08-23-2015, 09:17 PM
(08-23-2015, 11:10 AM)ff73148_imp Wrote:(08-23-2015, 07:41 AM)kmoney_imp Wrote: I don't really know that SS brake lines will really improve the braking significantly vs. the ABS model. The 4 pot calipers on the standard are still great in terms of power and modulation/feel (they are probably actually better than the 3 pots on the 2013 ABS, and IIRC are identical on the 2014+). Honda definetely didn't cheap out on the components on either model.
(08-23-2015, 08:14 AM)the_undecider_imp Wrote: Standard brakes are phenomenal. I think if you are concerned with not having abs, installing steel braided lines is not going to make up for the perceived shortcoming of the standard brakes. In fact, I find the standard brakes so responsive, easy to modulate, and with lots of feedback that adding braided lines might take away from the ability to easily modulate the brakes which is less safe on a non-abs equipped bike. Modern brake lines are not that of yore. They are internally reinforced, so you see only the rubber layer on the outside. They will last a long while.
Try to test out a standard and see what you think of the brakes. Unless you are used to riding supersports with radial mounted Brembos, I can't imagine anyone wanting for more.
You make a good point about changing to ss lines and interfering with the brake set up. I wish I could test a standard but dealers are unwilling to provide test rides.
Frank
(08-23-2015, 09:04 AM)redbirds_imp Wrote: The bike I had before the CB (Moto Guzzi Breva 1100) had braided lines and Brembo calipers and they were fantastic but not one whit better than the brakes on my non-ABS 2013 STD. The brakes on the CB are superb.
You honestly feel the brakes on the stamndard are as good as the ABS on your Guzzi?
My Guzzi was also non-ABS. I don't dispute the advantages of ABS and I would have ABS on my CB if it had been available. I have been riding for nearly 50 years and have seen the great advances in brake technology evolve. Braided lines are a fine feature but I cannot believe that they would make any significant improvement in braking on this particular bike.