SneakyDingo
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I have two questions for those in the know:
- I've looked online a few times for this but haven't found anything indicating it's possible. Is there a way to temporarily disable the ABS on the Trail 125, preferably without pulling a fuse or some equally annoying method that does not automatically re-arm on restart?
- Secondly, is there a visual indicator on the instrument cluster that ABS is engaging? Also for those with the OPMID instrument cluster, I'd like to know if it exists on that one too.
The majority of the time I'm a big fan of safety features like ABS, particularly on a slower motorbike like a Trail 125. Honda has done a great job and definitely know what they're doing, but there are situations where disabling the ABS might yield an improvement in safety, or be necessary to limp home. In those situations, having the choice to disable ABS temporarily and re-enable it easily would be extremely helpful. Obviously bigger, more feature filled bikes have a switch or menu setting, and some of the more basic bikes (like the RE Himalayan) rely on pulling a fuse.
An example of what I'm talking about is a long time ago, maybe 12 years or something like that, there was a video of two Aussies descending a hill on bigger adventure bikes with ABS front and rear. One of the riders forgot to disable his ABS and in a hilarious display of how ABS works on loose gravel, proceeded to descend at full speed down the bumpy terrain, keeping it upright but losing the side panniers in the process much to the laughter of the camera man (if you've seen the video you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about). I know upwards of 99% of the time I'd want to keep it on, and while that exact scenario could never happen on the Trail 125 because the rear brake is non-ABS I now ask the question for every ABS driven motorcycle that may see off road use.
- I've looked online a few times for this but haven't found anything indicating it's possible. Is there a way to temporarily disable the ABS on the Trail 125, preferably without pulling a fuse or some equally annoying method that does not automatically re-arm on restart?
- Secondly, is there a visual indicator on the instrument cluster that ABS is engaging? Also for those with the OPMID instrument cluster, I'd like to know if it exists on that one too.
The majority of the time I'm a big fan of safety features like ABS, particularly on a slower motorbike like a Trail 125. Honda has done a great job and definitely know what they're doing, but there are situations where disabling the ABS might yield an improvement in safety, or be necessary to limp home. In those situations, having the choice to disable ABS temporarily and re-enable it easily would be extremely helpful. Obviously bigger, more feature filled bikes have a switch or menu setting, and some of the more basic bikes (like the RE Himalayan) rely on pulling a fuse.
An example of what I'm talking about is a long time ago, maybe 12 years or something like that, there was a video of two Aussies descending a hill on bigger adventure bikes with ABS front and rear. One of the riders forgot to disable his ABS and in a hilarious display of how ABS works on loose gravel, proceeded to descend at full speed down the bumpy terrain, keeping it upright but losing the side panniers in the process much to the laughter of the camera man (if you've seen the video you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about). I know upwards of 99% of the time I'd want to keep it on, and while that exact scenario could never happen on the Trail 125 because the rear brake is non-ABS I now ask the question for every ABS driven motorcycle that may see off road use.
