Would the CB been more of a "success" if there had been more ABS bikes?

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The troubling thing about all this is that not many riders start in the dirt or on small bikes any more. They have no idea how to control a slide on either wheel and are relying on ABS to handle everything. [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=9177&pid=144734#pid144734]And all it does is to release the brake to avoid a skid. There are more ABS bikes on the road than ever before, especially in the large displacement categories, and yet this is where we see more accidents than ever.

Motorcycle riding is a fading art: that lovely, delicate balance of floating between the two contact patches, managing brakes, throttle, body position, drifting, leaping, cavorting on a machine that feels a part of you. This calls to mind Malcolm Smith; there's a [url=http://www.themalcolmbook.com/new/the_book.htm]fine biography on the man written by Mitch Boehm. Reading about Smith, or Spencer, or Roberts is soon going to be like reading about the pioneers, or Wyatt Earp.

I couldn't agree more!! I guess I'm part of the minority here, but the very idea of ABS has never sat well with me. In fact, it's the ONLY complaint I have about my 2014 DLX...I actually hate the fact that it came with ABS and that it can't be removed or disabled. On the other hand, I suppose since that's my only complaint about the bike, things could be worse, eh? All the same, if it were possible to rip the ABS system out and throw it away, I would do it in a heartbeat. (BTW, 55 years old with quite a bit less experience than many of the members here, from what I can gather...)