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Originally Posted by VaFish
And I have witnessed one crash with a long time Harley rider who just jammed on the rear brake and lost control.
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I saw one in my van's rear view mirror when a line of cars on the highway that were moving at the speed limit came to a sudden stop. I had left plenty of following distance, but when I looked in the mirror, a Harley was fishtailing back and forth with increasing amplitude until the rider went down. Luckily he had slowed down a lot, so he wasn't hurt much, and luckily he didn't hit my van. The fact that he didn't hit my van meant he could have easily stopped without crashing if he knew how to use his brakes properly.
I can't claim it's just Harleys, of course. I've replaced worn out rear brake pads more than once on newly purchased used motorcycles, when the front pads and disk looked nearly new.