Originally Posted by 0maha

With all due respect to the OP's fallen friend, "ABS taught me bad habits" sounds like a convenient excuse to me.

Originally Posted by ohiomike

my body just when down, he`s ok but was riding his other bike w/o ABS and he was so used to ABS that he hit his front brake hard and wheel went under,dumped him, he said my other bike has ABS and when he hit front brake hard , didn't happen...I said "DUH" but I still understood him, do we now TRUST that when we ride, we gotta realize what we`re riding or just go old school, and master our machines???????????? hope that makes sense.........

Originally Posted by ohiomike

he hit his front brake hard and wheel went under,dumped him,

.I said "DUH" but I still understood him,

...or just go old school, and master our machines????????????

....hope that makes sense.........

Originally Posted by Bone Doc

If the reciprocal braking techniques of today's bikes compromise the compressibility of the metalloproteins in the fluid, the tensile elastic friction forces will diminish. This can be exacerbated by wind shear caused by the ABS module itself. Whether that is stupier or not is up for debate. More research is definitely needed.

With this in mind, the asphalt is just as hard whether the bike has ABS or not.



Wait until self-driving cars become commonplace. No more drivers licenses?