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Old 03-28-2009, 11:03 PM   #31
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Sport rider just did a test on the cbr abs and seem to have liked it. Its in this months issue, which also has the crossplane crankshaft 09 r1 tested in it. Good issue so far.
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Check out the new SPORT RIDER for this month. They test the 09 CBR600RR C-ABS.... sounded like they like it.
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Old 03-28-2009, 11:44 PM   #32
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Y'all crack me up. ABS is NOT NEW on MOTORCYCLES.

Depending on the system type, you'll either "feel it" working, or you'll know it after you've stopped and wondered why. A certain motorcycle manufacturer has had ABS on some (and now almost all) of its bikes since 1988.

The generation of ABS on my 1993 K75S (ABS I) is crude, sometimes ineffective (under the right combination of slow speed, marginal road surface conditions and ham-fisted operation of the front master cylinder), but can, has, and will continue to keep me from true brake lockup harm.

RE: Turning ABS Off - Yes, on the GS models with ABS, there's a handlebar switch.

I can't speak to the usefulness of ABS in track situations, nor can I tell you that linked brakes are or are not "better" in any given situation. For a street bike, especially used as a commuter vehicle, I wouldn't want to be without it (ABS).

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Old 03-28-2009, 11:48 PM   #33
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Y'all crack me up. ABS is NOT NEW on MOTORCYCLES.

Depending on the system type, you'll either "feel it" working, or you'll know it after you've stopped and wondered why. A certain motorcycle manufacturer has had ABS on some (and now almost all) of its bikes since 1988.

The generation of ABS on my 1993 K75S (ABS I) is crude, sometimes ineffective (under the right combination of slow speed, marginal road surface conditions and ham-fisted operation of the front master cylinder), but can, has, and will continue to keep me from true brake lockup harm.

RE: Turning ABS Off - Yes, on the GS models with ABS, there's a handlebar switch.

I can't speak to the usefulness of ABS in track situations, nor can I tell you that linked brakes are or are not "better" in any given situation. For a street bike, especially used as a commuter vehicle, I wouldn't want to be without it (ABS).

I don't think anyone was thinking ABS was new to motorcycles...

BUT this version IS new... when at speed it's brake by wire... and only at slow speeds does it switch back to a hydro system.

and no... from what I've read you cannot turn off the CBR system... though I'm not sure why you'd want to. unless your hitting the track hard... but then it's not the bike for ya
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Old 03-29-2009, 05:44 AM   #34
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I don't think anyone was thinking ABS was new to motorcycles...

BUT this version IS new... when at speed it's brake by wire... and only at slow speeds does it switch back to a hydro system.

and no... from what I've read you cannot turn off the CBR system... though I'm not sure why you'd want to. unless your hitting the track hard... but then it's not the bike for ya
Yea they still sell them without ABS!
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Old 03-29-2009, 06:03 AM   #35
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Old 03-29-2009, 10:26 AM   #36
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I don't think anyone was thinking ABS was new to motorcycles...
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