I sure could have used ABS on my '05 today!

[qfman]

In a panic stop you can only do about one and a half things. You elected to stuff around with the horn and rear brake. Neither of those controls stop or steer the bike.

I would suggest you disconnect your horn and rear brake so you can concentrate on using the front brake.

One last thing - don't just grab a handfull of it. You have to take the slack out of the suspension and compress the tyre with an initial squeeze. Once you have done that, you can pull that lever really hard and you will stop in good time.


Tom

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[Badger]

I believe the back and front brakes on the r are linked front to back but not back to front whether or not you buy abs ( which I did) ...thus a hard squeeze of the front will cause the computer to add back too........I never use the back brake except when slow slow maneuvering where the grabbyness of the front can cause a lock up ........the front has all the stopping power (well 80 to 90%)

When I was kid I managed to get a couple of driving lessons from a racing driver. He said drive fast...fast as you want...but o n l y as fast as you can SEE!!!!! good advice then and now........blind corners are , well, b l i n d .........if you're going 60 or more you can't stop.....

[beemerphile]

I believe the back and front brakes on the r are linked front to back but not back to front whether or not you buy abs..

You're going to be wrong on that Badger. I just changed both hoses on my 2004 R without ABS and there was no connection between the two.

[LonestaRR]

First of all, you are lucky you didn't highside when you release the locked up rear brakes!

What does highside mean?

[DJ Downunder]

Kristi..there are two main ways to crash...or get thrown from your bike.

High side and low side.... see here... http://www.ama-cycle.org/roadride/Glossary.asp

A low side is when the bike just slides out..the back wheel can slide out or the most common is the front wheel to slide out..down you go and you just slide along with the bike.

A high side is much more nasty...it's when the rear wheel slides out..but instead of sliding all the way it grips again or digs/trips and then the bike does a big flip and if you're hanging on it can flip you over..into the air..and into the path of the crashing bike.

If you can ice skate..imagine doing a sliding hockey stop and having your skate suddenly grip..you would get thrown over...same thing.

Here's a couple of high side pics.

DJ

[popgazer]

A low side is when the dike just slides out..

What do you mean DJ ? like in New Orleans

[DJ Downunder]

Ooops..there's nothing worse than having your dike slide out... ..(thanks..fixed it)

DJ