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Dec 23, 2012 | 07:31 AM

#31

vickers1

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From: Southeast GA

I am going to have security regardless. It's just too convenient. My '12 didn't have it and I added it. If I was buying new, I would prefer ABS.

Dec 23, 2012 | 08:31 AM

#32

skratch

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From: anacoco, la

you shouldn't 'feel' any difference between abs and non abs brakes unless you've locked your wheels. if your brakes are 'mushy' or 'disconnected', then i would think that there is something else going on with them.

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Originally Posted by emwolb

i'm not a fan of abs, but in order to get the security system, it's now a package and can't get one without the other. so i'm stuck with mushy brakes on my '13 roadglide ultra. i'm getting used to the abs, but i really prefer the direct connection that the non abs brakes provide. each to their own.

Dec 23, 2012 | 09:12 AM

#33

XxGeinNothingxX

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From: Virginia

I did not want ABS, I have heard both good and bad things about it but figured I rode years without, why pay an extra 1000+ for the couple times you may use it. I bought bike with only the cruise package and then bought the security unit from Surdyke for 324.00 and installed it myself and married it to the bike, then took to the dealer to have fobs programmed.

Dec 23, 2012 | 10:37 AM

#34

danny54

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From: naples fl.

ABS maybe, security No.

Dec 23, 2012 | 10:44 AM

#35

Scootr

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From: Milwaukee, WI

Didn't have abs but did have security on my 07 SG and obviously I'm still alive and it was fine. However on my new one I will definetly have both. I think its worth the price.

Dec 23, 2012 | 11:13 AM

#36

Bruce00

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From: Linden New Jersey

You only have to "need" either, just one time, to appreciate them.
Especially the ABS!
Road rash and broken bones suck.................

Dec 23, 2012 | 11:28 AM

#37

Kunal

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From: India

Saved me once - reason enough never to buy a bike without it again...especially, if you, like me, ride in the rain

Dec 23, 2012 | 11:34 AM

#38

MikeBel

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From: Atlanta, GA

A++ on both. 8 weeks ago I totaled my Dyna trying to do an emergency stop in traffic. The front wheel locked and dumped me n my wife; she broke an ankle. Luckily that was all of the injuries. I think I had room to stop before hitting the @ss of a Suburban, and if I had ABS I may have stopped in time. The new RKC has both. Also an advanced rider education course is scheduled for this Spring.