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

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