class dis-miss-d  I bet I can eat more hotdogs than jensen.

MSF makes a big deal about "both brakes, all the time." The only points I lost on the driving test was the hard stop w/ both brakes and a downshift, because I failed to use both brakes. That might be some of the anxiety on braking w/ both brakes.

The rear brake is a pretty small percentage of your stopping power and it's very easy to lock it up in use. BUT it does help slow the bike, locked or not. I use mine. If it take 160 feet to stop from 70 MPH, I'll happily take the measly 5 extra feet I get from using the back brake too.