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Originally Posted by need4torque
Lovely thread and glad that you have taken out the time to post it again Ken da!
I have one q for you, are you really confident about the level of service you get for your sbk? Or is it DIY?
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Level of service, be it Delhi Scooters or KRP, both are good and competent. But I like doing things on my own as well. You have to have the workshop manual, the key Torque figures, a Torque wrench which is pretty expensive, and basic service like oil change, oil filter change is really no big deal. I will be starting the Sbk workshop thread once again as soon as I get the pix in order.
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Originally Posted by kriss
@ken: You have one unanswered question in other threads. Can we put it here... Its regarding the ABS on supersports bikes....  |
Good question. You don't give up do you! I like your spirit.
See it is very simple. I have NOTHING against ABS as such. Though I have only found it to be partially effective. I tried it on the CB500 2007. It is pretty decent on wet patches in a straight line on speeds of 60 odd. But did not seem very effective on a curve. But that with time and technology will get perfected.
What I am not in favour of is the CBS. The CBS is a pretty good system and effective. You squeeze the brakes with your right hand, or your right foot, either way, there will be braking on both wheels simultaneously. You do not even have to think about it, there is 70-30% braking happening automatically no matter where you press.There is only one closed circuit happening there. Which is what brings me to the security factor.
Just in case, I know that it is pretty rare, but it happens, just in case there is a leak in your circuit and your brake fails, your entire system fails. The way it does with cars. If you do NOT have a CBS, you have two independent braking circuits, working independently. Even if you have one brake that fails, you can atleast stop the bike with the other brake. I hope you get my point. This is the reason why motorcycle rallies round the world do not allow CBS bikes to participate.