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How to Ride Out a Rear Wheel Skid
Filed Under (Training) by Anthony StClair on 04-05-2009
Better Motorcycling is run by Ruben Torres, a 20-year veteran police officer and crash specialist. His Better Motorcycling blog covers all things motorcycle safety, such as this informative post (and video) on How to Ride Out a Rear Wheel Skid:
Of all the crashes we investigate, over-braking the rear tire is one of the lead causes to loss of control. Additionally, using only your rear brake will extend your stopping distance significantly
See the whole post: How to Ride Out a Rear Wheel Skid - Better Motorcycling Blog »


Lovin’ the blog. Keep the gr8 work!
We forever educated our student to do a rapid shoulder check as soon as they were stopped, just to make sure there was no one bearing down from behind them.
As someone who’s been in a few of these I know how dangerous they can be. Thanks for the post.