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Maybe the RT he was riding had fully linked brakes. The RT had fully linked brakes for a couple years, but I don't remember what years. Maybe someone who knows will chime in. When the brakes are fully linked, both the front and rear brakes are applied when the rear pedal is pressed. Same when using the front lever, both brakes will be applied.In the June, '01, Cycle World, Don Canet, professional test rider and veteran of thousands of U-turns for photo shoots, dumped the 1150RT in the middle of a U-turn, because he "feathered" the rear brake.
Most of the BMWs after a few years went to partially linked brakes. That's what we had on our K1200RSs and now on our K1300Ss. On the partially linked brakes if you press the rear brake pedal, only the rear brake is applied. Pressing the front lever will apply both brakes. You will also see the linked brakes referred to as Part Integral and Full Integral.
We had servo brakes on our K1200RSs and do not have them on the K1300Ss. The servo brakes worked good and it only took a couple rides for both of us to get used to them. Given the choice I would prefer to not have servo brakes because of the extra maintenance involved.
I did a Google search for the RT and it looks like he R1150RT had Full Integral brakes in 2002, 2003, and 2004. In 2005 the R1200RT came equipped with Part Integral brakes
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