Use of Rear Brake.

[usranger74]

One of our members had an accident with his Nomad. Following is how he described the accident.

“Well it happened. I put the Nomad down on Wednesday night coming home from church. The weather has been around 100 degrees the last several days. I was headed home and came into a corner and as I applied the rear brakes it felt like I was on ice. The bike started to fishtail and by the time I recovered I was headed for the shoulder on the left side of the road.”

One of our members made this comment about using the rear brakes.

“Got to watch those rear brakes. I've tried to teach my son to depend on his front brake as he learns. I learned the rear brake lesson real quickly racing motorcycles 35 years ago. My rear brakes get very little use today.”

Why be so fearful of the rear brake? I understand that most of the stopping power is in the front, but frankly I do not like using it unless I am also using the rear.