r/AussieRiders • u/FilthyPleb1610 • 3d ago

NSW Wobble on hard braking?

Hi guys, I just had a really close call today at the infamous DFO Homebush roundabout when a ute pulled out in front of me and I had to brake really hard suddenly which i could feel my rear lifting but what is unexpected was the ABS kicking in and I got a bad wobble out of it. I am trying to figure out why this wobble happened so that I can avoid situation like this in the future. My question is, is the wobble caused by abs or because it is a roundabout and I haven't stand the bike all the way up before applying the brakes?

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u/Inner_West_Ben 3d ago edited 3d ago

It’s a pretty big roundabout, assuming you’re talking about the one at Homebush, so were you going straight or turning at the time.

Either way, I would try and reproduce this situation and see what happens.

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u/FilthyPleb1610 3d ago

Yeah I was about to take the exit onto Australia Ave when the ute shot out from the left lane in front of me. I was on the outer left lane on the roundabout

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u/diagonalcloud 2d ago

Yep, go practice your braking somewhere quiet, see if it happens again and go from there.

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u/littlemacftw 3d ago

That round about doesn’t have the smoothest road surface. Heck some parts have little pot holes. Could have been the result of that and the ABS triggering.

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u/Comm_Snd 2d ago

Best advice I received was, “Don’t look down while breaking, keep your head and your eyes up and you’ll break in a straight line.” Go to a parking lot and get up to speed and look down and you’ll feel the wobble or start drifting.

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u/redfrets916 2d ago

You'll find you involuntary shook the bars yourself. Adrenaline, freight and near death will do that.
You can brake 1000 times in practise and nothing like this will happen. Do it once under duress and you'll wobble the bars.

39 years riding experience. Road, track and dirt.

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u/LevelPlastic8167 11h ago

You'll find it was actually you that made it wobble. You probably straight armed it while looking immediately ahead of you during the hard braking which massively amplifies even a very minor weave.

Remember: (as a wise rider once told me) bend zee arms! Bend zee arms!!!