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Emergency Braking Sometimes you have to stop as quickly as possible. Here are some tips on how to get you and your motorcycle halted pronto: Apply both brakes to their maximum, just short of locking them up. Practice in an open, good-surfaced place, such as a clean parking lot. Keep the motorcycle upright and traveling in a straight line; and look where you’re going, not where you’ve just been. You don’t want to lock the front brake. If the wheel does chirp, release the brake for a split second, then immediately reapply without locking it up. If your rear wheel locks up, do not release the brake. If your handlebars are straight, you will skid in a straight line, which is all right. You have a more important priority and that is to get stopped! Read on and we will talk more about “skids.” HANDLING SPECIAL SITUATIONS 35
HANDLING SPECIAL SITUATIONS 36 Braking While Leaned Into a Curve You should try to avoid this, but sometimes it might be necessary. You can brake (with both brakes) while leaned over, but you must do it gradually and with less force than if the bike is standing up straight. For maximum braking efficiency in an emergency (when traffic and roadway conditions permit), stand the bike up straight; brake hard. Coping With a Skid A skid - that’s when your heart leaps up to your throat because your wheels have lost traction! You might hit a patch of sand on a
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