I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the relationship between the rear brake and suspension.
If only using front when braking hard your bike will nose dive excessively, whereas setting the rear of the bike down by using rear brake should keep bike more flat and minimize nose dive. Do you think that sounds right?

 

i may need to tweak my settings but i have less leverage on my rear brake pedal because it is tilted down, so it does not apply much braking, and when i brake hard and use the rear it slows it down more than the front and it slides out.
but hey my suspension is stiff and it can bounce a bit, i imagine for street riding it can be useful.

 

I've never actually noticed that the brakes are linked as it is very subtle, I think it is 10% or less goes to the rear brake. I looked into it a little bit more and when the handlebar lever is activated, the two-rotor disc brake at the front is activated while only light pressure is built up on the rear wheel brake. From my understanding when you turn off the ABS then it delink's the brakes.

I'd say there is no real compensation for this when riding as you don't even notice it.

Misti

 

I do not use the rear brakes, every time I have I would get chatter from the engine. Does anyone know why that might be?