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This afternoon coming home from work, the last road going home with which my street intersects has several turns and is one of those roads that winds through outlying areas of the county outside of town in a bedroom community. Speed limit 35 but no one obeys, the norm is 45 with 50 and above not uncommon cars and bikes both. Of course, driveways all along it. I'm leaning moderate through one of the curves and not going that fast about 40 maybe. An older Jeep grand cherokee noses out of it's drive past some landscaping shrubs at the mail box. It's one of those "Don't you do it!" moments we riders have from time to time in. He does it. Can't say he or she due to window tint but they pull out into my path in the curve and goose it going same direction as me but, but not enough that I can avoid the need for significant braking to not kiss their rear bumper. It wasn't a hard chop but a pretty firm application. A very brief momentary dip of the front, very quick less than a half second probably I really can't say as the event was very fluid and unfolded rapidly. Totally maintained my line, but it wasn't a panic braking just more brake than you are ever comfortable with in a moderate lean. I do think that without cornering ABS it might have uprighted enough to maybe leave the roadway although there was a nice level big yard there to go into had that been the case (acre plus lots most of the places in that area)
Don't really want to experience it again, but I guess cornering abs is for real. Can really say it turned it into a non-event.
Don't really want to experience it again, but I guess cornering abs is for real. Can really say it turned it into a non-event.