Another topic for discussion - ABS brakes

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by blaine

Does it feel like the same pulsation you get in a car with ABS.

I don't know about his bike experience but with very early attempts at ABS in cars.....and with some kinds of partial failures.....you can feel just a TINY hint of the pulsation all the time that you should only notice when it is activated.

[Sarris]

Originally Posted by blaine

Does it feel like the same pulsation you get in a car with ABS.

I've never driven a car with ABS, so I don't really know.

When I applied the brakes, I felt the lever and the pedal had a small pulsing, almost a vibration feel. The salesperson (a pal, BTW) said it was the ABS. It's kind of a ghostly vibration, I'm not sure it really was there or not. Maybe just the power of suggestion?? Who knows? All I know is although it hauls the bike down really fast, but I'm not sure I like the feel (on Harleys anyway).

Not that I'm an old man, set in my ways, or anything like that.

:lol: O_o

[bonehead]

Originally Posted by Sarris

I've never driven a car with ABS, so I don't really know.

When I applied the brakes, I felt the lever and the pedal had a small pulsing, almost a vibration feel. The salesperson (a pal, BTW) said it was the ABS. It's kind of a ghostly vibration, I'm not sure it really was there or not. Maybe just the power of suggestion?? Who knows? All I know is although it hauls the bike down really fast, but I'm not sure I like the feel (on Harleys anyway).

Not that I'm an old man, set in my ways, or anything like that.

:lol: O_o

Your Scion XB should be equiped with ABS brakes?

[Sarris]

OOPS..... you' right. :retard:

Never noticed any ABS vibrations.

O_o

[mrlmd1]

That pulsation is normal and only on when the system is activated. Even if the ABS is "ON", it doesn't modulate the brakes until the system gets input that a wheel is skidding, then it pulsates or modulates the braking force to prevent that. For normal non-skidding braking there is no pulsation or vibration, and none is felt.

[bonehead]

BTW, the only time I feel the pulses is at HARD braking. In my truck, that is.

[mrlmd1]

That's because you are on the verge of a wheel lock-up. The system pulsated the brakes to prevent that. That's how it works, only when it's needed.

[bonehead]

Originally Posted by mrlmd1

That's because you are on the verge of a wheel lock-up. The system pulsated the brakes to prevent that. That's how it works, only when it's needed.

I know that, I'm a mechanic. I was just passing on that most people won't feel the pulsation until a panic stop. Should have elabotated just a little further. My bad.

[mrlmd1]

No problem, we're all bad to some degree. some more than others, but in the end. we're all good.

[93CutlassSupreme]

Get used to it. Eventually ABS will be required on bikes, along with air bags.