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Re: ABS

Hello,

From: "Fritz Curtis" <fritzc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Hadden" <kbhadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <oilheads@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 10:16 AM
> Subject: Re: ABS
>
>
>> Fritz,  The act of 'laying the bike down' is one of giving up.  You
> snip
>> Sounds to me that your incident was a perfect illustration of why abs is 
>> such a great feature.  Experienced rider, sudden incident, and the abs 
>> helped you out.  For sure, on a HD, you would have been toast.
>>
>> Bob Hadden '05R12GS, '62R27
>
> I believe!  I truly believe!
> On another web sight about BMW police bikes they discussed how
> inconsiderate it was for any City to buy Harleys without ABS for their 
> policemen thereby unecessarily endangering them.

In recent memory, the Big List had a thread which included a link to a news 
station's report (video) on Boston's force getting a fleet of BMW Police 
"choppers" (RTs) to replace their Harleys. The key reason stated was 
standard ABS. FYI, according to Cycle Canada magazine, H-D already has ABS 
under development to address these market needs.

- -Steve Makohin
 '01 R1100S/ABS
 Oakville, Ontario, Canada 

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