Yes!
Help ABS or not
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Joined: Jan 2011
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From: Wisconsin, USA
The only good thing about non ABS on a touring bike, is you will scare the crap out of yourself the first time you slam on the brakes and lock up the rear. So I have been motivated to practice, and take the Riders Edge ARC. I brake much better now, but my next bike will definitely have ABS. Can't hurt.
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Birch Bay, WA
I have very personal experience as to why the answer should be yes. At this moment I am sitting next to my wife in a hospital in Harrisonburg, VA, while she rests after surgery to get her ankle and fibula repaired from a wreck we had on Skyline Drive yesterday. We had just gotten on the road and went through a few corners when I saw a deer. I have experience with deer, so I immediately looked for a second one and he jumped right out there. There was a van in the oncoming lane, so I could not use that one to swerve into, so I applied the brakes, front and back. The road was banked and slightly damp from fog. The left wheel kicked out after locking up (I really tried to avoid locking up and was very deliberate in my actions but to no avail). I skidded and went down, landing on my wife's leg before flipping and banging down the road. She is resting but this is killing me. I told her when the bike is repaired I will sell it. She does not like that idea at all. God I love her and am not sure I can put her in that danger again. Thank God we were not pulling the trailer or carrying the pooch.
Sorry for the long story but if I ride again, it will only be ABS.
spiz
Sorry for the long story but if I ride again, it will only be ABS.
spiz
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Cruiser
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 223
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From: Lafayette La
I have very personal experience as to why the answer should be yes. At this moment I am sitting next to my wife in a hospital in Harrisonburg, VA, while she rests after surgery to get her ankle and fibula repaired from a wreck we had on Skyline Drive yesterday. We had just gotten on the road and went through a few corners when I saw a deer. I have experience with deer, so I immediately looked for a second one and he jumped right out there. There was a van in the oncoming lane, so I could not use that one to swerve into, so I applied the brakes, front and back. The road was banked and slightly damp from fog. The left wheel kicked out after locking up (I really tried to avoid locking up and was very deliberate in my actions but to no avail). I skidded and went down, landing on my wife's leg before flipping and banging down the road. She is resting but this is killing me. I told her when the bike is repaired I will sell it. She does not like that idea at all. God I love her and am not sure I can put her in that danger again. Thank God we were not pulling the trailer or carrying the pooch.
Sorry for the long story but if I ride again, it will only be ABS.
spiz
Sorry for the long story but if I ride again, it will only be ABS.
spiz
