This past weekend I was following about 100 yards behind my riding partner when suddenly someone cut in front of him and forced a full-on panic stop. My friend was successful, but it was exciting (scary) from my vantage. What I witnessed was the sudden appearance of huge clouds of tire smoke and my friend working mightily to stay in control. With a lot of body english he managed to stay upright, avoid an impact and ride on. Good work!
In discussing this later, I remarked that's why I am happy that my ST has ABS. He pointed out that his big Yamaha Roadstar DOES have abs and he had felt it working. This has me wondering... should abs allow for such tire sliding? Is this normal abs behavior in a panic stop at 60 mph? Do I need to rethink my own comfort zone? I would have thought there would be a very minimum of tire slide - this was substantial.
Any insights would be appreciated.
John S.
In discussing this later, I remarked that's why I am happy that my ST has ABS. He pointed out that his big Yamaha Roadstar DOES have abs and he had felt it working. This has me wondering... should abs allow for such tire sliding? Is this normal abs behavior in a panic stop at 60 mph? Do I need to rethink my own comfort zone? I would have thought there would be a very minimum of tire slide - this was substantial.
Any insights would be appreciated.
John S.