If you want ABS, buy a bike with ABS. Personally I've had a bike with ABS and don't care one way or the other.

As far as Harley trailing the technology pack again, you may want to do some research and find out if Harley or the Japs were the first to have front and rear discs, electronic ignition as standard, and even to generally adopt EFI.

Harley doesn't move as fast as some foreign brands with adding gee-gaws, but based on the Rushmore updates, I'd say they're starting to.

 

Oh god.....here we go again.

Next up:

"I can out brake ABS"

"ABS is for people with no riding skills"

"ABS is a direct infringement on my freedom"

"I've been riding 40 years and never locked up a wheel"

"ABS is proven to be dangerous"

"ABS and helmet laws are turning bikers into pussies"

"I pulled my gun on a bike with ABS"

blah, blah, blah....

 

You forgot "had to locker up and lay it down to save myself..."

 

Indubitably

 

I love the ABS feature. This is my second bike with it and I didn't consider buying one without on the recent purchase. I had to really depend on it once, and after that, had great increased confidence in the system.

Jury is out on the linked brakes. I would think they would be an advantage as well. Saw the previous post about problems with linked brakes and wonder how...

 

Well played, Sir!

 

Although I like my ABS, I don't like that it's probably going to become standard equipment, because it increases the price and adds to the repair costs when the bike gets older probably making bikes less likely to be kept around for decades like they have been because of the expense of repair, because ABS units aren't cheap.
I see cars every day with jackass warning lights lit up like a Christmas tree for things that don't add up to diddly squat toward the overall safe operation of the vehicle.
TPM
ABS
TC
EVAP
ETC (Electronic Throttle Control)
Auto Suspension


BS

 

The Honda CB750 was the first mass produced bike with disk brakes in 1967. HD was the last manufacturer to adopt them across their lineup. A friends 2003 Sportster has a drum brake in the rear. Similar story with EFI. As a general rule the European manufactures like BMW and Ducati are usually the first adopters of new Technology. Eg. active suspension. The Japanese manufacturers then make it commonplace and affordable. While the Japanese are doing this HD puts it on their high end bikes and then 10 years later lets it trickle down to all their models.

If my theory is correct this pattern will repeat itself with active suspension. Every Japanese bike in ten years will have motion sensors connected to a computer controlling servo motors in the the shocks and HD will be rolling it out on the Electra Glide as an expensive option.

 

:-) You are spot on. I forgot that one. Should be top of the list.

 

There's no way that I would ride on ice without ABS brakes.