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It helps stabilise the body and reduce forward movement.
It helps stabilise your body against forward inertia and avoids transferring all that effort to the handlebar. It does not guarantee that your body never moves. Keep proper control of the controls and brake progressively according to grip and the motorcycle’s braking system. It does not make the rear brake more effective or create a stabilising centrifugal force in a straight line.
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The rear brake becomes always more effective than the front brake.
Centrifugal force guarantees balance on the straight.
It helps stabilise the body and reduce forward movement.
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