I never really even touch my back brake. I'm actually considering REMOVING the brake entirely, but probably wont for legal reasons.

btw, its spelled brake, as in, the thing you use to slow down, not break, as in to cause damage to or make nonoperational.

 

i dont mean i used 100% rear as in applying 100% pressure. what i meant was although i was braking lightly, i only did so on the rear and not the front

 

Then something is wrong because *lightly* using the rear brake in a straight line should never cause the rear tire to slip a foot sideways.

 

I was making a left turn once, 10 or 11 years ago, not in a very good mood, and probably hadd too much throttle and the rear end started to fishtail on my. Instinct kicked in and I did something I used to do on my BMX bike: I put my left foot down to catch me. At the speed i was going when my foot touched down it threw my leg back into the muffler (ow). I don't remember much more than that, other than I managed to stay up and rode off thinking about how dumb that was and I needed to stay focused on the bike.

 

Noob rider, too much bike, recipe for disaster.

 

Wait, wait...locked up the rear brake...in a corner..."fishtailing"...I kinda doubt it.

How likely is a new rider to ignore the beginning of panic and take their foot off the peg long enough to apply maximum pressure to the brake pedal, in the middle of a corner, arresting forward motion and inducing loss of traction...not as likely as grabbing a handful of brake and standing the bike up...

Even if he's not new, and the rear became locked, especially on a wet or cold surface, the tire should skip in the direction of inertia...ultimately re-catching traction or lowsiding the whole machine...the rear of the bike is not willing to return in the opposite direction as an actual "fishtail" motion...a small rear tire skip has nothing to do with fish.

I'm guessing there was just a tap on the brake, mid-corner, coinciding with the tire's contact patch temporarily breaking free of the road surface, all of which becoming magnified in the mind as a wicked near-highside narrowly avoided. lol

 

i have never fished tail on accident with the rear brake (on purpose a few times)

now the gas, i have had my fair share of accidental drifts that way, a few when i first started riding that puckered my but up pretty tight.

worst one was at our local spot doing laps and i hammered on the gas in first coming out of a hair pin, spun the back wheel and kicked me almost 90degs off straight before it hooked back up, that was the violent part, my back end flew past straight the other way and almost threw me over the handle bars in the process. i have no idea how i didn't wreck.

 

My guess is skill and amazing, cat-like reflexes saved you.

 

I have never seen a cat with good reflexes.


If you are not used to the rear end sliding out on you it can be very scary. For whatever reason my reaction is to grab clutch.

 

+1 bazillion

Has to be!!!!