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When riding a motorcycle , what should you do when coming to a complete stop?

I really don‘t want to drop my motorcycle at a stop sign, or a red light. what is the most correct way to brake and stop. (things like body position, hand, feet) , whenever i come to a stop i usally have my right foot on the peg and left foot is just dragging along. i come to a wobbling stop, but i don‘t know any other way to do it.

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Man you must be trying to kill yourself it only a bad question because there is a lot of control loss with the back wheel locking.
None that I have seen. A custom job would be easy using an inside out setup on one side and another disc on the other. Using a belt drive eliminates all oil concerns.
Never heard of twin disk brakes on the rear! One side holds the drive, the other the brake. Might work on a shaft or belt drive but is probably pointless as over braking the rear would only lock the wheel as the weight is transferred to the front.
I ride a cruiser that has the pegs out front. I put both feet down just moments before coming to a complete stop. I do that because often there are uneven road surfaces, oil, gravel or holes. If I need to hold the motorcycle on an uphill, I will just swap my front brake for my back and hold the bike up with my left foot. May not be cool or the most recognized way of doing it, but it feels more safe to me.
Approaching the stop sign, check mirror, if required use the indicator, and position yourself for the next manouevre, then progressively apply front brake (and rear if you are more comfortable with that but the most braking force will come from the front) at the same time clutch in and change down, you can use the lower gear to help slow you down by progressively releasing the clutch in between down changes. As you come to a halt, you should anticipate and be in first gear, clutch in, apply the rear brake, put right foot down when you have come to a halt. At a red light or stop sign you are sooner rather than later going to pull away there is no call for you to be in neutral, at a rest your left hand will have the clutch pulled in, your right hand will be resting on the throttle, right foot applying the brake, left foot on the ground. The reason to keep the rear brake applied is that, if you are unlucky enough to be hit from behind the impact will push you forward, if the front brake only is applied the bike will rotate about the front axle lifting the back of the bike. Make observations, wait for a space or for the light to change and away you go, remember to make a lifesaver glance over your inside shoulder as you turn. Unless you can see all approaches to a junction do not assume that just because the lights are changing from red to green that you are safe to go through the plague of red light gamblers is spreading.

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