Abs needs to be switchable.
Riding a 1200 GS BMW in deep gravel is almost impossible with abs on, it falls on its arse constantly, like riding a bike with a serious misfire, goes front heavy & is a bloody handful.
Abs needs to be switchable.
Riding a 1200 GS BMW in deep gravel is almost impossible with abs on, it falls on its arse constantly, like riding a bike with a serious misfire, goes front heavy & is a bloody handful.
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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On my Jeep, that is how it works. But on my bike every time I start it, ABS light keeps flashing till I'm doing 5-6 kms per hour and then it goes away. If you just start it and let idle, the light keep flashing. It's all part of the self-diagnostic.
On both, I can manually disable ABS and traction control (Jeep) when off-road. Although then the light stays on.
One of the very first things I did when the wiff got one of these new fangled cars with abs was try out when it kicked in and over what. Heck I did it on the test drive when I finally bought one last year.
I'd def try it on a bike to see what happens. I always try how fast you can stop on normal brakes to calibrate yourself.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
my 2016 gsx-s1000 has and, I find it's actually dangerous, it won't interrupt untill you start to get tyre close to chirping , but when it does it takes forever to restore braking, it shoots forward horrendously, If i was about to rear end a cage that pulls out of a side street, it would definetely result in a crash as i trained myself to brake up to the churping point, i'd disable it in an instant if I could , I can remove fuse but then have another annoying light on the dash, the first being the 'traction control'- they should relable them " the lack of control button " ever watched a superbike start sliding , then the rider turns off the throttle, instant high-sided, the much more expensive systems may work better, but the ones on my bike suck,
That's disappointing. That roadshow thingy they did demonstration comparison with clear advantage to abs. Although it was on a tall suspension bike.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Whether you personally agree with ABS being mandatory on bikes or not this move has been a long time in coming. As with most such moves once it's made compulsory the manufacturers are remarkably adept at getting it onto their machines for next to no additional cost.
Having owned bikes fitted both with and without I would be lying if I didn't think that it provides a welcome safety net if things do go South. Most of the time I can brake just as well on a non-ABS equipped bike in the dry but it's on those 2:37 in the afternoon on a wet and windy Friday afternoon when you're getting to the airport type of rides when it'll prove to be worthwhile. IMHO if it saves me just the once then it's worthwhile.
However, each to their own and all that.
It's been mandatory in a lot of countries for quite some time, even Australia is ahead of us with this legislation. Any negative issues would be well and truly out in the wild by now.
The EU legislation for non-switchable rear ABS is a different prospect IMHO. Adventure style bikes are the next biggest seller after Cruisers in most Western countries. Admittedly, their are not a lot of gravel roads in Brussels...
As for cost, I'm sure manufacturers would be happier making one bike for the world rather than offering ABS or non ABS for specific markets. You would think that the gain in production line efficiency would be a cost saving - and that would trickle down to the purchaser. You would hope, anyway.
Manopausal.
Me, I'm not keen on ABS.
Just on the general principle that I do NOT want brakes that can decide to turn them selves off.
Time to update the logo to "Bevelhead Dinosaur" me thinks.
Now just where was that obscure setting again...?
aha - sweet - sorted
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