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Hello all! I got to test the ABS system on my K75 on Saturday. I was up shifting through the gears when a black pickup pulled out in front of me from between stopped line of traffic. I hit the brakes hard but because I am used to my R100's rear drum, I underestimated the more powerful rear brake on the K. I would have momentarily locked the rear wheel, so ABS works pretty well indeed. Much quieter than auto ABS grind.

I didn't know K75s had ABS. What year is it? Glad it worked!

Its a 94 K75ABS. I just bought it a couple of months ago. It had only 680 miles on it. Was stored apparently inside someones house in the Hamptons for 19 years!

ABS on my 1993 K1100RS work great, had a LT before this and similar.. can't fault the feel and process!

I was touring Bosnia on a rented Multistrada 1200. I had a large truck swerve into my lane head on. I attempted maximum braking, and was ready to avoid the head on, in either direction. The ABS kicked in and my brakes released. What a terrible feeling! The truck moved back to his lane. I learned that I could stop in a much shorter distance without ABS. The tires were not even beginning to howl when they released. This was on a clear day with dry pavement. I have seen riders go off the side of a gravel road because they forgot to disable their ABS. In certain conditions ABS can be a life saver, it can also kill you. My KTM 990 SMT has ABS, well I think it does, it has never come on yet. I think there must be a threshold designed specifically for each machine. For a new and untrained rider, ABS can be a safety improvement. For a skilled ride it could go either way....IMO

No abs on my RS saved my ass a few months ago. I was able to skid the ass end out and pull a radical maneuver around a vehicle that shut the gate on me. Fully loaded RS too. I think frame flex helped me pull it off.

Maybe the BMW ABS is different from KTM and Ducati. I would imagine that they have gotten better. It was a subtle thing, not like the ratcheting on a car ABS. But I knew I stomped the rear too hard and I could feel it just begin to lock and it gave maximum braking without locking. I was impressed with the system. Really did not think I would ever use it as I have had my MC licence for 40 years. The drum on my R bike is much less grabby. I am just so used to that having ridden R bikes for at least 30 years. Oddly though, my R100RS had a rear disk, and you couldn't lock the rear brake no matter what you did!

Gibson wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:33 am Oddly though, my R100RS had a rear disk, and you couldn't lock the rear brake no matter what you did!

That's what I used to think too. Amazing what can happen when your life depends on it.