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So I don't pay much attention to brakes... I'm not a track guy so the only time I've hammered the brakes hard enough to activate abs on the Multi has been... never. Yesterday on a backroad heading home from work two deer jumped out of a field of tall corn at full speed right onto the road. The first one was far enough ahead than no problem - but knowing I was moving along pretty fast (65... ish) and knowing there's never just one I grabbed a big handful of brake. I've had to do this many times on other bikes over the years (probably 20 times on the Tiger over 50k miles) and it's always a juggling act of "stop faster... oops the rear is locked lighten up... now I'm not stopping fast enough... now the front is feeling loose... jesus it might be easier to just hit the damned deer".
With the Multi it's "stop faster... still have traction stop faster.... STILL have traction maybe some more... holy shit this thing has BRAKES". People bitch about the M50 squeak... but I'll take it.
With the Multi it's "stop faster... still have traction stop faster.... STILL have traction maybe some more... holy shit this thing has BRAKES". People bitch about the M50 squeak... but I'll take it.