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    2013 R3T ABS - ABS Fail?

    Lol! Love the Motorcycle Song :D I guess I should wander into the restaurant someday, instead of just getting a coffee at the grocery store across the road. When I ride up into the mountains, I usually eat in La Honda, at the place which used to be "Sullivan's". The owner was this sweet old...
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    2013 R3T ABS - ABS Fail?

    Was this the Alice's at the intersection of Hwy 35 (Skyline Blvd) and Hwy 84? It's one of the more picturesque rides in Silicon Valley - especially if you take Hwy 236 through the redwood forest. I go up there all the time - but I usually park in the lot opposite the restuarant and haven't...
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    2013 R3T ABS - ABS Fail?

    Wise words, my friend :o I wasn't actually set on having ABS when I traded in my R3 Classic for the R3T, and I thought it was a nice addition. Obviously, I should have examined the dentaries of this particular gift equine rather more closely than I did. Oh well, live and learn.
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    2013 R3T ABS - ABS Fail?

    So I carefully looked over the paperwork that I have. Sadly, there is no explicit mention of ABS - it seems to have been only on the floor tags which were removed before they let me have the bike. The finance papers refer to it as the "2013 Rocket 3 Touring SE", and the invoice just refers to...
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    2013 R3T ABS - ABS Fail?

    I did do a cursory check to see if an ABS controller unit was mounted somewhere when I first got the bike, didn't see anything, assumed that Triumph did a good job of hiding it, and promptly forgot about it - until I recently needed to emergency brake on the highway because of an idiotic car...
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    2013 R3T ABS - ABS Fail?

    This confusion seems to be standard I've found a couple of threads on this site which have the same confusion about whether or not the 2013 R3T has ABS. Here's one: http://www.r3owners.net/general-tech-talk/15322-2013-r3t-abs-not.html EDIT: Here's another...
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    2013 R3T ABS - ABS Fail?

    You're absolutely right! It's the reason that I'm miffed with the dealer ("California Triumph & BMW" in Mountain View, CA, in case anyone wants to know). I've had nothing but good experiences with them as far as servicing goes - they used to service my R3 Classic. The service dept knows its...
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    2013 R3T ABS - ABS Fail?

    Thanks for your reply, 1olbull. There was no ABS light on the instrument panel when I bought the bike, but I didn't think anything of it since I knew that previous year R3Ts did not come with ABS, so I assumed that this was an add-on to a non-ABS bike done by the dealer, because it had the ABS...
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    2013 R3T ABS - ABS Fail?

    I have a 2013 R3T (USA Model, advertised as having ABS) with 7K miles on it, and on two occasions when I've needed to emergency brake, the rear wheel locked up. Also, I haven't ever felt the ABS pulsing when I engage the brakes (front and/or rear). I haven't gone to the dealer yet since I'm...
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