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Requiescat In Pacem

May your ride lasts forever in the Great Twisties.:crying:

 

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Originally posted by USMCsilver
How much ligher is your wallet after you got those chicks to get near your bike? :supergrin:

By about $14K plus a few for mods.

 

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Our time together were short (one year, three weeks and 16,549-miles) but sweet. She will be missed.

I took my Brutale out the other night but it's not quite the same. I might have to trade this thing in soon for something Italian and V-twin...dare I say Duckie or Goose? :shocked:

 

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I doubt that ABS would have made a difference. I was barely going 30-MPH. The suspension might have made a difference though. The Telever and Paralever designs were designed specifically for riding on the streets in any and all conditions.

 

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Originally posted by Rinspeed
Are you going to let us know what happened or is it a big secret.

There's no secret to what happened. I wrote the other thread about it being totalled. http://www.glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=568351


And Aprilias aren't all that delicate. I think that I just hit the curb at the right angle (or wrong angle) and the front end took the entire impact.

 

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Originally posted by DaisyCutter
Can you brake-slide the rear-end on an ABS equipped bike?

EDIT: (intentionally brake-slide)

Yes you can. You gotta jam on the brake pretty hard to activate the ABS. But hit the rear brake hard enough to activate a rear slide is no problem, especially when your bike is leaned over.

A lot of people with ABS-equipped bikes think that it's foolproof. It's anything but foolproof. It works best when the bike is right side up and the surface is smooth. Otherwise, at the threshold of hard riding, it makes for some unnerving behaviors. That's why the BMW GS has an off-switch for the ABS and the same for the R1200S sport bike. I wish that BMW would put an off-switch on ALL ABS equipped bikes and let the owners decide when they want ABS and when they not want ABS.

 

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Originally posted by ChaZ
When I read my BMW user's manual. I remember reading a part where you have to follow a sequence of action when turning on the ignition to manually turn off your ABS. Fnfalman, go read your BMW manual and I think you'll find it too.

-ChaZ

Maybe the R1100S has that option, but none of the other bikes with the exception of the GS had the option. I can deactivate my Rockster's ABS but then the servo mechanism wouldn't work and that means up the creek without a paddle.

 

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Originally posted by ChaZ
Maybe you should trade your BMW for a new BMW along with your insurance for a new BMW. I do like boxer but I think you'll like K1200S better...

-ChaZ

An inline-four for moi? That's blasphemy!!! :clown: I test rode the K1200S and K1200R last year. They aren't my style. I'll wait for the HP2 version of the R1200S to come out, and yes, she's a comin'.

 

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If I were to go with a Duckie it will be a Desmodue like the Monster S2R 2000 or the Multistrada 1000DS. But I'm not sure as what I want to do yet for replacement.