01/02/2010
Award For Bosch Brakes
Europe's largest automobile association has conferred an award on the new Bosch antilock braking system (ABS) for motorcycles.
Presenting its Gelber Engel (yellow angel) award, the German ADAC pays tribute to the great potential for improved road safety offered by this new Bosch development.
The modular design of Generation 9 allows various levels of sophistication, from a system with basic functions to a high-performance ABS. The ‘ABS9 base’ variant weighs just 0.7 kilograms, and is half the size and weight of the previous generation.
"Our entry-level ABS is by far the most compact system in the market," said Dr. Werner Struth, president of the Bosch Chassis Systems Control division.
"Its cost-optimised design makes ABS affordable for all classes of motorcycle for the first time."
The new system enables a wider proliferation of applications and can make motorcycling considerably safer.
Bosch has been manufacturing brake control systems for motorcycles since 1994. While all the ABS systems on the market were previously based on passenger car technology, engineers at the Bosch competence centre in Japan have now designed a new ABS specifically for motorcycles.
The first variant of Generation 9 went into series production in November 2009. Up to now, only ten percent of new motorcycles manufactured in Europe are equipped with ABS. Worldwide, the figure is only one percent.
By way of comparison, the figure for passenger cars worldwide has now reached 80%.
(PR/BMcC)
Presenting its Gelber Engel (yellow angel) award, the German ADAC pays tribute to the great potential for improved road safety offered by this new Bosch development.
The modular design of Generation 9 allows various levels of sophistication, from a system with basic functions to a high-performance ABS. The ‘ABS9 base’ variant weighs just 0.7 kilograms, and is half the size and weight of the previous generation.
"Our entry-level ABS is by far the most compact system in the market," said Dr. Werner Struth, president of the Bosch Chassis Systems Control division.
"Its cost-optimised design makes ABS affordable for all classes of motorcycle for the first time."
The new system enables a wider proliferation of applications and can make motorcycling considerably safer.
Bosch has been manufacturing brake control systems for motorcycles since 1994. While all the ABS systems on the market were previously based on passenger car technology, engineers at the Bosch competence centre in Japan have now designed a new ABS specifically for motorcycles.
The first variant of Generation 9 went into series production in November 2009. Up to now, only ten percent of new motorcycles manufactured in Europe are equipped with ABS. Worldwide, the figure is only one percent.
By way of comparison, the figure for passenger cars worldwide has now reached 80%.
(PR/BMcC)
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