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From: crn on 17 Feb 2010 06:06 The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Interestingly, I've never had the ABS activate on my K except once, when > the front wheel just touched something slippery when I was braking at > about 20mph. > > I've used the brakes bloody hard from speed on a few occasions, and I > can only conclude that there's way more grip than I'm exploiting and > that I'm therefore a wuss. Too much of a wuss to ride it on icy roads ? Probably not a good idea anyway, even the little scoot got "interesting" on the slippy stuff. -- 03 GS500K2 76 Honda 400/4 project 68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic) 06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
From: 'Hog on 17 Feb 2010 07:23 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Mark Olson <olsonm(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: > >> I'm not a fan of linked brakes at all, but ABS is easy to slag off >> until it's kicked in a few times, at which time one has to admit it >> can save your bacon in a big way. > > Interestingly, I've never had the ABS activate on my K except once, > when the front wheel just touched something slippery when I was > braking at about 20mph. > > I've used the brakes bloody hard from speed on a few occasions, and I > can only conclude that there's way more grip than I'm exploiting and > that I'm therefore a wuss. Hmm, panic braking on the Ormeau Rd in Belfast. Raining, dreaming, tottie walking up on left, woman in front stops suddenly to let Paedo cross. ABS2 rocks. It's a great "training aid" in the dry with modern sticky tyres mind. You quickly realise that with controlled application the grip available is quite unexpected. -- Hog
From: Beav on 17 Feb 2010 09:20 "The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1je0kq7.11w6ykjve9hpfN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk... > Lozzo <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > >> I have a form of traction control on the Versys as standard. In the >> great tradition of Japanese motorcycling acronyms it's called CLoP[1]. >> There's no way it'll spin up on anything but the greasiest of surfaces. >> >> [1] Chronic Lack of Power > > Chronic Lack of Torque would be funnier, but I think the Versys actually > has some, doesn't it? Chronically Lacking In Torque works even better. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
From: The Older Gentleman on 17 Feb 2010 10:15 <crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com> wrote: > Too much of a wuss to ride it on icy roads ? Damn right. I was quite happy skating the little GN250 through the ice and slush, but sod trying to do that with a quarter ton of Bavarian steel and plastic. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Triumph Street Triple Honda CB400F Suzuki TS250 Suzuki GN250 chateaudotmurrayatidnetdotcom Nothing damages a machine more than an ignoramus with a manual, a can-do attitude and a set of cheap tools
From: sweller on 17 Feb 2010 14:16
Champ wrote: > heh. I did exactly the same on Sweller's guzzi, compounded by the > fact that I never use the rear anyway. I'm going to get it back on the road and maybe even get it on a track somewhere. A proper track, not one that spends most of the time as Sussex. -- Simon |