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HIGH-SPEED BRAKING

BRAKING MARKER

he very first step to worry about when you need to slow the bike down is choosing when to do so. Choosing the right moment to get off the throttle and on the brakes is critical; if you’re slowing for a corner, it’s the difference between nailing your line in the turn or shooting off the outside of the track. In motocross we don’t have braking markers on the side of the track giving us distance

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