ABS Brakes

Couldn't tell ya how many students still ask "will you teach us how to lay it down to avoid a crash?"
My reply usually sounds something like "no, we're not going to teach you how to have "an on purpose" instead of "an accident." We'll teach you how to keep your bike upright, and use your brakes effectively."
The lightbulbs usually come on when I ask "what do you think stops better- slowing tires, or sliding on metal?"

Rear brake...

The fellow who taught me this is an OHP....

Practice to apply an initial amount of pressure to the rear brake, then to squeeze the front brake without trying to change the pressure on the rear brake.

As the bike "dives" and weight switches to the front wheel, I don't try to change the pressure on the rear brake, but I feel it increase "by itself".

Infrequently, in hard braking situations, the ABS might engage and the rear brake start pulsing. I do nothing else than squeezing the front brake more or less as I need to slow down/stop. This lasts only a very short time, so I don't think I would have time to correct it even if I wanted to. Better let the ABS do its job.

In other words, to brake, first apply an initial amount of pressure on the rear brake and keep it steady while squeezing the front brake as needed.

This is the way I now brake EVERY TIME.

Fastman said:

Off-road with my GSA is a different animal as I disable traction control and ABS so I can skid the back tire with just rear brake.

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Just curious: couldn't you just choose "enduro" mode to do that?

AKsuited said:

Just curious: couldn't you just choose "enduro" mode to do that?

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That’s exactly how I do it ... Enduro Pro


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