Which brake is on the right? On most American bikes, the brake on the right is for the rear wheel, but the front wheel gives you a lot more braking.
If you have to brake suddenly, and you brake the front wheel only, you can pitch forward. Although now that I think about it, maybe not on this bike, because the rear wheel is so heavy, with the motor.
I’ve always made it a habit to slow down with the right brake, then when I was already decelerating, apply the front brake.
That’s what I do, too, for a planned and anticipated stop. But while front-braking too hard can flip you, sometimes not braking hard enough can also be disastrous.
At the speeds I ride at, I don’t think that I could flip no matter how hard I braked in front. Except for a couple of times going down a steep hill (and the slope itself also makes flipping easier)… In those cases, I’m very, very glad that I didn’t have to stop hard at the bottom, and I made sure to take that hill more carefully the next time.
Yes, locking up the front wheel on a motorcycle will not throw you off the bike in the same way. Of course, these days, in many countries motorcycles are mandated to have anti-lock brakes.
The front brake on a bicycle is the more important one and should be used appropriately; squeezing the rear brake hard and locking the wheel will result in a skid. The front brake, by itself, will stop the bike twice as fast as the rear brake used alone, and using both brakes instead of the front brake alone will not stop you any faster except in very slippery conditions. (Note that if the front is braking hard the rear tire will have little traction anyway.)
Somewhat off topic but… a motorcycle with a short wheelbase like a sport bike or a supermoto will absolutely chuck you over the front wheel. Tires have so much grip these days that it was super easy for me to roll up to a stop sign with my back wheel a couple feet up in the air. There was enough braking action left that long before the front wheel would lock I could flip the bike.
It’s the long wheelbase cruisers and touring bikes that tend to lock the front before lifting the rear.
CX bikes typically have them reversed with the rear being on the left. Any bike show can reverse them if you want.
I like being able to give turn signals with my left hand while applying the rear brake right-handed(-ly?) I like to be able to slow down just a bit while making turns. Right-handed braking may slow down less quickly, but it has worked more smoothly on every bike I’ve ever had, including the one under discussion.
Get yourself a battery powered air compressor like this one. It’ll inflate your tire quickly, and depending upon the size of your tire, you can inflate one from basically zero to full pressure a couple of times before you need to recharge the battery. The one I have (which seems to be no longer available on Amazon) weighs roughly the same as the hand pumps that clip on to a bike frame, so it’s not like you’re adding a large amount of weight by carrying one.
I don’t have any trouble with a manual pump-- I keep one in the car just in case, and once did pump a car tire with it, albeit, I also have the kind of compressor that plugs into the receptacle formerly known as “cigarette lighter.”
The pump I carry for the bike is a foot pump that can inflate pretty quickly, has a big, clear gauge, and takes up very little space. I have an emergency bag for long rides. Anyway, the foot pump is the smallest, lightest one the store had.
Let me add one other thing: A tarp. When you have to work on your bike, put the tarp down (ideally on grass), then put your bike on the tarp. This way, when you invariably drop something like a nut, washer, or other small item, it is really easy to find. Especially if you do it on grass because the item is unlikely to bounce when it lands on the tarp. (If you put the tarp on a hard surface, then whatever you drop will bounce, but if it stays on the tarp, will be easy to spot.)