DEEKAYPEE8569
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Do the new street bikes have ABS systems?
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itsbob
I bowl overhand
Most either have it standard or as an option..
AND traction control is available too.
DEEKAYPEE8569
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Veeeeery In-der-ezzting......
itsbob
I bowl overhand
Just talking about brakes.
They are becoming more and more like car ABS..
Not only are they ABS but the norm is becoming front and backs are linked. If you go for the hand brake it will actuate both front and back brakes, and share the load correctly so you maintain control of the bike. Usually the pedal still only controls the back brake as there are times you just want to apply the back brake.
Computer systems, and CAN BUS systems on bikes now rival any that are on cars.
GWguy
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My '89 'wing has that. Except it's the foot pedal that's linked front and back. The hand brake is front only on a separate set of calipers.
No ABS, but have never been in a situation where I had to lock them up anyway.
What I'd really like is fuel injection. I may have to trade this one in for a newer model.
GWguy
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Vince
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I don't like linked braking systems. I use both at the same time, but I like the option not to do so.
desertrat
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Same here. I'd much rather be replacing front brake pads than rears.
Oh, I might add mine has ABS and it is not linked. So in most cases I use front brake only.
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Can't lock 'em up if they don't work !!
Ed zachary.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
I didn't get the traction control (ASC) because I've never lost rear traction unless I wanted to..
On the way home from Dahlgren about 2 weeks after I bought it I accelrated into the left lane of 234 to pass somebody in the rain (my helmet stays clear in the rain at >65), when my rear tire hit the paint the tire spun, scared the Bejeebus out of me..
Whatever bike I get next (and it may be 10 years from now) will have every option available on it.
I didn't get the Tire Pressure Monitoring either with the promise "We can add that later" for the factory to come back and say the dealers weren't allowed to retrofit TPM onto their bikes.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
My backs are a lot easier to replace than the fronts..
And I have to replace the rears more often because I generally like to use the rear at in town/ parking lot speeds.
I'd love it if they could find a way to do it, but the rear tire now can be removed without taking the brakes and brake disc with it, if only they can do the same for the front.
desertrat
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I did a little fishtail the other day making a left turn across 235. I put some throttle on and oops. First time for that. I didn't see any thing on the road that might have caused it.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Makes you thankful for all that dirt bike time, don't it?
desertrat
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Well at least I recognized it. Not that slamming my foot down would have helped much I don't think.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
I was more thinking about throttle control, not panicking when you feel it. I have two profound differences between dirt and street that I keep in mind; one is weighting inside on street, outside for dirt and two is the use of the foot.
desertrat
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I was more thinking about throttle control, not panicking when you feel it. I have two profound differences between dirt and street that I keep in mind; one is weighting inside on street, outside for dirt and two is the use of the foot.
Yeah, I just rolled off the throttle a little and it behaved very well.