Upgrading Bike - 250 to a 675/750/899/1000

[S85FI]

about to sell up my 06' ZX6R to get into the new MT09 - all signs point to fucking awesome for me....20km commute to work, keen for comfort and ABS!

I can not stand abs on a bike. Mine doesn't have it.

[HANS YOLO]

I can not stand abs on a bike. Mine doesn't have it.

understandable if you're in maximum attack mode however the 'Alexander Drive Super Stage' doesn't call for this

[S85FI]

understandable if your in maximum attack mode however the 'Alexander Drive Super Stage' doesn't call for this

Depends on experience I guess. I see guys lock up bikes and see guys with abs.... not sure. Ride high powered trail and road most of my life and I don't feel confident if I can't get the ass end to slide or to slide so I can lay through bike over.

My old KTM exc would be a much faster bike than the mt09. But mt09 cheap on maintenence.

[dmanvan]

Depends on experience I guess. I see guys lock up bikes and see guys with abs.... not sure. Ride high powered trail and road most of my life and I don't feel confident if I can't get the ass end to slide or to slide so I can lay through bike over.

My old KTM exc would be a much faster bike than the mt09. But mt09 cheap on maintenence.

[Riggs]

ABS on a bike is useless, in the dry if you lock the front in a straight line your not braking properly, lock it in a corner and abs wouldn't have saved you.

I've locked the front in the wet on a bike with abs and I reacted to it before the abs did.

It is much more of a hindrance then a help, leaning proper technique is a far better fail safe.

[HANS YOLO]

surely in a straight line brown pants/grab a handful moment an ECU will work it out faster than proper technique?

not having a go or anything..been non ABS my entire riding life. my cars have always had it and i enjoy the luxury of burying my foot as deep as it can go and letting the ECU work it out...call me lazy


http://www.therideadvice.com/abs-mot...otorcycle-abs/

[shifted]

I've always been told to threshold brake in cars/bikes after doing the RAC driver course, stopping distance was far less than ABS or slamming the foot down.

[Byah!]

but then that brings us back to the shortest stopping distance in a brownstain moment....unless ure super cool the abs I dare say would do better

[S85FI]

but then that brings us back to the shortest stopping distance in a brownstain moment....unless ure super cool the abs I dare say would do better

Only a bike I'm not so sure.
Cars have sophisticated master cylinders and you just don't have that space on a bike. Most bike abs I have been on pulse way too slow.

Learn to ride first then go abs. Even in a shit fight moment instinctively you will know what to do once you have done it enough times.

[S85FI]

I just read that add. I've ridden sub 10k bikes with abs and you can can count the pulses.

Comparing entry level bikes with a bmw that's done it for 20 plus years and entry level bikes 20k plus is not a comparison.