There are a lot of people out there who belabor things that don’t matter much. The excessive focus on the “smoothness” of transitioning off the gas and onto the brakes is one of these areas, IMO.
Agree!
Stop belaboring the percentages. Ride by feel, not by a diagram.
In all my years of trail braking, I never ONCE thought about how many percent I am on brake and how many percent I am on throttle while I am in the middle of a turn. I think you pretty much will know if your transition is not smooth, or if you're going too fast into the turn for your own good. One way to practice a smoother transition and to compensate for entering a turn too fast is to pretend the turn radius changes while you're still turning by switching line within the lane during the turn. Do this in turns that you are familiar with and in conditions well under control, i.e. not too fast. A shift to a line with a tighter radius makes you either lean some more or to reapply a little brake. A looser radius will make you lean less and to release the brakes sooner. Either way, it is one way to get more practice on modulating the brakes and throttle while turning.
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