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Hi Brothers,
I have been thinking about this a lot but have not come one with a satisfactory answer. I am sorry if its a noob question, please forgive your little brother for his stupid questions.
My question is :
Why are manufacturers keen on providing a slipper and assist clutch rather than ABS?? Why do slipper clutch have a higher priority than ABS?
We saw the same thing on baby ninja300 and now the R15V3. I have been riding for close to 9 years now; 4 of which are on a R15V2 (March 2014 model, still going strong). In nearly a decade of riding I have never felt the need of an assist and slipper clutch, either in daily commuting or on long tours. But I definitely have felt the need of ABS countless times. The 2 spills I had on my V2 (panic braking due to a jaywalker on phone) in past 4 years could have been avoided if I had ABS. So in my humble opinion and 9 years on the saddle, I feel the need of ABS much more than the Assist and slipper clutch.
You see most of us who buy these bikes don't even have a race track in our cities. So the main purpose of buying it is for daily commuting, (and if you are crazy like me) for touring. And in both these scenarios ABS is much more needed than a slipper clutch (Just my opinion). Yes, a slipper clutch might do wonders on a race track and it might save your wheel from hopping on a fast corner and you might get a blistering lap time, but how many people who buy the bike are going to use or need that feature in day today riding? And even if you do take it to the track, its 1% of its entire life, the other 99% of times the bike is going to be on public roads where you don't need to kiss the apex, but you need to be on the look out for dogs running on the road suddenly, cows, pigs, other animals and people behaving like animals. Any of these situations will have you grabbing a handful of the front brake and that's when you need the ABS.. It happens every day, sometimes several times in a single day.
I can ride without a slipper clutch all my life without any worries, it will not affect my riding in any way, but I surely need ABS and I need it yesterday.
Am I missing some key info here which makes Slipper clutch more important than ABS? Please enlighten me....
I have been thinking about this a lot but have not come one with a satisfactory answer. I am sorry if its a noob question, please forgive your little brother for his stupid questions.
My question is :
Why are manufacturers keen on providing a slipper and assist clutch rather than ABS?? Why do slipper clutch have a higher priority than ABS?
We saw the same thing on baby ninja300 and now the R15V3. I have been riding for close to 9 years now; 4 of which are on a R15V2 (March 2014 model, still going strong). In nearly a decade of riding I have never felt the need of an assist and slipper clutch, either in daily commuting or on long tours. But I definitely have felt the need of ABS countless times. The 2 spills I had on my V2 (panic braking due to a jaywalker on phone) in past 4 years could have been avoided if I had ABS. So in my humble opinion and 9 years on the saddle, I feel the need of ABS much more than the Assist and slipper clutch.
You see most of us who buy these bikes don't even have a race track in our cities. So the main purpose of buying it is for daily commuting, (and if you are crazy like me) for touring. And in both these scenarios ABS is much more needed than a slipper clutch (Just my opinion). Yes, a slipper clutch might do wonders on a race track and it might save your wheel from hopping on a fast corner and you might get a blistering lap time, but how many people who buy the bike are going to use or need that feature in day today riding? And even if you do take it to the track, its 1% of its entire life, the other 99% of times the bike is going to be on public roads where you don't need to kiss the apex, but you need to be on the look out for dogs running on the road suddenly, cows, pigs, other animals and people behaving like animals. Any of these situations will have you grabbing a handful of the front brake and that's when you need the ABS.. It happens every day, sometimes several times in a single day.
I can ride without a slipper clutch all my life without any worries, it will not affect my riding in any way, but I surely need ABS and I need it yesterday.
Am I missing some key info here which makes Slipper clutch more important than ABS? Please enlighten me....
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