ABS or not?
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ABS has been on cages for years. The design intent was to allow reduced braking distances in all conditions for a greater average of drivers.
For motorcycles the additional design challenge was to maintain the frames attitude while braking in a crisis situation, ie, remain in a straight line and upright. The faster the bike is travelling and the harder the front brake is engaged the easier it becomes to lock the rear wheel. The reason is that a greater percentage of weight is thrown forward with the compression of the front suspension. With a locked rear wheel and the bike sliding in a slightly non-perpendicular attitude, releasing the rear brake suddenly can result in bucking with the result being the potential for a thrown rider. Additionally, reducing the stopping distance of even a few feet can be difference between stopping with **** stains or colliding with another fast moving object.
Those riders that have experienced an effective ABS actuation are able to determine just how effective it was in practice. That said, mechanical/programming problems do occur and in those cases a lack of confidence is understandable.
For motorcycles the additional design challenge was to maintain the frames attitude while braking in a crisis situation, ie, remain in a straight line and upright. The faster the bike is travelling and the harder the front brake is engaged the easier it becomes to lock the rear wheel. The reason is that a greater percentage of weight is thrown forward with the compression of the front suspension. With a locked rear wheel and the bike sliding in a slightly non-perpendicular attitude, releasing the rear brake suddenly can result in bucking with the result being the potential for a thrown rider. Additionally, reducing the stopping distance of even a few feet can be difference between stopping with **** stains or colliding with another fast moving object.
Those riders that have experienced an effective ABS actuation are able to determine just how effective it was in practice. That said, mechanical/programming problems do occur and in those cases a lack of confidence is understandable.
Last edited by 6530mask; Aug 24, 2016 at 09:15 AM.
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