CURIOUS CASE OF THE BMW SUPER-BRAKES THAT DIDN’T STOP THE BIKE
One of the top bikes on display at the NEC will be BMW’s Montauk, a beautiful 1200cc machine. Like the German manufacturer’s other flagship models it features power braking. Unfortunately, as I and a colleague discovered, the system is flawed.
When I tested the Montauk I crashed it into a fence. Kevin Ash, who writes for Motorcycle News, crashed another BMW with the same brakes into a wall. In both instances the power braking didn’t respond.
BMW has gone to great lengths developing a system that is supposed to make stopping easier by providing power assistance from the engine. When you press on the brakes a servo system multiplies the pressure you apply. But in certain — admittedly rare — circumstances the system is slow to cut in and you are left with the sensation of having no brakes at all.
Motorcyclist Magazine, the popular American publication, went a step further, saying: “BMW’s servo-assisted system is, we believe, a prime example of misguided technology creating more problems than it solves, muddling the connection between rider and road . . . All semblance of feel and feedback are gone, with no gain to compensate. Motorcycles do not need power brakes, at least not these power brakes.”
ESTICAZZZI.... PRATICAMENTE BMW AMMETTE CHE IN ALCUNI RARI CASI LA MOTO NON FRENA!!!!
IL MAGAZINE AMERICANO DICE CHE PRATICAMENTE LA SERVOASSISTENZA CREA PIU' PROBLEMI DI QUELLI CHE RISOLVE...
non stiamo parlando di ABS... ma di SERVOASSISTENZA...
