First off the weather in New England currently sucks, leading to "trapped in the house" boredom. So I've come here for entertainment.
Now my question have those who have come from non ABS bikes to ABS equipped bikes feel that they are effective on loose surfaces.
I've only ever had non abs bikes. I have never really liked it on the autos/trucks that I own, but I recently changed my rear brake pads , which changed the brake engagement to right at the top. With a new T32 rear I was locking up the rear when ever I would touch them. I'm no newbe to Gen 1s and have about 350K miles of experience on them.
I ended up bleeding some brake fluid out of the line and it's now back to normal (for me) which is to say it now takes a little effort to lock them up vs no effort.
I was reading comments on ADV Rider and saw several poster who felt that ABS on loose gravel/surfaces could be beat by human input and ABS wasn't helpful in that situation but that doesn't make much sense. So my question is if you have experience with both do you feel ABS helps on bikes?
Now my question have those who have come from non ABS bikes to ABS equipped bikes feel that they are effective on loose surfaces.
I've only ever had non abs bikes. I have never really liked it on the autos/trucks that I own, but I recently changed my rear brake pads , which changed the brake engagement to right at the top. With a new T32 rear I was locking up the rear when ever I would touch them. I'm no newbe to Gen 1s and have about 350K miles of experience on them.
I ended up bleeding some brake fluid out of the line and it's now back to normal (for me) which is to say it now takes a little effort to lock them up vs no effort.
I was reading comments on ADV Rider and saw several poster who felt that ABS on loose gravel/surfaces could be beat by human input and ABS wasn't helpful in that situation but that doesn't make much sense. So my question is if you have experience with both do you feel ABS helps on bikes?