Front Brake Oops...

[Buck Mossie]

My guess is that he was lightly on the front brake and momentarily distracted. When he hit the speed bump he clamped down on the front brake and Shamwow... I wonder if his bike had ABS and if so would it have made a difference...

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[captain jack]

And that demonstrates the hazards with speed humps. Why is it that the authorities never consider the dangers to motorcyclists?

 

[Wrecka]

How embarrassing...............yesterday at work i was doing about 5 klm and hour, thought i'd be smart and go between the speed bump and spoon drain , front tire hit spoon drain and near dropped it..........

 

[Scuba Craig]

How embarrassing...............yesterday at work i was doing about 5 klm and hour, thought i'd be smart and go between the speed bump and spoon drain , front tire hit spoon drain and near dropped it..........

Your DS would keep the bike upright wouldn't it?

 

[my06rocket]

Ouch. That's terrifying. I am going to be very suspicious around speed-bumps now, especially after replacing the brakes recently - the fronts work like a vice.

I wonder if his bike had ABS and if so would it have made a difference...

I think that depends what his rear wheel was doing at the time? If he had also clamped down on his rear brake and the back wheel stopped altogether, I don't know if ABS wouldn't just assume that the front wheel was fine and it was the back wheel that was sliding and needed pumping?

 

[Wrecka]

Your DS would keep the bike upright wouldn't it?

Nahh man makes it worse