08-11-2013, 11:51 AM
(08-11-2013, 10:49 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Ahhh very good, Thanks Terry. So on the linked/ABS model equipped bikes, ..the front lever activates the front brake only. The rear pedal activates the rear brake AND some of the front brakes.
On the NON ABS the front lever activates the front brake only and the rear pedal activates the rear brake only.
Thanks, clears it up definitively for me.
This experiment is interesting to me because it shows that the combined ABS of the CB1100 is different than the combined ABS of the [url=http://world.honda.com/GoldWing/chassis/page03.html]Goldwing and the [url=http://world.honda.com/motorcycle-technology/brake/p5.html#01]ST1300; specifically, the Goldwing and the ST1300 operate some rear brake when the front brake lever is actuated (functionality of the rear brake pedal is the same across all three bikes, some front and some rear brakes are applied when the rear brake pedal is depressed).
The CB1100 is similar, but not identical, to the combined braking system found on some vintage Moto Guzzis which have the following setup: when the front brake lever is actuated one of the two front disks is engaged (no rear disk is engaged) and when the rear brake lever is depressed the other front disk *and* the rear disk is engaged. In the vintage Guzzi setup, unlike our CB1100, you cannot obtain full front braking power by just using the lever (as you only have one of the two disks engaged by the front brake lever).
Prior to this thread I didn't appreciate there were so many different approaches to combined braking systems available on street motorcycles.