177589 Resource 106829 108325 108325 1185980508689 1186173711075 Controlled Harley to Get ABS Brake Systems

Rumored Switch to Brembo

&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Just got back from 3,000 or so miles from the Bay Area to Spearfish South Dakota, then back to the West Coast.&nbsp; Great ride.&nbsp; Saw lots of bikes, terrific roads, met lots of folks.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is always an eye opener to see what people are riding when the touring season starts.&nbsp; By far the greatest number of bikes were the Harley Glides.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An Electra Glide or Road King makes a comfortable long distance machine, perfect for looking at scenery, and capable of carrying a lot in the bags.&nbsp; The big fairing helps with comfort as the miles go by big time.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One thing that has always bothered me, however, is the lack of ABS brakes on the big bikes.&nbsp; How many times do you hit gravel or wet pavement?&nbsp; Happens on every long ride multiple times.&nbsp; Why not provide for additional safety under those conditions?<br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Unbelievably, I was told by a credible source in the industry that Harley's suppliers simply would not come through.&nbsp; For that reason, <br /> ABS has been limited to police models.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; According to rumor, Harley has had enough.&nbsp; They are in talks with Brembo for ABS brakes.&nbsp; This will be a boon for Harley riders, as Brembo owns the patent on four piston calipers, so better breaking should be a byproduct.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I hope I've got it right, because to me this is a winner. 10 application/xml false ABS Brakes Brembo Electra Glide Harley Motorcycle Road Kind Spearfish South Dakota Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 mpadway false true false false true 201650 false false true false false false true 106829 blog blogsite/MichaelPadway/web