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Linked brakes - R1100RT
- Thread starter RBEmerson
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The brakes are not linked.
As to why there are two ABS lights rather than one ... it's a mystery to me. Perhaps at one time they indicated whether a fault lay in the front or rear ABS unit. My 2000 manual, however, doesn't make any distinction. It just says that a fault is indicated if the lights flash in an opposed pattern (one on, one off). The manual doesn't actually describe anything that couldn't be indicated with a single lamp. So my guess is that a design change occurred somewhere along the line, but the cluster layout wasn't altered.
As to why there are two ABS lights rather than one ... it's a mystery to me. Perhaps at one time they indicated whether a fault lay in the front or rear ABS unit. My 2000 manual, however, doesn't make any distinction. It just says that a fault is indicated if the lights flash in an opposed pattern (one on, one off). The manual doesn't actually describe anything that couldn't be indicated with a single lamp. So my guess is that a design change occurred somewhere along the line, but the cluster layout wasn't altered.
The different way the two lights flash will indicate different problems. The lights can flash alternately or together, for example. How are you going to do that with one light???
RBEmerson
Kein Nasebohrer
Ah, gotit. Thanks!
Flash it fast or slow. Common on tech products with a single indicator light.
They could display further variations, such as one flashing vs the other flashing, but I don't see anything that suggests they're used that way. There appear to be only four states - on, off, flashing opposed, flashing together. And as far as I know, flashing together only occurs at startup, while the ABS is sorting things out.
Jeff488
Aspiring Profligate
Have a look here,
http://www.largiader.com/abs/absfault.html
and on the rest of the site.
Good info there.
http://www.largiader.com/abs/absfault.html
and on the rest of the site.
Good info there.
