Motorcycle Braking and Stopping Distances

Motorcycle Braking and Stopping Distances - I've been told that the average stopping distances for motorcycles has not really changed over a long period of time. One reason is the fact that we are generally limited by the downward force of 1G. Add aero such as in the case of MotoGP bikes at speed then the downward force can be increased, but that is not the case for the rest of us riding motorcycles on the street and on track.
Rather than regurgitate what I’ve heard about braking and stopping distances on motorcycles, I wanted to go out and get my own data and measure it for myself. So in this video that is exactly what we did. We did front brake only braking, rear brake only braking and combination front and rear brake stopping using a number of motorcycles
For your information, I used a portable range finder to do the measurements.
I had planned to also collect data on thumb brake stopping but ended up not doing it.
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