vermintrex
New member
Hi,
I'm located in Canada and it's looking very likely we will not see ABS here as an option, at least for the first year anyway. I'm sure there is extra regulatory testing and fees required by the gov't in order to have the ABS system "certified" and Yamaha probably wants to see how sales are before paying for the red tape to be cut.
So my question....how do you find the brakes on the non-ABS bikes ? I've seen a few video's now (cager's specifically) that seem to indicate that it's quite easy to lock the brakes on the FZ-07, particularly the back brake. Does the FZ-07 have "tricky" brakes to modulate compared to the competition (Er-6n, SV650 etc) or is it far to early to tell ? Or am I putting too much stock in a couple of early video test rides ?
This will be my first bike. I'll be taking a full, comprehensive riding course, but I won't have many hours of experience to draw from. I'm about as far from a hooligan type as you can get, so idiotic riding won't be a factor here, but it doesn't change the fact that I won't have years of motorbike braking experience to fall back on. I have years and years of downhill mountain biking experience, but I doubt it translates very well from a light machine on a loose surface to a several hundred pounds machine on asphalt.
Anyway, any feedback or info is appreciated, thanks
I'm located in Canada and it's looking very likely we will not see ABS here as an option, at least for the first year anyway. I'm sure there is extra regulatory testing and fees required by the gov't in order to have the ABS system "certified" and Yamaha probably wants to see how sales are before paying for the red tape to be cut.
So my question....how do you find the brakes on the non-ABS bikes ? I've seen a few video's now (cager's specifically) that seem to indicate that it's quite easy to lock the brakes on the FZ-07, particularly the back brake. Does the FZ-07 have "tricky" brakes to modulate compared to the competition (Er-6n, SV650 etc) or is it far to early to tell ? Or am I putting too much stock in a couple of early video test rides ?
This will be my first bike. I'll be taking a full, comprehensive riding course, but I won't have many hours of experience to draw from. I'm about as far from a hooligan type as you can get, so idiotic riding won't be a factor here, but it doesn't change the fact that I won't have years of motorbike braking experience to fall back on. I have years and years of downhill mountain biking experience, but I doubt it translates very well from a light machine on a loose surface to a several hundred pounds machine on asphalt.
Anyway, any feedback or info is appreciated, thanks