I'll drink to that......
Agree here, 'specially if a beer is invloved.
..... When challenged to stop from 80 kph in a designated box, the ST1300 with ABS always delivered the goods while every other bike, mostly lighter sports bikes without ABS, either locked up the rear and skidded through, or didn't lock up and still stopped well beyond the box.
Hi-Jack .........
When conducting the motorcycle rider training and testing back in the 80's & 90's, one of the training and test exercises was
stopping with the front wheel in the box from 20 to 25 km/h. Some of the younger VIC members on the Forum may remember this, perhaps some from other States as well.
Anyway, many learners could not achieve even this low level skill, and consequently did not pass the L's test, and thus did not venture onto the public road network, at least legally, or until they passed their test.
End Hi-Jack .........