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When it is time to stop, I use everything I have, engine, front, and back brakes (sometimes prayer).

I think it is kinda like drinking water when you are stranded in the desert, experts say to drink all your water quickly. Some people have been found dead with water in their canteens. Stop while the stopping is good.

Amen, learn to use all three brakes all the time. Front, rear, and Engine. They'll be there for you when you react faster than you can think in a emergency.

I use the brakes for slowing -and the engine for going.
Engine braking is useless when your back wheel is a foot in the air...

Id have to say I use engine braking more then the brakes. Use the brakes to let people know Im stopping. This is mostly from the experience of older bikes which dont have as good of brakes as the new ones. I only started using a front brake a few years ago when I got a bike that had one that actually did something when you pulled the lever.

I use engine braking in maneuvers and mellow stops. However, in any kind of emergency I pull the clutch in. My front brakes are enormous, and I don't want any input from the back wheel. I'll feather the rear brake, tho.