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From: marauder@fluke.UUCP (Bill Landsborough)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Braking Methods Research
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Date: Thu, 10-Jul-86 10:36:55 EDT
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In article <818@steinmetz.UUCP> davidsen@kbsvax.UUCP (Davidsen) writes:
>
>I have a question for someone who's closer to new developments in bikes
>than I am. After reading the posting on braking techniques I am
>wondering why someone has not developed an anti lock rear braking
>system for bikes. 
>
>Since there are a lot of other smart people in the world, why isn't
>something being done about this (or why haven't I heard)? 
>
>Thanks for any info, mail or post as appropriate.
>	-bill davidsen
>"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward"

I would imagine that when they (who is they??) started doing their
research of a consistant ratio of front to rear brake application they
found that the rider needs to vary that ratio because it is never the
same in different situations.  

On clean dry pavement and in a straight path, you want the front brake
to do the majority of the work and so you would naturally set the bike
up that way.  But then along comes a down hill slow turn into someones
gravel-on-cement driveway and all of a sudden you don't want to touch
that front brake!  Or there are a variety of different situations
where you want to have different brake application than what "they"
would set the bike up for.

Of course, they could provide some sensing devices to monitor the
speed and traction but how much money do you want to spend to remove
one of the most basic challanges of motorcycling?  It's like automatic
transmissions on (street) bikes;  I'll never own one and evidently
there isn't much of a demand for it either.

		Bill Landsborough