Nuther reason why conventional Strom brakes are 20th century ABS! Kinda redundant on an ABS VStrom.....Two things.
1. Practice hard braking from about 20mph until the proper reactions are built into muscle memory.
2. ABS brakes.
That *is* the ABS cycling, where you feel like you have no brakes at all.I grabbed both brakes with less than 200 metres to come to a stop. I had never braked that hard on any bike, and I think the ABS kicked in a few times. Side note: the stom brakes do suck; my bike lost speed rapidly at first, but then almost felt like it was speeding up again. It isn't until I started gearing down that I was able to keep decelerating hard.
I stopped with my rear wheel in the air and a couple of car lengths to spare.
Glad to read she's fine, my wife had the same attitude. :thumbup:Heather asked when I could get the parts and have her bike back on the road, she still wants to ride a bunch this summer. :thumbup:
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I was thinking the exact same things, but was afraid to start an ABS riot here.Two things.
1. Practice hard braking from about 20mph until the proper reactions are built into muscle memory.
2. ABS brakes.
A) The feeling of no brakes wasn't the ABS cycling (I know what that feels like, and the ABS wasn't cycling at that point); it was the brake pads burning up.That *is* the ABS cycling, where you feel like you have no brakes at all.
Do yourself a favor and install EBC HH pads, yesterday.
I just did it over the weekend and it feels like a whole new bike. It actually stops now. And when the ABS kicks in, instead of freewheeling, you still get a decent amount of deceleration.
Obviously your downshifting had nothing to do with the deceleration-- if your rear wheel was in the air, that was all front brake.
Now there's a girl with a good attitude! I hope my wife reacts like that if she drops her bike (we're going to look at an xl-250 tonight).
+1 to ABS: yesterday, with the sun at my back and all the vibration from the speed I was riding at (160+km/h), I hadn't realised that the lineup in front of me was stopped (brake lights weren't lit, so maybe they were rolling, but at a walking pace). I grabbed both brakes with less than 200 metres to come to a stop. I had never braked that hard on any bike, and I think the ABS kicked in a few times. Side note: the stom brakes do suck; my bike lost speed rapidly at first, but then almost felt like it was speeding up again. It isn't until I started gearing down that I was able to keep decelerating hard.
I stopped with my rear wheel in the air and a couple of car lengths to spare. The bike smelled a bit weird after that (strangely enough, it smelled of coolant; maybe that's what my pads smell like when they're burning up, or maybe the coolant tank leaked onto the engine while I was standing on the front wheel).
I assume you've tried her gladius; how did you like it? (I'm thinking of getting one for wifey, with ABS of course, either that or a versys for myself and giving her the wee).
Agreed. Practice is the best thing you can do and she will be once I get the bike together again.Two things.
1. Practice hard braking from about 20mph until the proper reactions are built into muscle memory.
2. ABS brakes.
I like her bike, although it feels like I have to cram myself onto it. Corners like a knife and stops well for non-abs.I assume you've tried her gladius; how did you like it? (I'm thinking of getting one for wifey, with ABS of course, either that or a versys for myself and giving her the wee).
We took the course together a few summers again so she does have a good foundation. She just needs more practice at slow speeds and hard breaking. Gonna have to take GW's advice and work on it.I think all riders should have to take the MSF course, I think it has saved us a few times already.