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Re: ABS - seangee - 17-07-13
(15-07-13, 07:43 AM)pitternator link Wrote: the big issue with locking up brakes on bikes is its usually in PANIC situations.Its feck all to do with normal riding.As such you actually are not in control of your bike, hence a passive system like abs is so valuable.Very true. Probably wouldn't bother on a track bike but for day to day riding I feel much more comfortable with it. As for the cost methinks some manufacturers are taking the pi$$. My new Sprint came standard with ABS and there is no non-ABS option. Can't tell how much extra the ABS cost but it is a very competitively priced bike - in fact bloody good vfm.
abs is a lifesaver I prefer to have.
Re: ABS - allanmac - 17-07-13
My varadero has abs and linked brakes and bar doing it deliberately Iv never had the abs cut in while riding. Mind you since it weighs as much and stops as quickly as a super tanker in a panic braking situation it probably wouldn't make much difference :b .
Cheers Allan
Re: ABS - Slaninar - 17-07-13
(17-07-13, 12:16 AM)Doddsie link Wrote: The weight of ABS is totally irrelevant, have a good shit and empty your pockets before you go out and you wont notice any difference. :lol
Sure, sure - ABS is nice, sweet, safer. Just don't like making it obligatory. Helmet, hi-vis jackets, ABS, full leathers... where do you draw a line? It is all safe, smart no doubt, but should it all be obligatory? You know you are safer riding in hi-vis clothing even during the sunny days? Make red obligatory for bikers? For motorcycle colour? Make all the helmets obligatory white, since that is the most visible colour for lids?
I have nothing against ABS as long as it is not obligatory.
Re: ABS - nick crisp - 17-07-13
Absolutely. You can have too many rules/regulations. Actually, most people take the sensible options when they can afford to, but especially in recent years when world economies are so shaky and everyone is hard up, I don't see that forcing extra expense down people's throats will help. And I don't want to be told what to do from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed, in everything I do. This is supposed to be a democracy we live in. Having said that, I'm probably convinced enough to take an ABS option - if I had the money...