BMW offers ABS checks

collyers · Post by **collyers** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:51 pm

This is exactly what my local tech told me - he also told me that all my Hyperlites would wreak havoc with error codes. They do, but ONLY when voltage drops, and all I have to do is keep my hands off the brakes when starting, and the "computer" can do it's thing w/o dealing with "why the voltage is down = because my operator has applied the brakes like a dummy." You are correct, the ABS & servos will work after a stall, but when you restart (w/o switching the ignition off & on again), you will eventually get an error code if you ride a while longer. I don't worry about it. I think the ABS/servo system is great - my KTM is fully manual. My 2002 BMW car has a "service engine soon" light that comes on if the gas cap isn't tight enough!!! And I have to drive 50miles or have 2hours of engine running time AFTER tightening it for the light to extinguish itself. These little computers wwill be getting more & more picky about voltages & emissions as we "progress" into a cleaner future.

BMRBIKR · Post by **BMRBIKR** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:04 am

......the risidule brakes on my RT remind me of my '66 triumph TR6C...

back in '68..... push the brake pedal and grip the brake lever real

hard..... and they worked fine.....!

.......but I was twenty-something then....

and my ABS system now gives me piece of mind.....

but if I have to.....I could still....push and grip real hard.....