Dude I live in another orbit of Commando performance and that includes brake power on un-restricted Lockheed factory brake or Ms Peels re-sleeved 13 mm brake. Braking is the most important thing to me and force myself into working up panic attacks with locked front tire both on factory and up-graded brake power. I have full lock up on tap by either brake below 60 mph on 100 to 110 tires, brake power may limit everyone else but not me, I've no worries on power enough to lock up, its the dang surface and tire grip that I'm so concerned with. Follow my stupid against the grain advice or stick within your limits wisely.
Both my Combats have brake power enough to stoppie, especially Ms Peel, which slowed/stopped better than any cycle I've tried or tested against. I even tried stoppie on steep down hill tarmac, gives me fear spikes in groin ok, but could not stay on bike braced like a maniac, always had to back off or be thrown over the bars. No way can other bikes stop that harsh, they stoppie or slide first so must back off the deceleration or crash. I really don't ever want to stoppie in real life as interferes with hi G pull downs, but it looks so cool I would like to get Peel to do it, maybe on pure race tire some day.
But no way can I get enough front traction on new 100 tire on un-tammed Trixie to do more than just slide front barely unloading rear enough its totally useless to help slow. I sometimes jab rear an instant ahead of front brake to squat bike first but thats more for the loose stuff than on pavement. I'm been too scared to slide Trixie's front for a few bike lengths slowing down like i did almost daily on Peel trying with all my might and 'skill' to get a real stoppie. I am only brave enough on Trixie to slide locked front while speeding up from walking speed with feet out - just in case THE Hinge onsets like a blow out front can do ya. I got too freaked out on down hill on Peel with my butt thrown up where head was and my head/trunk thrown over head light with rear tire lifted to what felt like a few inches and suddenly trying to pass the squalling front tire, but had no pilot control ability left as not really on bike to work controls like hold brake lever or bars. Only way I avoided crashes doing this is that Ms Peel is a one in a row tri-linked so will twist up chassis more than any other cycle yet not rebound but to Neutral instantly when loads suddenly cut. When I hopped on my SV with hotted up softened race tire I popped unintended stoppies on the first few pull downs I do going over all crests into unknown hazards I encounter so often. Then would pop un-intended wheelies to speed back up after cresting view ahead opens up. Ms Peel easy generated more control loads than race like bike *** just on her mere committing speeds to get to appointments, not even trying to kick up heels in a joy ride way.
On Trixie and SV I need brakes for the down hill sharp turn entries but not on Ms Peel so Peel is an abnormality, going too fast into turns for any brake slowing ability only can toss sideways to scrub speed off one direction to convert to energy in a new direction. On Peel at speed brakes can only be used to change direction or lean angle, either to slap down a low side or save a low side by the hi side. Had to do that a couple times on my SV 40 mph when traffic accident blocked my way on sand covered sharp blind 10 mph marked turn and stupidly fear reflex grabbed front brake while leaned and front washed right out into low side, stomped foot on rear, jerked bike back up, but then was aimed at tangent across oncoming lane right into the railing, with car approaching, but gritted teeth and got hard on front with bike totally inline upright till slowed enough front could be jerked to pull me back in my lane then hard on brake again to stop under a bike length from impact. I about pissed and shit and sweated and vomited all at once. Pure luck in panic state with nothing to lose saved me - not really my intended skill or practice level I could expect to repeat with Grace of God I no longer believe in.