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Hi 'shrapnel,
Accelerating through and out of the turn loads the rear wheel, if a tyre is going to break traction it's easier to control if it's the rear rather than the front.
When a bike is cornering the forces are trying to push the tyre outward, imagine what would happen on a slippy surface for example. So loading the tyre due to braking when leaned over will cause the front to lose grip earlier. So your analogy regarding dragging wheels is irrelevant as the load due to gravity is acting vertically, not at an angle.
The suspension front and rear compresses anyway when cornering due to centrifugal force so you don't want to load it even more by braking. There's also static sag of the suspension to consider due to the weight of bike and rider.
The U.K police, and I guess many other police forces, are some of the best trained/skilled riders in the world. They can probably out ride the vast majority of riders on the road given comparable bikes. Many police race too.
Accelerating through and out of the turn loads the rear wheel, if a tyre is going to break traction it's easier to control if it's the rear rather than the front.
When a bike is cornering the forces are trying to push the tyre outward, imagine what would happen on a slippy surface for example. So loading the tyre due to braking when leaned over will cause the front to lose grip earlier. So your analogy regarding dragging wheels is irrelevant as the load due to gravity is acting vertically, not at an angle.
The suspension front and rear compresses anyway when cornering due to centrifugal force so you don't want to load it even more by braking. There's also static sag of the suspension to consider due to the weight of bike and rider.
The U.K police, and I guess many other police forces, are some of the best trained/skilled riders in the world. They can probably out ride the vast majority of riders on the road given comparable bikes. Many police race too.