cv_rider
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I was out practicing my quick stops, per advice from Proficient Motorcycling. Author suggested "If the idea of practicing a 30mph quick stop makes you nervous, you should get a handle on that before you need to it in an emergency situation," and that applied to me. So I found a deserted road and did a number of them. I was surprised at how easy it was to skid the rear wheel, with ever very moderate pressure on the pedal. When I was really crunching on the front brake, it seemed like anything more than a modest tap on the rear wheel locked it. The book says that can happen easily with sport bikes, but I assumed that would apply to bikes with more aggressive geometries than ours. Anyone else had experience with this? I guess it will just be a matter of continuing to practice it and getting an idea of how much rear to apply. Doesn't seem that the rear is capable of very much stopping power at all, although books often claim is contributes 30%. Doesn't seem like it to me.