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Is ABS a desirable feature on the 2014 690 Enduro R?
By: Rusty Shovel Date: December 20, 2013, 3:03 pm
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What's the general consensus concerning ABS?
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Re: Is ABS a desirable feature on the 2014 690 Enduro R?
By: Albie Date: December 31, 2013, 6:57 am
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It's inevitable in the US, because the government has mandated
it. Big brothers just looking out for ya! :D
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Re: Is ABS a desirable feature on the 2014 690 Enduro R?
By: buddoggin Date: December 31, 2013, 4:52 pm
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For the dirt, I don't have a problem with it as long as there is
a way to turn it off.
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Re: Is ABS a desirable feature on the 2014 690 Enduro R?
By: Ldman Date: January 24, 2014, 11:09 am
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It can be turned off. I would not bother with paying extra to
get the dealer to program the Off road ABS program
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Re: Is ABS a desirable feature on the 2014 690 Enduro R?
By: Endo Date: February 4, 2014, 9:05 pm
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Is the 2014 coming w/ABS?????? ???
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Re: Is ABS a desirable feature on the 2014 690 Enduro R?
By: Rusty Shovel Date: February 5, 2014, 5:55 am
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Yup. It's a European standard now. Supposedly, you can disable
it, but it comes standard.
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Re: Is ABS a desirable feature on the 2014 690 Enduro R?
By: Endo Date: February 6, 2014, 12:51 am
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Wow! curious to hear how that works out. Hope you kids that have
a 2014 on order post up some reviews later
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Re: Is ABS a desirable feature on the 2014 690 Enduro R?
By: truck11 Date: May 7, 2014, 7:16 am
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I LOVE THE ABS BRAKES..... on road.
Off road.... I think I tried stopping 53 feet ago and then
took out 4 trees! (ok.... maybe not)... I did test it in a
dirt parking lot and, yeah..... thank goodness no other cars
or people around as I didn't stop.
BUT, I like that you can turn it off from the dash. the trick
is when you turn the bike off (to look at a map or something
quick) DON'T turn the KEY OFF, just kill the engine from the red
handlebar switch on right. ABS stays OFF as long as the key is
'ON'.
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Re: Is ABS a desirable feature on the 2014 690 Enduro R?
By: Rusty Shovel Date: May 7, 2014, 11:28 am
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[quote author=truck11 link=topic=14.msg974#msg974
date=1399464967]
the trick is when you turn the bike off (to look at a map or
something quick) DON'T turn the KEY OFF, just kill the engine
from the red handlebar switch on right. ABS stays OFF as long
as the key is 'ON'.
[/quote]
This is true, but during the Desert Challenge I forgot to do
this once and nearly went off the trail because the ABS wouldn't
let me slow down on a gravel downhill. Next time I go on a ride
in which I anticipate shutting down the ABS more often than not,
I'm gonna pull the three fuses that control ABS and do without.
I really don't think a bike of this size/weight needs ABS in the
first place.
I had thought about the dongle, but supposedly, that only shuts
down ABS to the rear tire. At first blush this seems like a
good idea, but what about when you lose momentum on a steep
gravel incline? As you began to roll backward, you'd grab the
front brake and it wouldn't "dig in." You'd end up dangerously
sliding backwards down the hill. KTM could address this by
designing the front ABS to only engage during FORWARD travel,
but at this point it treats forward and rearward travel the
same.
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