4 yrs ago I used to laugh at dinosoars like me,
ie guys that post on forums saying abs is no good.
Most were old geezers who never tried it, and not likely to.
The other side of the camp was new riders even more deluded,
and its been thrashed out on forums ever since.
Least I tried for myself, went in with open mind.
its worse than no good, its diabolically hopeless and dangerous,
the harder you push it, the worse it behaves
' the wheel is lifting, lets give it LESS brakes!'
right when you've gone past the point of no return and NEED BRAKES RIGHT NOW'
We've just wasted the entire braking zone and are way too hot .
The only good, was it taught me corner speed when out of control (Ive never crashed to this day in 7000km on track on 2 bikes in 4 yrs, 2 yrs of that is hard racing with riders that are national champions)
30 yrs of skill braking skill and confidence thrown away.
I had no plans of even track riding when I bought the bike, within 3 weeks I was into level 2, within a 2yrs into advanced group,
sold the cbr cabs for a Ninja with proper brakes and last year 3rd in state series.
Imagine what happens to new riders?
Honda has since ditched the combined system (it requires the rear circuit to be open for the front to work,)
I have a disabled right foot and havnt used rear brakes on a bike since 1994 as I cant bend ankle, no biggie, heaps of racers don't touch the rear.
R3 announced this morning by local distributors on FB,
$6490 ride away, no mention of abs 'Sign me up!'
Tonight, same ad says $6990 ride away abs. someone made a typo and quickly fixed it
The cbr300SE non anti brakes is $1500 cheaper, now back in front for my new ride but still undecided.
KTM is only $700 more.