sbond22
'06 ST1300A The DarkeST color
Re: Replacement for the Honda ST1300 in 2014? A short article with responses.
Good luck.
I'd like to meet that rider.
Good luck.
I'd like to meet that rider.
shh.. they'll add a switch change the color and up the price a grand...Pull fuse "A" and an ABS bike will turn itself into a non-ABS bike.
--Mark
Thanks Tom and Joe for the bearing response. 3 bikes, 48k, 99k and working on 68k and no problems so far. Good to be prepared.First I've read about a wheel bearing problem. What are the symptoms that identify there is one . . . when out on the road?
Shuey
I was thinking the same thing about "bearing problems". The poster said wheel bearings but he probably meant drive flange bearings. I did not have to change a drive flange bearing until 96,000 miles and a thousand miles or two later I replaced the caged roller bearings in the steering head. If these are an issue with the bike I'll take them.Thanks Tom and Joe for the bearing response. 3 bikes, 48k, 99k and working on 68k and no problems so far. Good to be prepared.
Apologies to everyone else for . . . the unintended hijack!
Shuey
+1 It's been in the works for a while now... may even been back to the drawing board a time or two with the K16 and Triumph's hitting the road too.Well, 1st off... if they're going to replace it... It's already been designed and tested... so all of this is a bit late. It's either sitting in a locked up vault and only one person has the combination or.... it hasn't been designed yet and this isn't late.. we'll see.. not sure they even look at the site, would be cool if they did.
This is exactly how/why I got my 2000 Golodwing dirt cheap - everyone already knew the 1800 was coming out.that anticipation for the new phone was going to cannibalize sales of the current models, so the company expected that the following quarters would be slow and below expectations for the company. What would happen to Honda's sales if word came out that they had a brand new, high tech ST coming out next year
You heartless and cruel man! The people at Russell would starve!I did not read every post but my only change to the bike would be the darn seat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I find it difficult to believe that anyone can regurarly out perform ABS when magazine test riders can't do it regularly. Even the ones that could do it took several trys, something you don't get in the real world. some of those guys are pretty good riders too.I have been riding all over the world for 34 years, come down to Louisiana and go for a ride.
Well said! I have no idea what my next bike will be...but I know it will have ABS.I do believe a well trained rider with lots of practice can stop better than ABS but only in a situation where cones are setup and both riders are supposed to begin braking at the 1st cone... but, it would probably take a few tries and throw water, wet leaves, bad pavement in the mix and I feel ABS wins. The linked brakes on the ST are another thing that make even the non-ABS bikes brake so well. So, maybe in a planned situation non-ABS beats ABS but I don't typically plan any of my panic stops and ABS has helped ME out a lot. Most aren't going to practice braking, I'm not saying they shouldn't, just saying they won't do it so ABS is a great way to allow the technology to help you when you didn't go out and do the training you should... I also think it doesn't matter how long you've been riding or how good a rider you are, every one of us faces those panic stops and I'd rather have ABS on my side, just my opinion and every one has one.
I've read the same thing in several magazines, Ride and Visor Down in the UK and Cycle World and Motorcyclist in the US. There's too much evidence out there to dispel the myth that a "good" rider can outperform ABS in the real world.I read the study about ABS brakes vs. a trained, professional rider braking on the same target. The study showed that yes, indeed, that some professional riders were able to bring their bikes to a stop in a slightly shorter distance than the ABS bike.
HOWEVER?
The test one odd quirk to its methodology. The rider on the ABS bike was given only ONE opportunity to stop his bike. The non-ABS riders were given practice runs and up to a dozen attempts before their best three stops were counted in the test.
That heavily weighs on the conclusion of the test. It's clear that in a sudden or emergency situation, an expertly trained, professional rider can bring his bike to a stop in a shorter distance than an ABS-equipped bike so long as he can make a dozen or so practice runs at stopping before he actually has to stop the bike. Whereas a rider on an ABS-equipped bike doesn't need to practice in the few milliseconds needed to bring his bike to a stop.
Give me ABS, thank you.