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When I was young I had a phase of motorcycling. Always British bikes with rear footbrake on the left.
After a gap of 30 years I needed to use a motorbike again. Now the back brake was on the right and although under normal circumstances I would remember this, in an emergency stop I was unreliable and twice went for the wrong side. I believe this was a condtioned reflex which I couldn't get rid of. I know I'm not the only person who has had this problem.
As you can see, I did survive. Nowadays I steer clear of all motorbikes!
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I can’t remember why but a few years ago I thought it’d be a good idea to play around with switching brakes around.
I think maybe I had bikes at the time with only a front brake, others with only rear and others with two.
I found that where I only had a single brake, the lever could be in either position with virtually no instances of grabbing for a brake that wasn’t there or confusing a front for a rear etc.
With two brakes fitted however it had to be front right/left rear. I just couldn’t get my head around a front left/right rear when I had both brakes available.