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No, I suppose I'll just live with it, begrudgingly. Single lever braking is for rank novices, and first time newbies that don't know which lever to pull, and those riders will never get into a situation where they need separate front and rear braking. The ATV manufacturers should not plan on selling their top performance model to a rank novice, or first time newbies. My gripe with single lever braking comes up whenever the ATV is used in more difficult terrain, specifically, very very steep downhills. These big bore ATVs have enough engine braking to skid the rear tires when decending very steep loose hills in two wheel drive. With single lever braking you only have one lever to pull, and it is going to apply brakes to both the front and rear axle equally. So you still have much more braking going to the rear axle, because you have the engine braking plus the hydraulic brakes, while you only have the hydraulic brakes going to the front axle. No matter what you do you have more braking going to the axle that has essentially no weight on it, and less braking going to the axle with all the traction. It is a stupid and dangerous situation. Yes you can put the ATV in four wheel drive for downhills that are that steep, but that increases steering effort significantly, especially on steep downhill switchbacks. Separate front and rear braking is so much more safe that there is no comparison.