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Originally Posted by fireblah
Was cruising at 50-60 today ... saw a calf running from the left of the road to right ... so i steered a bit right... and suddenly another one popped infront from the right !!!!
Slammed the brakes HARD ! ABS kicked in trying to balance the brakes and preventing the wheels to lock... anyway, it was too close.. hit the calf from the right of the bike.. thot this is it ... this is gonna cost me a few lakh of repairs.... the calf (he was as high as the handle bar) fell flat but miraculously I did not fall , instead just stopped dead straight......
The calf got up and was limping a bit, so i went ahead.... thanking my stars .....
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This is wat is called panic braking. Even i had quite a close shaves escaping from panic braking.
Its something like, you try as you can, then your mind thinks of getting ready for the consequences, and out of blue, you and your bike come out scratchless.
You better thank your ABS than your stars.
