Seems to me I read a report of the New Beemer ABS (MCN?) where they anticipated that "it would be the first bike to break 100 feet from 60MPH, but the brakes were much less effective at higher speeds than they were <30MPH. They at least implied that BMW had chosen to restrict the braking capability for some reason.
Brakes are most effective at impending lockup (limit of adhesion). While ABS will bail your butt out when you panic and overbrake, it's real value is on surfaces with varying coefficient of friction - patchy ice, scattered wet leaves, patches of sand, wet bricks, etc. where the computer can react faster than you to adjust brake pressure to prevent lockup, extracting maximum deceleration from the good spots & not dumping your butt on the asphalt in the bad spots. Most people's problem is they don't realize ABS will not manufacture traction. If you're on snow ABS can keep you out of the ditch but you still have a much longer stopping distance. My $.02 worth. Bill
