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I assert once again that the lack of ABS has saved my butt a couple times. I guess you have to be a Luddite to know how to ride. There is no substititute for experience.



Uh huh...it's sorta like how learnin' to perfect doin' a somersault when you're knocked off your bike at speed by some cager comin' outta nowhere and makin' sure you don't hit your head while doin' that so ya don't have to wear a helmet is ALSO the mark of "great rider" TOO, huh Ian?!!! I think that was somethin' you ALSO once stated as your rationale for not wearin' one, wasn't it, Ian?!

Uh huh, AND once again, I SAY if you watch this video again where this ABS-equipped BMW F650 motorcycle stops in a straight line and WITHOUT fishtailing AT ALL and in a shorter distance than this Honda Accord CAR does AND on this WET road surface...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfffXkoJvUU

...then I say ONCE AGAIN that...sorry ol'buddy, but you ARE the very definition of a friggin' LUDDITE, "experienced rider" or NOT!!!!

(...no offense, though...I STILL love ya, dude...uh huh, some of very best friends are Luddites that ride some VERY cool old classic bikes...equipped with single-leading shoe brakes that can't stop worth a damn...but they're COOL alright!!!)

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)