I did some testing of the ABS on dirt.
Summary - it works - I love it.
VStrom ABS Testing on Dirt Roads - YouTube
Paul
Summary - it works - I love it.
VStrom ABS Testing on Dirt Roads - YouTube
Paul
I assume you mean stop the wheels turning? With locked wheels on a steep slope you will speed up, not stop moving - try it sometime on a dirt bike, you need to keep the wheels from locking up to have good braking.where ABS tends to keep the wheels turning but you are trying to lock up the brakes before going over the edge
Exactly so. Many riders use the rear brake to start a sliding turnA loose, steep downhill is trouble either way but locking a wheel so energy can be lost to plowing the rear is better than wheels that can't be locked at all. Riders with standard brakes on such ground do not pump both brakes, they often lock the rears.
With my DRZ-400 and on steep slippery downhills, wheels that were turning were generally better than wheels that weren't. While sometimes the rear may have locked, it was due to lack of skill rather than the converse. When the rear is locked it doesn't dig in, it tends to slide and try and overtake the front. This is never good on steep hills.A loose, steep downhill is trouble either way but locking a wheel so energy can be lost to plowing the rear is better than wheels that can't be locked at all. Riders with standard brakes on such ground do not pump both brakes, they often lock the rears.
You can crash quite easily on the steep rutted downhill covered in gravel or find that your brakes are absolutely useless without ABS as wellDid you test on anything but straight and level? I thought the scenario of biggest concern was on steep downhill grades approaching a drop-off where ABS tends to keep the wheels turning but you are trying to lock up the brakes before going over the edge...at least that's what I recall someone fighting with before...