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"Great news that Suzuki hit a winner first time"
Suzuki are no newcomers in ABS for bikes.. I remember testing a 1997 Bandit 1200S, which had them, and some of their big scooters also have had them. Its true they havent had ABS largely available thru their model range like, say, BMW has, up until now. But everyone knows the Japs can do some very high-class engineering, so why they couldnt get this right. Someone claimed they use exactly the same control module that they use in their cars today (cars have 2 boxes, bikes only 1).


I for one hope they wont quit manufacturing the DL1000, if they do its probably because of the new emission standards. Im hoping they´d come up with something similar to the Africa Twin, with a bit less weight, more ground clearance, offroad tyres/rims, and fuel-injected engine. A DL with just a bit "rougher" image, I think it could really be the "poor man´s GS".
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ABS means?
It just happens that I went to the local bike shop yesterday to "see what is on the market" and I picked up the Suzuki catalogue for 07. That refers to an "Advanced Braking System" and, elsewhere, to ABS fitted on the 650 (as pointed out above, not mentioned for the DL1000).
I used to think that ABS meant Automatic Braking System, or somesuch title.

"Advanced" appears to be appropriate from the postings in here; there is scope here for some information about the various claims to ABS by different manufacturers, what it actually does and how it works methinks; another thread or has it all been spelt out somewhere else?

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ABS means ...
I'm sure that in the context of brake systems ABS means anti-lock (or anti-skid) brake system.
While the system Suzuki uses will be advanced, it will be there to avoid locking brakes - for better or worse.

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An easy way to check if a Suzuki (or most bikes for that matter) has ABS is to look into the center of the wheels. They will have small, about 10cm "discs" or rotors on one side. Theres also a thumb-sized signal pick-up device right next to the rotors, which will register when the wheel is about to lock up, and send the info to the control module to release brake pressure a little. The control module is usually located near the rear shock absorber but thats a bit harder to spot.

Oh, and ABS indeed refers to anti-locking.. I dont think Suzuki has any combination brakes (except for some scooters maybe).
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I'm sure that in the context of brake systems ABS means anti-lock (or anti-skid) brake system.
While the system Suzuki uses will be advanced, it will be there to avoid locking brakes - for better or worse.

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Thanks and yep that's what I meant to say, but I was in a hurry to go out riding for Sunday; now back dripping wet from continous thunderstorms - excellent fun!!

Obvious I suppose, those brochures are just to get the hard sell across anyway; they don't tell us very much and the sales-staff don't know much more (or am I getting too old and cynical!)
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