Relatively new rider here. I can hold my own on the street, but not sure I'm braking as efficiently/well as I could.
Any advice?

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This is a rabbit hole of ideas that work for some and not for others. Practice is the best way.

For me. I got mine 2-4 years after starting to ride. I signed up for a bunch of track days and rode the heck out of my aprilia rs125 at NJMP. End result I got my bike stopped in cold wet conditions when an Uber cut across three lanes of traffic and parked in front of me on the FDR.

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Parking lot is helpful. But 70-10 is hard to do unless you’re on a track.

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I do a lot of parking lot drills. I wanted to know what it feels like when ABS engages and also to know what it feels like when you brake just a little too hard, and the rear lifts off the ground slightly or the rear starts to skid.

I also am always on the lookout for places where I can accelerate safely to highway speeds and then practice my emergency braking.

Track days are also a great resource!

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It seems counterintuitive but ‘slowly’ applying brakes is better than panic- jamming them. Braking works with your suspension to provide optimal stopping- slamming too quickly doesn’t give your forks time to absorb and assist. It’s hard to remember in a panic, but gradual controlled pressure beats sudden panic braking, especially without ABS.

Also, do a trackday if you want to really learn what your brakes are capable of!

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Definitely agree! I've spent ages in parking lots building muscle memory to slowly apply brakes! The licence testing guys pretty much scared me into doing a heap of that!

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If you’re trying to get faster? Get on the track and learn how to trail brake. It’s crazy how much harder and later you can actually brake.

Safer on the street? Understand your bikes threshold braking (the maximum amount of pressure you can apply before they lock up). In emergency situations having this as a muscle memory is a very good thing 🤙

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