C-abs blade on trackday

Hi.

Just wanted to share my experience of taking my abs blade on its first track outing yesturday; it was a road bike only trackday at Oulton; mainly novice riders.

Loved the bike; handled well on standard suspension & road tyres. You can really use that mid range punch & can feel the front getting very light.

I had a concerning issue with the c-abs & need to work out if its faulty.

I tend to feather the front brake a little; probably not the best technique but a hard habbit to break.

Quite regularly, after feathering the lever (pull in a little, realease a little, then brake properly (not trail braking), I had total pressure loss at the lever. If I let the lever return to full out, it was back to normal pressure.

Gave me the willies a bit for sure.

Got to say the braking itself is excellent; the bike is very settled & stops as well as any modified track setup I have tried before!

My bike is now out of warranty & I do all repairs/servicing myself so I won't be sending it to a dealer.

Firsty, I would like to know if my experience has been noted before & if its just a "feature" of the system or a fault was the cause.

I'm thinking along the lines of removing the c-abs system & reverting to a conventional setup if the abs system is faulty.

I'm guessing the calipers & M/Cs' are the same?

Or, disabling the system; maybe just pull a fuse (it there is one) of fitting an on-off switch??

Any thoughts?

Swiss

 

I've heard of that ABS issue before, on the internet and in a magazine.
I don't have a solution, other than buy a bike without ABS

 

Hahaa; that will do it.

I didn't give abs a thought when I bought the bike; its was a used model & just happened to have it.

Now I have to make do

 

if you search previous posts..... there is something about replacement abs unit being replaced but you have to make lots of noise with Honda....... will try and find it

 

http://1000rr.co.uk/general-1000rr-discussion/116.htm

try this post................... no probs with my 2011 model