Would you want ABS on a bike?

I can see ABS being made mandatory as on cars, and knowing the government, I doubt they'll allow provision for it to be switched off.

I'm not really sure I like the idea really. Certainly not on permanently anyway. I like the idea of the purity of riding a machine without too much electricery (other than engine management of course). If I feel the need to get everywhere with an increased safety factor, I'll take the car.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel

I can see ABS being made mandatory as on cars, and knowing the government, I doubt they'll allow provision for it to be switched off.

I'm not really sure I like the idea really. Certainly not on permanently anyway. I like the idea of the purity of riding a machine without too much electricery (other than engine management of course). If I feel the need to get everywhere with an increased safety factor, I'll take the car.

Simple then - take the fuse out - pop it, put it back and also have the ABS light "failed" too.

Plausible Deniability factor is High

Or just carry a blown fuse to swap.

[Viney]

Purity? Its a safety feature that may save you forking out for a new bike, limbs. Why on earth would anyone want to turn it off.

Surely you should be able to ride your bike and never know whether its got ABS or not until that time on loose gravel in the wet when you've got a cold and are thinking about tea and it's the difference between "ooh, should have been more awake there, never mind" and "oh pooh, time to dig the bike out of a horse".

Also, its a useful way of heading off the Vision Zero big brothers trying to legislate bikes out of existence.

2p

My current and last bikes have ABS, it's come on a couple of times when there's been crap on the road when stopping for lights. I'd prefer to have it by far.

Originally Posted by Viney

I still fond it hard to understand WHY poeple WOULDNT want ABS. ABS cuts in when the wheel locks and only then! Why would you want your fornt wheel to lock? 99% of the time, fornt wheel lock, you hit the deck!!

I personally wouldn't want ABS.

The reason, is that I'm pretty confident that if I knew I could just clamp around the brake levers & press until my fingers/foot bled, then I'd ride faster (being "safer" in the knowledge that the wheels aren't going to lock up).

So no ABS makes me a slower rider, but a safer one.

Originally Posted by Baph

So no ABS makes me a slower rider, but a safer one.

Does it, really? REALY?

That's like saying I drive the car like a nutter cus it got airbags, ABS,SPS and whole load of other things and if anything happens driving like a twit I know I'll be fine.

Originally Posted by Grinch

Does it, really? REALY?

Yup. As I said, if I did have ABS, I'd ride faster & take more risks, knowing that I could drop anchor & stop without locking up the wheels. I know the temptation, combined with the comfort factor would be too much to resist for me.

But that's just me, so I'd personally rather not have ABS, purely to remove the temptation to take more risks.

Originally Posted by Baph

Yup. As I said, if I did have ABS, I'd ride faster & take more risks, knowing that I could drop anchor & stop without locking up the wheels. I know the temptation, combined with the comfort factor would be too much to resist for me.

But that's just me, so I'd personally rather not have ABS, purely to remove the temptation to take more risks.

For the same reason I ride in speedos and flip-flops with a big spike attached to the top yoke!