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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

The Will of the Unwilling - Suicide Note of a Dying Breed?

The differences in the motorcycle brands are converging and it will only converge more onto a point of superposition.  Rewriting that and replacing "motorcycle brands" with "people", the differences in the people are converging and it will only converge more onto a point of superposition.  It is not very difficult to see that total convergence is bad irrespective of entity. Michael Crichton, with all his wisdom, wrote that internet is a fall for the human kind. Because the thoughts and ideas that were isolated yielded aggressive and diverse progress. With the advent of internet, it has bought thoughts and ideas closer and they have stopped being unique. Ergo, the progress is linear and no longer diverse. The same is happening to us right now. As people and as motorcycle brands. Do you support feminism or not? It has become black or white. There is no longer a grey area. Such polarized classification will only yield friends or enemies. It will stop being possible for