ABS on a SV
 

Can you fit ABS to an sv? Is there even such a thing?

Re: ABS on a SV
 

Not sure if you could fit it on an SV. I am sure there is ABS on bike's... I think BMW's, Goldwing's, have them? May I ask why you would want to fit ABS?

Mitch

ABS with the sports association is not a bad thing, but whether that in the near future will like that be, I do not believe! There there are andeere models with Suzuki there probably rather to is.
Clearly, it is safety-relevant, but then those is no longer inexpensive offered sports association so and cannot also to more than beginner motorcycle be sold, because stop the price rises. :wink:

Coming in on most new Hondas, and I believe planned for the SV as well. Theres some kind of non-compulsory euro bike safety agreement that some makers have signed up to which includes a committment to fit ABS on new bikes. Whether it will become law who knows.

Re: ABS on a SV
 

No.

I've read that for low speeds ABS is useful, but at higher speeds (around 90mph), bikers who have mastered "threshold braking" can stop quicker without it.

Yup, there was a report in Bike about it recently... both of their riders stopped faster frm 50 or under, but slower above that, with SBS (IIRC) but then that was always in a planned situation, not panic braking (where, lets be honest, we're not likely to use the brakes as well as we could if we wereon a runway showing off.)

I'd love ABS for the SV, assuming it has an off-button... It helps keep you rubber side down, and could mean you stop before the front of that car instead of 10 feet after... Retrofits are perfectly feasible, but it's not been done commercially yet AFAIK. Perhaps you could fit up the system from a Hornet but I wouldn't.

Re: ABS on a SV
 

Just thinking it would help in emergency moments, and i always seem to lock the **** end up and have never really trusted the front (going over the bars)

Re: ABS on a SV
 

Going over the bars is the least of your worries.
Trust me on this, I've tried, the rear end will lift eventually, but you have to seriously push it to do that.
Basically, just use the rear when you are actually stopping, the front for the rest of the time.

Going over the bars isn't likely to happen... (what do they teach people on CBT these days :) )

Locking the front's another story... Especially in the wet, when emergency braking. You will stop faster on two wheels than you will on your side, and there are other advantages to that approach too!

It's easy to say "You shouldn't need it" but if someone pulls or steps out in front of me when I'm not expecting it I'll take any edge I can get... The fact is, in those situations most people just won't be able to get the most out of their brakes, so ABS will generally stop you better on such occasions. I'm quite happy to bet that 9/10 riders will stop faster in the wet on ABS than without.