Excellent point Nick! It also sharpens riders skills. I think I'm going to may this a regular habit. -Pete --- "nicholas.threader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >So, Nick, you ARE doing maintenance: you are > exercising your ABS at least > >once a day. > > Well Henry it's a sort of maintenance just without > spanners and brakefluid > etc . > > >Is that something you are doing intentionally by > attempting to lock up your > >brakes, or because of your riding environment (wet, > slippery, etc.)? > > It's a bit of both , i like to see where the limits > of the tyres are on > different surfaces and under different conditions > also the limits of the > braking system , sometimes intentional sometimes not > . > > Going on from the question . > > I do believe that the ABS is under used on most > peoples bikes , which is why > it fails . > It's no good having it if you are afraid to use it > in an emergency , also if > you wait till your in an emergency situation before > you use it , it could be > seized and of no help at all . > People may not want to slam on the anchors when > riding to see if it works , > but why not , it's a heavy bike and you may just > need all the help you can > get one day to stop . I'd rather find out if it > works when i can have some > control over the conditions , rather than wait till > the conditions give me > no choice but to slam them on and hope they work ok > . > > atb Nick T > SA#12 > > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system > (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.410 / Virus Database: 231 - Release > Date: 31/10/2002
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