I wonder what he's thinking...

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by dwb, May 4, 2005.

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    dwb Guest

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    'Hog Guest

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    dwb Guest

    'Cept for that bit about the ABS coming on on steep downhills causing the
    brakes to release.. that sounds a bit
    =:-O to me.
     
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    wessie Guest

    dwb emerged from their own little world to say

    Doesn't sound like something that would trouble you, Dan

    "If you go barrelling into a bumpy downhill corner on the brakes, the ABS
    will read the action of the front suspension as an incipient slide and
    release the brakes, causing the bike to run wide.

    The faster you go, of course, the worse the effect; the slowest rider in
    our group wasn't even aware of it, I felt it but held my line.

    Only the quickest riders (read hooligans) had a problem with it; they soon
    learned to brake a little earlier on bumpy down-slopes and make allowances
    for this quirk."

    :)
     
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    Steve Parry Guest


    easily solved ... order one without ABS if it worries you ;)

    --
    Steve Parry
    K100RS SE & F650
    and a 520i SE Touring for comfort

    (not forgetting the SK90PY)

    http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk
     
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    dwb Guest

    Very true - for a number of reasons, slowness being one of them, the price
    of the bike the other :)
     
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    dwb Guest

    Depends whether or not they do one... Apparently Honda, as an example, no
    longer offer a non-ABS VFR.
     
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    Ben Blaney Guest

    "Photoshop's fucking great; I didn't even leave the studio"
     
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    wessie Guest

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    There will always be an option with the BMW.

    The Japanese seem to like building a standardised product and ship a
    shed load of bikes over based on sales forecasts. Hence you see "new" 2
    year old bikes being sold at huge discounts because they sometimes get
    their figures wrong. If a model does not sell in enough volume they soon
    drop it.

    BMW operate a different manufacturing model. They design the bikes to be
    modular and most of the bikes are built to a definite order. Customers
    can therefore specify whatever options they want and of course pay a
    premium price for the privilege. Often the only way to
    buy a BMW "off the shelf" is to buy a bike where the customer has failed
    to complete the purchase after paying the deposit.

    Both models work quite well for the manufacturers. For Honda & co. they
    off load their inventory onto the dealer network and charge them
    interest on the unsold stock for the privilege. For BMW the dealers
    benefit too as they carry only enough inventory to provide showroom
    models.
     
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    'Hog Guest

    The photo at the top reminds me of a CBR1000

    'Hog
     
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