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It's possible that really high end bikes (either sportbikes, or fancy tourers like goldwings) do, but ABS isn't really about maximum braking performance. It is
by ehaliewicz2 3y ago
It's possible that really high end bikes (either sportbikes, or fancy tourers like goldwings) do, but ABS isn't really about maximum braking performance. It is about maintaining maneuverability during emergency braking (given that tires have a limited amount of grip, this is opposed to achieving the minimum possible braking distance).
>But maybe the calculus changes with motorcycles' higher speed, as maintaining steerability becomes that much more important?
It's just a panic response. Everybody on a motorcycle (hopefully) knows that you should be using front brake to slow down as quickly as possible, unless you need to swerve of course :)