ABS and my Ultra
#22
09-24-2012, 10:35 AM
Seasoned HDF Member
That has not been my experience. In fact, my biggest gripe with Moco ABS is that it activates too easily at low speeds over stutter bumps and when coming to a stop. Other than that, I have only activated the abs once and very briefly when some idiot left hooked me.- probably around 20-25 mph.
#23
09-24-2012, 01:54 PM
The only thing I would add to the conversation is that the Harley Davidson ABS (not unlike every other ABS system out there) is only designed to be active above 25-30mph. Below that you can still lock the wheels and go down. ABS will give you a reprive at higher speeds and will hopefully make going down less likely to be fatal, but it will not cradle you all the way home. As Motorlessons and many others have intimated; refine and rely on your skills first.
They have to cut off at very low speed, since things like holding a vehicle at a stop requires a locked wheel, and ABS can't differentiate between a good locked wheel, and a bad locked wheel.
Harris
Denver, CO
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Last edited by motorlessons; 09-24-2012 at 01:57 PM.
#24
09-24-2012, 04:10 PM
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