Motorcycles offer the potential to experience acceleration that's impossible to perform in a car — but you have to know how to stop. Sean Smith at Hell For Leather explains the complications. — Ed.

A motorcycle’s front brake provides the vast majority of stopping force. In the past, motorcyclists avoided using using the front brake, fearing that they would be thrown over the handlebars. This is ...

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If it doesn't, you can be flat on your face in less than a second. Try it in a corner, and you can quickly eat up whatever traction you were using for cornering and slide merrily off into the bushes.