06-13-2015, 09:31 AM
(06-13-2015, 01:59 AM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: Streetfighter, I think I misunderstood sourdough's question as I thought it was directed at me. I DO know that ABS is safer. My dealer did not have one in '13 when they first hit the dealers. They only had one CB, non abs, and I bought it.
Go ABS. Fit to your bike or buy a bike with it fitted. With my '10 model I will not, for various reasons, fit it, so I'm guilty of not practicing what I preach. But that is beside the point. My first, and last, experience of an ABS system operating on a motorcycle was very recently on a rented FJR 1300. On a max effort stop on a very wet road I could feel the ABS working. It pulled up straight and true, even with a small change of line mid-way. If I had been on my CB I feel that a slide may have been likely, or at least a foot down save. I have also had extensive experience of ABS systems in heavy aircraft. They work both in simulation and real-world. Stopping distances and control are both improved. Dramatically.
95% of non-ABS equiped motorcycle accidents may have been prevented with an ABS system.
Cheers
Incidentally 87% of people find an argument more persuasive if statistics, particularly percentages, are quoted.
