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View Poll Results: Do you use your front brake?
Yes! I love my front brake! 138 87.90%
No! It is stupid, I hate it! 19 12.10%
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i dont have any fronts...
There overrated!lol! In the dunes or drags front aren't really necessary.......
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On the trails they are all I really use.
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i use them both on the trails.i just leave the fronts the stock drums so they slow you down but dont over do it.
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I use the fron't all time.
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when im goin on a downhill i slam my rears and set myself up for the turn, any other turn i use my fronts. i use to not brake at all and just shift down into a turn and shift up out of it, lotta clutch work but it dont bother me none
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Love my front brakes, that what I mostly use! Stops faster too. When coming down a steel hill, the rear brake will cause you to slide side to side + shuts down the motor if you don't pull the clut or have in neautral. The front end grabs better for me & prefer it over the rear!



^^^^^My feelings exactly. Mrs. Senator, on the other hand, can wear out a set of rear brake pads in less than a calendar year
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Mrs. Senator, on the other hand, can wear out a set of rear brake pads in less than a calendar year
Sooo, She's a more aggressive rider, eh
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i use my fronts almost always and only, unless i need to stop fast, i hit the clutch, and both sets of brakes
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I use my front brakes a LOT. I was riding the woods a few months ago, and I came close to a tree. I grabbed the front brakes and done a stoppie!!!
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