Rob2222
Junior Member
@Kriswithak
Unskilled riders, sure. Cause ABS is bad almost 100% of the cars here in Germany have it. You could say the same on car ABS but this is pretty normal here.
I think its just a joke to say, "who needs ABS is unskilled". Thats just people like you that say who rides with ABS is uncool and unskilled. I rode 14 years without ABS, now I have ABS and love this feature.
When you read in motorcycle boards you often can see that even skilled riders over-break theire front wheel in a _emergency_ situation and going down. I am personally convinced that most experienced riders can't fullfill a correct braking maneuver in a emergency situation.
And one more thing is, that ABS has no negative points on the driving style. You can even put a FZ6 ABS on the frontwheel if you want. If you brake that way.
On the other hand, why he should practise his skill (and the ONLY one skill regarding ABS/no-ABS is the skill to match the point just before the front wheel locks) when he never will have this problem with ABS? For sure he must/will ride carefully when he rides a bike without ABS from time to time. The only skill as ABS rider you didn't need to learn is to match the point before the lock.
So what? Your wheels will never lock.
All the other skills are the same for ABS or non-ABS riders.
In a emergency situation I would choose a middle-experienced rider with ABS before a experienced rider without ABS to be the one behind me.
Sorry, but I really can't hear that "who needs ABS is to unexperienced to drive a motorcycle" anymore...
If youre so "skilled" then drive without it. If a emergency situation comes, you will see if you manage it. (it=not to lock the front wheel).
I am happy that I didn't need to manage it anymore. Not on leaves, not on rain, not on a sandy street. Just brake full an cocentrate on the street/on the emergency situation instead of the front wheel.
Just my 2 cents.
BR
Robert
Unskilled riders, sure. Cause ABS is bad almost 100% of the cars here in Germany have it. You could say the same on car ABS but this is pretty normal here.
I think its just a joke to say, "who needs ABS is unskilled". Thats just people like you that say who rides with ABS is uncool and unskilled. I rode 14 years without ABS, now I have ABS and love this feature.
When you read in motorcycle boards you often can see that even skilled riders over-break theire front wheel in a _emergency_ situation and going down. I am personally convinced that most experienced riders can't fullfill a correct braking maneuver in a emergency situation.
And one more thing is, that ABS has no negative points on the driving style. You can even put a FZ6 ABS on the frontwheel if you want. If you brake that way.
On the other hand, why he should practise his skill (and the ONLY one skill regarding ABS/no-ABS is the skill to match the point just before the front wheel locks) when he never will have this problem with ABS? For sure he must/will ride carefully when he rides a bike without ABS from time to time. The only skill as ABS rider you didn't need to learn is to match the point before the lock.
So what? Your wheels will never lock.
All the other skills are the same for ABS or non-ABS riders.
In a emergency situation I would choose a middle-experienced rider with ABS before a experienced rider without ABS to be the one behind me.
Sorry, but I really can't hear that "who needs ABS is to unexperienced to drive a motorcycle" anymore...
If youre so "skilled" then drive without it. If a emergency situation comes, you will see if you manage it. (it=not to lock the front wheel).
I am happy that I didn't need to manage it anymore. Not on leaves, not on rain, not on a sandy street. Just brake full an cocentrate on the street/on the emergency situation instead of the front wheel.
Just my 2 cents.
BR
Robert
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