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Originally Posted by everywherevirtually
I wonder if I would have skidded to a straight line stop sooner without the ABS :confused1:. .
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A locked wheel on a hard smooth surface produces almost zero deceleration, that's why the back end tries to overtake the front and you low side. You'd have stopped longer/harder. Demo we used to do on training courses (I worked for an ABS manufacturer for 13 years up to last year) was to run a toy car down a tilted board with cotton wound round the axles for brakes and blu-tak for locked wheels. Try it if you don't believe me, the car braking stops on the board, the one with locked wheels dents the skirting board.
Cost is an interesting one. For certainty I'd pay thousands. The question to me is how much better is a £100 jacket than a £300 one. Testing above the CE level by the magazines has suggested some £100 gear is better than some at a lot more. Pot luck there IMHO although the helmet rateings hopefully show how this will develop.
Andy
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