BIKER sues HD over ABS or not

[Particle Man]

She charged that her estranged husband laid the bike into a slide when the rear wheel locked up as he hit the brakes when traffic backed up on them on the Highway 99 in their April 11, 2009, crash

So he had to "Lay it down", eh?

I'm shocked.

Yeah, not really.

And forgive me for being dumb, but I thought the ABS really only kept the FRONT from locking up?

How the hell did this get even as far as a jury if the outcome wouldn't have been prevented had the bike actually been equiped with ABS?

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

So he had to "Lay it down", eh?

I'm shocked.

Yeah, not really.

And forgive me for being dumb, but I thought the ABS really only kept the FRONT from locking up?

How the hell did this get even as far as a jury if the outcome wouldn't have been prevented had the bike actually been equiped with ABS?

How about the fact harley offered them 900k as a settlement.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by tommymac

How about the fact harley offered them 900k as a settlement.

They're probably cynical like me - figured they'd get cleaned out in court by sheeple on the jury. I'm honestly surprised it didn't happen that way.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

So he had to "Lay it down", eh?

I'm shocked.

Yeah, not really.

And forgive me for being dumb, but I thought the ABS really only kept the FRONT from locking up?

How the hell did this get even as far as a jury if the outcome wouldn't have been prevented had the bike actually been equiped with ABS?

Not everyone knows that. In fact, at the Long Beach show, one of the BMW dealer guys corrected me that all BMW motorcycles have ABS that works on the rear. Silly dealer guys....

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Not everyone knows that. In fact, at the Long Beach show, one of the BMW dealer guys corrected me that all BMW motorcycles have ABS that works on the rear. Silly dealer guys....

lets see how the NY guys do LOL

[Dave]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Not everyone knows that. In fact, at the Long Beach show, one of the BMW dealer guys corrected me that all BMW motorcycles have ABS that works on the rear. Silly dealer guys....

That's when you lock the rear up for a skidding stop right on front of him. Lol