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Originally Posted by Jinx250
I seriously doubt that was the conclusion.
Try searching "motorcycle stopping distance"
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Though there is much variability in the user, this article (not what I was looking for, but came up first) says otherwise:
http://mfes.com/motorcyclebraking.html
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Originally Posted by Alex
In the Riding Skills sticky at the top of that section, there are several threads dealing with rear braking. A number of studies are linked from there. I don't think any of them matched exactly with your thoughts, but they were close. The difference between using the rear brake or not using the rear brake in a panic stop, given optimal usage of both the front and rear brakes, was a difference of 5 feet at 150 feet of stopping distance.
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Yeah, the thing was the person who posted it, posted it in an obscure thread not directly related. I will have to keep looking, I just figured the person who might have posted it would likely remember it.
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Originally Posted by kaiserz
I know there's one here in ninjette. cause I remember printing something out here and practicing in at the parking lot. It was a study made in europe or something and then they translated it in english, I'ma try to look for it and I'ma let you know.
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Yeah! See, I'm not completely crazy!
Thanks for all the help though, guys. I'm wasn't sure if this justified it's own thread, so if it does not, by all means move/merge/delete what-have-you.