garvin6
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posted April 12, 2008 08:05 AM
Thankful for ABS brakes
I am commuting to work Thursday morning going northbound on 99 thru Modesto when the traffic does a complete meltdown. I am in the fastlane, following at a safe distance when I notice the cars in the first two lanes slamming on their brakes, full skid. I can see the SUV about 4 cars in front of me skidding off to the center divide and the car directly in front of me does the same. I grab a major handful of brakes and pull in the clutch and hit the shifter 4 times to be in a gear that might match the speed I expect (hope) to be in when this crisis starts to clear. I can hear the car behind me skidding and a buick to my right has spun around backwards and we are all trying to save face (and our lives) and this is all in less than 2 seconds. A path has opened in front of me since quite a few drivers went out into the center divide to keep from hitting the car in front of them and just like that, I am back on my way the few other cars that managed to get thru that mess unscathed. Those brakes works exactly as they are designed, provide full and instant stopping power in the case of an emergency which gave me the confidence to adjust to this situation on a dime. I am 50 years old and I can say that I have some pretty good reflexes, it was instinctual and thank God I was on an awesome Bike .
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Kevin F. Garvin
   
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Tool man
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posted April 13, 2008 06:18 AM
 .....Play the lottto..... 
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The banks are failing..
The banks are failing...
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wormgear
Expert Class
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posted April 13, 2008 05:27 PM
Yep, they work very well. Kept me from going don within the first 200 miles on the bike.
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GodDamnit there's always such a big temptation to be good, to be good! (Tom Waits)
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