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Originally Posted by SovietRobot
I would love ABS on the rear brake, mine seems that if you don't give it enough pressure it doesn't work and if you give it just a little too much it locks up.
The front however, i'd like a little more control over and you really don't get that with ABS.
ABS on bikes can be different though. In a car the front tires actually lock up for a split second and then the abs pump modulated them(similar to "pumping" the brakes on a car without abs), but if you lock up the front wheel on a bike even for a split second it can be disasterous.
Supposedly honda will have ABS standard on all road bikes by 2010/2011
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Having had bikes with ABS, I would have to disagree. I purposely "exercised" the ABS system on both of those bikes and never lost the front end.
AS for the study, it is flawed.
As for why companies do not offer ABS more, look at past sales of bikes with ABS. The original FJ had ABS as an option, not many were sold. When the majority of bike riders do not wear helmets or other protective safety gear, do you really think they would spend the extra money on ABS, for a bike that is basically a toy?