Originally Posted by jrowedc
When the front brake is used correctly, skidding the rear will have exactly zero effect, because it will be slightly off the ground. The same usually applies on motorcycles. The front contact patch has enough purchase to cause the rear to lift off the ground, so you will flip before you skid the front if the brake is applied just right. Feel free to read up on this in any standard racing manual.
Thats the point - if you brake hard enought wiht front brake to unweight the rear wheel, any harder braking doesn't help, it flips you. So if you apply reverse pressure on rear wheel, you can feel that skidding point and come to a stop most efficiently.
Al