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pdlouche
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Proper brown trouser moment on the way home from the inlaws tonight...
Leaning into an on ramp (max 20 degrees, 30mph) and went to accelerate.
ABS Pro / traction control unit failure.
Massive rear end slide on a 250kg (plus me) adventure bike which I wrestled back to upright but, in doing so, ended up giving a fist full of throttle which started a pretty horrific speed wobble. If the bike wasn't so fat, I think that would have thrown me off. Managed to point it towards the motorway and give it some more power which eased out of the wobble but it lasted a solid 3 seconds or so.
Not massively pleased to have an electronics failure on a 1,000 mile old bike but glad I wasn't picking it / me up from the motorway barriers.
It's 'safe to drive' but only to the BMW shop so....