Lovely day and I’ve not been out this year yet so fancied an hour or so …… not a good start.
I did have a ABS light problem last year (2004 GSA with servo brakes) but I had cleaned up the sensors and topped up the fluids over the winter, so I was interested to see if it had fixed the problem. I had also fitted new 1200 injectors.
Around a mile up the road it felt as though I had jammed the brakes on, the bike would rev ok, but it was like something was stopping it going …… it freed off, but then did it again and felt really dangerous. I pulled up on the pavement next to a petrol station, put the bike on its centre stand and rotated the wheels and tried the brakes, all seem ok (it gets worse
)
A Tesla pull up behind me on the pavement and naturally you think ah someone has pulled up to see if they can help…….but the guy says “have you lost a top box?” I hadn’t even noticed it had gone
together with the £500 360 camera in it!! He tells me a bike behind me picked it up and he thinks has left it somewhere….he can see I am having problems with the bike so offers to go and see if he can find it. 
Looking over the bike I can see that the back wheel had actually locked up, I think it’s the ABS? Both Servos are making a noise when I apply the brakes ….. is the back one supposed to stop the noise when I press really hard unlike the front which carries on making a noise when pressed hard?
Anyway the guy returns and has found my topbox it’s not too bad just a bit beaten up and the camera in it is ok…..I’m so grateful
So I turn off the ABS and turn around to go home , all seems ok, although after a mile or so I notice the ABS off light has gone off and I have 2 ABS lights on again with one flashing.
Opinions please good folks:
It all points to the ABS to me, do you think I’m right as I thought the ABS if faulty would just stop working and give me residual braking and not lock up?
So do I remove the ABS if it’s that or go down the replacing the ABS sensor? (I’ve really lost confidence in the ABS as this shook me a bit)
Thanks
I did have a ABS light problem last year (2004 GSA with servo brakes) but I had cleaned up the sensors and topped up the fluids over the winter, so I was interested to see if it had fixed the problem. I had also fitted new 1200 injectors.
Around a mile up the road it felt as though I had jammed the brakes on, the bike would rev ok, but it was like something was stopping it going …… it freed off, but then did it again and felt really dangerous. I pulled up on the pavement next to a petrol station, put the bike on its centre stand and rotated the wheels and tried the brakes, all seem ok (it gets worse
)A Tesla pull up behind me on the pavement and naturally you think ah someone has pulled up to see if they can help…….but the guy says “have you lost a top box?” I hadn’t even noticed it had gone
together with the £500 360 camera in it!! He tells me a bike behind me picked it up and he thinks has left it somewhere….he can see I am having problems with the bike so offers to go and see if he can find it. Looking over the bike I can see that the back wheel had actually locked up, I think it’s the ABS? Both Servos are making a noise when I apply the brakes ….. is the back one supposed to stop the noise when I press really hard unlike the front which carries on making a noise when pressed hard?
Anyway the guy returns and has found my topbox it’s not too bad just a bit beaten up and the camera in it is ok…..I’m so grateful
So I turn off the ABS and turn around to go home , all seems ok, although after a mile or so I notice the ABS off light has gone off and I have 2 ABS lights on again with one flashing.
Opinions please good folks:
It all points to the ABS to me, do you think I’m right as I thought the ABS if faulty would just stop working and give me residual braking and not lock up?
So do I remove the ABS if it’s that or go down the replacing the ABS sensor? (I’ve really lost confidence in the ABS as this shook me a bit)
Thanks
as there was a time long long ago when I was Blackbird mad 
and having owned 11 of them over the years I probably was!! 
