auldain
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Can anyone tell me if the UK spec'd 2018 model of the NC750X DCT has Combined ABS? I’ve read conflicting reports. Some say it doesn’t while others say it does but only when applying the rear brake pedal. Need clarification.
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A combined system using electronics to send rear brake pressure to the front would have to use the ABS system to measure relative wheel speed. On the center stand with front wheel not turning wouldn’t the ABS system be temporarily disabled in calibration mode with ABS light illuminated?Time to experiment? Put the bike on the centre stand apply the rear brake and try to spin the front tyre?
A combined system using electronics to send rear brake pressure to the front would have to use the ABS system to measure relative wheel speed. On the center stand with front wheel not turning wouldn’t the ABS system be temporarily disabled in calibration mode with ABS light illuminated?
If I'm not mistaken, the 3 pot caliper was only on the first few year models, and later went to a different system with different front caliper design.But that's not how Honda implemented the C-ABS on the NC, it wasn't an electronic thing (at least in 2012 it wasn't). The 3-pot caliper up front had 2 pistons tied to the front brake lever and the centre (smaller) piston hooked to the rear pedal, so every time you applied the rear you got some squeeze up front. As a side effect, you get better performance from the front brake when you also apply the rear brake. There was a proportional valve somewhere in the system that both regulated how much pressure was applied up front and added a bit of delay (and progressive application) to the front when the rear was squeezed.
Unless they revised the system in later years, the "combined" aspect and the "ABS" aspect had nothing to do with each other, except that they were both incorporated to the C-ABS system, so non-ABS bikes had no combined braking (only 2 pistons in the caliper up front).
The OP is talking about a 2018 model. Only 2012 and 2013 models used mechanically combined braking with the 3 piston front caliper.But that's not how Honda implemented the C-ABS on the NC, it wasn't an electronic thing (at least in 2012 it wasn't). The 3-pot caliper up front had 2 pistons tied to the front brake lever and the centre (smaller) piston hooked to the rear pedal, so every time you applied the rear you got some squeeze up front. As a side effect, you get better performance from the front brake when you also apply the rear brake. There was a proportional valve somewhere in the system that both regulated how much pressure was applied up front and added a bit of delay (and progressive application) to the front when the rear was squeezed.
Unless they revised the system in later years, the "combined" aspect and the "ABS" aspect had nothing to do with each other, except that they were both incorporated to the C-ABS system, so non-ABS bikes had no combined braking (only 2 pistons in the caliper up front).
The OP is talking about a 2018 model. Only 2012 and 2013 models used mechanically combined braking with the 3 piston front caliper.
As far as I know, those were the only NCs with C-ABS.
The eC-ABS was older technology used on SS models (CBR600, etc.), I think. I could be wrong.
Quickly searching on a few Honda sites shows no indication that C-ABS is on any of the newer NC models.