There is a lot of misunderstandings of what ABS is and what it does and more importantly, what it doesn't do. Let us discuss it with a listing of what I think are 3 facts and myths surrounding ABS and why it could save your life someday . ABS is Anti Brake-Locking System As the name implies, it prevents brake locks - the heart-stopping panicking moments of wheel locking up if we apply brake too suddenly. Brakes? Kinda are more important than the engine themselves. This can cause awesome skids which could be attractive if you are a stunt rider and are stunnting. Whereas, if you are trying to stop because you are riding head-on onto oncoming traffic; I have no clue why you would be; but that wouldn't spell good for you, so stopping the biking when you want it to stop is critical for riding. ABS is any system that prevents the wheel lock, by releasing the pressure on the brake disc, if it senses a wheel lock. This is done using motion sensors, which in turn
We bikers are often asked and made fun of by those who don't understand biking. But I'm never offended by the external crowd because they never understand what biking is about and why we do it.
However, very often someone from within the community starts a war that I am better than you and you are inferior. Which is saddening, because it is plain stupid! I recently got into arguments of reason with one guy who was telling me that he is superior be cause he is the most responsible biker and has never ridden is 250cc bike over speed limits on public roads. And was cursing some dude in some video because he was riding faster.
Firstly, I cease to believe that he has never ridden above speed laws :P because it is ridiculous. We live in India, the land of outdated speed rules and very often the road infrastructure goes to hell on a random patch of road. We have superbikes and I myself ride a 44bhp machine. Imagine attempting to stick to laws everywhere :/ 60kmph within limits and 80kpmh on highways- although this sounds nice theoretically, it just isn't possible practically. Any bikes above 200cc will easily accelerate past 60kmph in the blink of an eye. It is not to be mistaken that I am suggesting that laws are to be broken, but at the same time I am stating that it is impractical to assume sticking to it always. Especially with bikes above 200cc.
Secondly, riding fast is not the same as riding irresponsibly. Knowing when it is acceptable to open throttle is important. But it is more important to know when not to. In that aspect, the dude from the video was speeding on a road which clearly doesn't look great. But what is to be noted is that he hits an unmarked speed-breaker which almost causes the crash. But he controls it almost immediately and recovers brilliantly.
Which brings us to the next, thirdly, what might be easy for me to recover from might not be the same for you. And what is slow for you might be fast for me. Speed is perspective and we generally believe that anyone riding faster than us is mad, and anyone riding slower is a snail. Same goes for gears as well - anyone with better gears has a lot of cash to blow, and anyone with inferior gears is a squid. And goes for pretty much everything in life!
I believe that arguments are immature unless they are fruitful. All we can do is learn what can be learned from someone's mistake, and not be bothered about criticizing them. If an arugment is to boost your ego, you can go to hell with it and I'd care the least.
Even when an accident happens, we are quick to blame the party with more number of wheels. But what we fail to understand is that the damaged has already been caused and there is no way to revert that. The best we can do is learn and understand what could have been done better.
Quoting John Hammond from the Jurrasic Park - "I don't blame people for their mistakes. But I do ask that they pay for them."
While we can't make someone on a video pay for their mistakes, we can at least not blame them. As if it is going to bring us any glory or bring them shame.
The truth of life- NO ONE CARES!
PS. The video added is no way related to me or not owned by me. If you are the owner and have any objections in it being shared, do get in touch with me and I will have it removed.
PS. The video added is no way related to me or not owned by me. If you are the owner and have any objections in it being shared, do get in touch with me and I will have it removed.
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