Bet he's chuffed with the ABS

[Coldrider]

That's what I'd expect from nicely heated up slicks, on the front anyway.

[Flip]

Looked like just another newby super bike rider, all flash gear and no ability.

[98tls]

yea.. have you not tried to brake really hard yet? especially if your on a fun ride.. maybe 100k area coming up to a 35 hairpin or something..

or err.. on a track actually probably better.

Many years ago i had the misfortune to be persuaded to take the Mrs on the back of the TL when a few of us headed over to the west coast,long time ago so details have faded but somewhere...fuck cant remember exactly which pass,i think coming back over but theres a 15km sign,i thought bollocks but 2 up i should have at least made an effort,hit the pics and her out back shot past meyea yea i know but asd i type i reminded her of it and shes laughing,wasnt so funny at the time

[98tls]

Looked like just another newby super bike rider, all flash gear and no ability.

Can remember thinking the same about Evel

[bogan]

Don't think the S1000RR does this, and a quick search on google found nothing suggesting they do.

Wouldn't need to look any further than the vid I would have thought! For some reason I did think it was BMWs that had this system though, maybe on some of their other models...

[caspernz]

Well I've analysed the video closely and it's part of a new James Bond movie. The J walker actually jams an umbrella in the Beemers front wheel, thus rendering the electronic doodackery obsolete. There, we can all sleep soundly now...

[98tls]

Well I've analysed the video closely and it's part of a new James Bond movie. The J walker actually jams an umbrella in the Beemers front wheel, thus rendering the electronic doodackery obsolete. There, we can all sleep soundly now...

Fear not it wasnt ever going to stop the ZZZZZZZs.Flip summed it up well i thought.

[SMOKEU]

Wouldn't need to look any further than the vid I would have thought! For some reason I did think it was BMWs that had this system though, maybe on some of their other models...

I think Aprilia have it fitted to the RSV4.

[MaxCannon]

Poor fella looks like he had the fright of his life when that dude appeared out of nowhere.

Having had my arse saved 3 times in the wet by ABS (an older system too) I'm in no doubt of it abilities.

You can still lift the rear wheel - as has been pointed out.
ABS stops the tyre from locking thus allowing you to steer around the (taxi / car door / predestrian) that has suddenly and inexplicably (turned in front of you / opened in front of you / jumped in front of you).

Although I think it would be public service to run down pedestrians that don't look I believe the Police frown on this behaviour.

[Devil]

Wouldn't need to look any further than the vid I would have thought! For some reason I did think it was BMWs that had this system though, maybe on some of their other models...

Can only comment on my GSA, but that has linked brakes with ABS. If you get the back wheel off the ground, the wheel obviously stops (because the brakes are on), ABS kicks in and puts it back down...
Cant stoppie it unless you switch the ABS off.

[Gremlin]

Can only comment on my GSA, but that has linked brakes with ABS. If you get the back wheel off the ground, the wheel obviously stops (because the brakes are on), ABS kicks in and puts it back down...
Cant stoppie it unless you switch the ABS off.

This is interesting actually...

The linked brakes on a GSA are only partially integral. ie, pull on the front, the rear engages as well, pull on the rear, only the rear engages. To the systems, a locked rear sliding would be no different to a stoppie. Front rolling, rear not. In this situation, ABS would activate on the rear to stop the lock, but it wouldn't touch the front... From this understanding, it's theoretically possible to stoppie with the systems engaged? However, the GSA also has the telelever front end, which means no fork diving like conventional forks, ie, no weight shift compressing forks, which basically prevents a lot of rear wheel lift...

re the anti-wheelie comments, that's traction control. Again, measuring wheel speed differences to detect one spinning faster than the other...

[bogan]

This is interesting actually...

The linked brakes on a GSA are only partially integral. ie, pull on the front, the rear engages as well, pull on the rear, only the rear engages. To the systems, a locked rear sliding would be no different to a stoppie. Front rolling, rear not. In this situation, ABS would activate on the rear to stop the lock, but it wouldn't touch the front... From this understanding, it's theoretically possible to stoppie with the systems engaged? However, the GSA also has the telelever front end, which means no fork diving like conventional forks, ie, no weight shift compressing forks, which basically prevents a lot of rear wheel lift...

re the anti-wheelie comments, that's traction control. Again, measuring wheel speed differences to detect one spinning faster than the other...

Depends how the integration is set up I guess. That sort of linked brake system sound like it might just be an extra pot on the rear caliper running the same fluid as the front, so the front brake would need to be modulated to stop a rear skid.
Though that sort of setup is pretty silly (and probably not how they did it) cos ABS should keep each wheel applying max braking force until it locks up, and not be affected by any other wheel lock-ups.

[Gremlin]

Depends how the integration is set up I guess. That sort of linked brake system sound like it might just be an extra pot on the rear caliper running the same fluid as the front, so the front brake would need to be modulated to stop a rear skid.
Though that sort of setup is pretty silly (and probably not how they did it) cos ABS should keep each wheel applying max braking force until it locks up, and not be affected by any other wheel lock-ups.

The Honda Blackbird has 2 brake lines running to the rear caliper, the GSA only has one... not sure exactly on the mechanics of the caliper control for the GSA, but the ABS is definitely independently assessing the wheels as I've had ABS engage lots of times...