If a rider on public roads, needs to brake hard enough to lock up either (or both) wheels ... then there are a few other things that were not properly assessed (or noticed) soon enough.
Riding within the law and having "Right of way" will not guarantee an uneventful ride. And to see possible issues ahead ... first you have to look for them.
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
Funny, when I think of ABS the bikes you mention are not the first ones that spring to mind.
Europe has had mandatory ABS for some time. Some importers here didn't offer it because they like to maximise their profit margins. Fuck rider safety, the priority is the bottom line. ABS won't pose any problem for the manufacturers, they are already offering it in other markets. Now they'll provide it here too.
As long as it's switchable on the tall rounders everybody should be happy.
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i would say a fair few motorcycles accidents are those where a relatively inexperienced rider is faced with a panic stop situation,so brakes are slammed on,resulting in an instantaneous lock up of front wheel followed shorly afterwards with a fall.The abs may prevent the fall but the impact with the car will probablt still follw instaed of the fall,maybe hit the car.I would also think the impact on the market will be rather slow,with only new bikes having abs.
Gotta say that ABS in the wet is useful though .
Yeah there's a lot to to be said for correct braking technique eg using both brakes with the accent on the front & anticipating a situation etc
But when its a wet cold miserable day & hard out raining , abs is bloody reassuring
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
Idk. How about we have both? ABS so it is there when it's needed, and training to avoid having to use it. Seems like a good solution to part of the problem.
I'd place my money more on it being Kiwi buyers wouldn't spend the extra money over the standard model so the dealers didn't bother to bring them in. I've seen examples of $70,000 NZ new cars here (top of the range) without specs that came as standard on the $40,000 imported models (base spec).
Now, ABS.
Next, mandatory GPS trackers.
Perhaps some more recently, but others were quite up front about "maintaining margins", they didn't give the option even though it was available They'll bring them in now though - and that's good.
I get the impression we've got some "riding gods" here, people who don't think they would benefit from ABS. That's nonsense.
In a one-off crash stop situation nobody beats ABS.
The reaction of the Transport Dept cops was a bit surprising when the first ABS equipped bikes appeared. Their main concern was that there would be no skid marks to measure after an accident.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
ABS is the only thing that I'd particularly like for my bike. On wet roads it would be a nice backup so you can get hard on the brakes quicker. I'm quite ginger in the wet and I've raced for years and ride dirtbikes.
From what I've seen the days of extended abs results has reversed the other way.
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