Trail braking

Trail braking into a corner at Miller Motorsports Park, USA

Trail braking is a driving and motorcycle riding technique where the brakes are used beyond the entrance to a turn (turn-in), and then gradually released (trailed off). Depending on a number of factors, the driver fully releases brake pressure at any point between turn-in and the apex of the turn.[1][2][3][4][5]

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