had more experience with some of the bikes mentioned...maybe someday. Anyway that's the one that, day in and day out, I mainly use. Some days other skills are more important/mean more, but throttle control (following the throttle rule) is consistently the one I use the most.
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