User's Manual
How to Ride the Motorcycle
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Optimised Cornering ABS
The Explorer models listed below are
equipped with the optimised cornering
ABS:
• Explorer XR
X
• Explorer XRX-LRH
• Explorer XRT
• Explorer XCX
• Explorer XCX-LRH
• Explorer XCA.
The optimised cornering ABS is a system
designed to give the rider increased
control should the ABS be activated
whilst the motorcycle is leaning in a
corner.
A sensor constantly monitors the lean
angle of the motorcycle. If the
motorcycle is leaning in a corner and the
ABS is activated, the system will use the
lean angle measurement to apply the
ABS in a manner most suitable to help
the rider maintain motorcycle control.
Warning
The optimised cornering ABS is a
system designed to help the rider in
emergency braking situations.
The system is designed to give the
rider increased control should the ABS
be activated whilst the motorcycle is
leaning in a corner.
The potential increased control that
the optimised cornering braking
system allows under certain
conditions is not a substitute for good
riding practice.
Continued
Warning
Continued
Always ride within the legal speed
limit.
Never ride without due care and
attention and always reduce speed in
consideration of weather, surface and
traffic conditions.
Take care when cornering.
If the motorcycle is leaning in a corner
and the ABS is activated, the
optimised cornering ABS will use the
lean angle measurement from a
sensor to apply the ABS in a manner
most suitable to help the rider
maintain motorcycle control. The
optimised cornering ABS will not
however be able to fully counteract
the weight and momentum of the
motorcycle and braking too hard
whilst cornering may result in loss of
motorcycle control and an accident.
Under some circumstances it is
possible that a motorcycle equipped
with optimised cornering ABS may
require a longer stopping distance
than an equivalent motorcycle without
ABS, or an equivalent motorcycle
equipped with ABS but not equipped
with optimised cornering ABS.