bikemiser
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I would probably travel anyway to get the best price.none available in this area
The only one I see on cycletrader is about 134 miles northwest of Champaign Ill, in a northern suburb of Chicago.none available in this area
So I rode for years before ABS and you had to be so careful when hitting the front brake for emergency stopping. Sure I dropped it a few times learning the hard way but I am fortunate that in Canada you can get ABS on the 750x. Given today’s technology there is not a chance I would by any motorcycle without ABS if I planned on doing much riding at all. Greatest safety invention since helmets.
This happened to me last week! At dusk, turned off the state highway and was headed to our property. Lots of farm fields with patches of woods. The deer tend to cross at the edges of the woods. Literally STOOD on the rear brake and grabbed the front brake hard. Pretty sure the whitetail deer was as afraid as I was. If I would have put out my left hand as we passed each other I could have easily grabbed him by his tail.Gotta have ABS for the time when a deer runs in front of me in the rain or other similar panic stop situation in reduced traction conditions.
Yup. Years worth of data shows that ABS is not only safer but stops you in a shorter distance versus skidding to a stop. On a motorcycle skidding to a stop is not particularly desirable in any conditions.The reason I have a DCT is that was the only way to get ABS. Tutmrnedbout I really like the DCT too. I’m not foolish enough to think I can outperform ABS in emergency situation and don’t ride the crazy slippery downhills where it maybe is a problem.
Call me a pedant but skidding to a stop is a useful skill while executing a skid-turnYup. Years worth of data shows that ABS is not only safer but stops you in a shorter distance versus skidding to a stop. On a motorcycle skidding to a stop is not particularly desirable in any conditions.
Perhaps I should have specified "not particularly desirable any traffic conditions". That was implied in my post. But clearly not universally understood.Call me a pedant but skidding to a stop is a useful skill while executing a skid-turn
Also it is desirable while attempting to impress other motorbikers!
I understood it but couldn't resist the temptation to be annoying onlinePerhaps I should have specified "not particularly desirable any traffic conditions". That was implied in my post. But clearly not universally understood.
Agreed. I don't know a single instructor who would disagree with you. The reality is bike skidding on the street is, in fact, out of control. Sure there are times when a skid may be needed to save your body, but your bike will probably be damaged in the process. ABS works. If you don't have ABS then modulating your brakes so your bike does not skid is very likely the better alternative to a skid on the street.Other than Janus's dirt example, on the street we learned a skidding motorcycle is an out of control motorcycle. Only with experience do you learn not to panic grip stab the brakes and to bring your motorcycle to the point of brake lock up but not into it with lever and pedal moderation. It's much easier just to trust the ABS, but that is not so easy with old time riders used to controlling that themselves.
Sorry, snow skiers don’t live for the skid. You ride the metal edges of the skis because that is how you have control on the snow. To stop or turn, you get the ski on it’s edges for traction. A ”skidding” skier has lost control.I have an opinion. Telling someone that skidding is bad or out-of-control is poor teaching. You will only make a student panic.
Snow skiers and snow boarders live for the skid. Off roaders ride to skid. Kids in sneakers on a wet floor will skid on it. Cats on a hardwood floor will skid a corner all the time. A dog will skid on a tile floor if the bowl is full.
Do not fear the skid. Be one with the skid. Ride the wet. Apply too much power. Apply too much braking. Enjoy the skid.
Take your bike into your back yard and skid. Drop it once or twice. Learn to crash with grace and humility.
Ride your face!!!