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Will a motorcycle slow down if the brakes fail?

Lets say I was on a motorcycle and my brakes fail. Will the motorcycle keep going or stay the same speed?

Answer:

Will a motorcycle slow down if the brakes fail? Eventually.
Um if you're on Earth then yes the bike will slow down in time. You can also engine break to slow down quicker. Just pray that you have enough road to slow down. However if you're riding someplace like the moon for example where there's a lack of air resistance you may roll for a bit further before but the engine friction and what not would eventually slow you down.
Maybe on one of those new facny motorcycles with ABS and the front and rear brakes connected ... but for any good motorcycle you have *two* completely separate brake systems. The odds of both brakes will fail at the same time is about one in a billion.
In case you are a beginner rider then you don't have any business driving a 900cc laptop, it's too damned big. The key of sluggish speed turns is to loosen up, lean with bike, and keep rolling on the energy the entire way via the turn. What you might be more commonly doing is retaining consistent vigour however you're no longer *increasing* the power by way of the flip. Don't grip the handlebars; your palms have to always be comfy even in a tight turn; the handlebars are just a resting position for your hands. If you're going very gradual you could cheat and just trip upright around a flip but it's an extraordinarily unhealthy addiction and you should handiest do it on slippery surfaces. This could sound infantile but are attempting making brrmmmm! Brrrmmm! noises as you enter the turn, it's silly (full face helmet time) nevertheless it reminds you to apply just a little aggression to the throttle and lean with the bike.
You have two separate braking systems. It's a statistical near zero for an event that takes out both braking systems at once and leaves the bike upright. There are many modes of failure in the braking system. If the system simply fails to allow the brakes to engage, the bike will slow when you let off the throttle, eventually stopping. However, many brake failures are ones where the brakes actually activate. Again, the bike will stop (somewhat faster) when you let off the throttle. If the front brakes fail, you still have the rear brake which is capable of stopping the bike on its own.

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