BMW Motorcycles First to Offer Life-Saving Antilock Brakes (ABS) on all Models
Motorcycles with ABS 37 Percent Less Likely to Be in a Fatal Crash
After pioneering the concept of antilock brakes (ABS) on motorcycles 23 years ago, BMW Motorrad USA announced today that it will be the first motorcycle manufacturer to offer ABS as standard equipment on its entire range of 2012 model year motorcycles.
“Plain and simple, being able to stop a motorcycle faster and more predictably helps prevent a rider from becoming a statistic,” said Pieter de Waal, Vice President, BMW Motorrad USA. “It’s time for all of us in the motorcycle industry to embrace the benefits of ABS. Extensive testing by safety experts, law enforcement authorities and journalists around the world consistently demonstrates that ABS reduces overall crashes and saves lives.”
“We commend BMW for taking the lead to improve motorcycle safety,” said David Strickland, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “Motorcycle fatalities and injuries have been on an upward trend for the past ten years and ABS and other safety technologies can help reduce these tragedies.” Read more
How To Balance a Motorcycle Wheel: Wheel Balancing motorcycle tires
www.rockymountainatv.com – Easy how-to instructions to balance a motorcycle wheel and motorcycle tires. Tire and wheel ballancing is critical on street bikes. The Tusk balancing and truing stand from Rocky Mountain ATV and Jake Wilson makes balancing simple. Balanced tires and wheels…
BridgeStone BT-016′s motorcycle tires after track day.
Doing a review after my Road Atlanta track day of my tires. I run Bridgestone BT-016′s 120/70 front and 190/55 rear. I found that for a street tire they did very very well at the track. These tires have 2 track days and around 16-1700 street miles.
Dunlop Q2 Motorcycle Tire Post Track Day Review
Put 2 track days on the Dunlop Q2′s. Just talking about them and how they performed at the track. Managed to do at least 2 laps on VIR North Course in the 1:45′s so that was nice. Edit-I have since learned from some buddies on my FZ forum that have ran these tires that they have agreed that the best hot pressure for these are 33 PSI front and rear gave them best performance.