Never had cruise on a motorcycle so I've never missed it. In my 4 wheelers it is only good when you are passing everyone or being passed by everyone. Otherwise, it is on and off, on and off, on and off ad nauseum.
Never had cruise on a motorcycle so I've never missed it. In my 4 wheelers it is only good when you are passing everyone or being passed by everyone. Otherwise, it is on and off, on and off, on and off ad nauseum.
I believe Honda Japan (http://world.honda.com/motorcycle/) builds them to specs requested by their various national distributors. If Honda.Ca (http://motorcycle.honda.ca) wants ABS, they get ABS. If Honda USA (http://powersports.honda.com) doesn't, we don't get it. Europe doesn't want some Goldwing models (http://www.hondamc.eu).
That's interesting. Well it looks like Honda listened to people about wanting cruise control. I guess if enough riders voice their opinion about wanting ABS, then Honda will include that in a future model. Maybe 2016? I've had it on a couple of bikes I've owned. To me it is a nice to have, but not a necessity.
I read on another forum that ABS is mandated by law on anything over a certain displacement (200cc?) in various countries. Removing for the US is simply to increase profit margin. I cannot confirm that this is true.
Doc
1998 Suzuki GS500E (Sold)
2001 Yamaha VS250 Virago (Sold)
2008 Suzuki GSX1300BK B-King (Sold)
2013 Honda GL1800BD F6B (Sold)
2013 Honda CB500F
2015 Kawasaki Vulcan S
2016 Honda GL1800
A quick check of Wikipedia turned this up: "The European Commission passed legislation in 2012 that made the fitment with ABS for all new motorcycles above 125cc to be mandatory from 1 January 2016."
There was no mention of Canada.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-lo...nd_legislation
Doc
1998 Suzuki GS500E (Sold)
2001 Yamaha VS250 Virago (Sold)
2008 Suzuki GSX1300BK B-King (Sold)
2013 Honda GL1800BD F6B (Sold)
2013 Honda CB500F
2015 Kawasaki Vulcan S
2016 Honda GL1800
That's correct, Canada has no mandatory requirement for ABS on any motorcycle. I'll take the ABS on mine rather than cruise, or I could just buy a '15 and have both. (Won't happen unless i receive some kind of monetary windfall)
But the old adage about getting something for nothing still holds. We pay dearly for our F6B's. List on the basic '14's was $23k + freight and PDI. Of course that's in $Cdn, which is currently about 90% of the $US. If you take ABS as worth $1k retail, that still puts our F6B at $22k. Not cheap.
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