I used to ride an ancient ka125 before I got a car licence. I don't think I ever fingered the front brake unless I was using it. I mean, if I'm going then I'm going and if I'm stopping I'm stopping. The two functions never needed to be simultaneous. It doesn't take more than a micro second to release the power and hook my fingers over the brake. Feet on the other hand were always resting on the gears and rear brake. I remember clearly being stopped at the lights and bending down to hug the engine for the heat it emitted, winter was always a freezing experience. Was a fun little bike till I gunned it down a carriage way at 85mph for too long and blew a hole in the top of the cylinder. Then, to make matters worse, I tried to kickstart the seized engine into life and sheared off the kick starter...what an idiot. She ended up in pieces in the garage and never saw motion again.