Riding 2-up this weekend, coming back from a hiking trip in South Mountain State Park. All good in the farm country, then right in the middle of a huge town, two deer bolted from left to right, with multiple oncoming cars.
At 45+ mph I grabbed all the brakes we had, as hard as I've ever had to, and missed the deer by a few feet.
The handlebars shook hard side to side, and I modulated the brake lever a bit then grabbed hard again, and again the handlebars shook hard side to side. My wife said afterwards that the tires were squealing.
The bike is a 2003 with 40 psi in the front tire and 40 psi in the rear tire (Dunlop E4's with good tread, no cupping, and about 10,000 miles on the front and 2,000 miles on the rear), ABS, and the brake fluid was replaced one year ago. The ADV is disabled with a shim, and the rear preload was refilled last year and is set on 25. The road was smooth, flat, straight, dry pavement.
For those of you who have full-on emergency braking experience, was there any kind of wobble at the time, or was it smooth?
At 45+ mph I grabbed all the brakes we had, as hard as I've ever had to, and missed the deer by a few feet.
The handlebars shook hard side to side, and I modulated the brake lever a bit then grabbed hard again, and again the handlebars shook hard side to side. My wife said afterwards that the tires were squealing.
The bike is a 2003 with 40 psi in the front tire and 40 psi in the rear tire (Dunlop E4's with good tread, no cupping, and about 10,000 miles on the front and 2,000 miles on the rear), ABS, and the brake fluid was replaced one year ago. The ADV is disabled with a shim, and the rear preload was refilled last year and is set on 25. The road was smooth, flat, straight, dry pavement.
For those of you who have full-on emergency braking experience, was there any kind of wobble at the time, or was it smooth?