For years the trains had to be brought to a stand by a dubious hand-brake, but later two were fitted with air pumps for braking. |
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The brakes are easy to handle and get a hard grip, even after a few hard braking sessions no fading is apparent. |
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This is enhanced with an EBD system that apportions the majority braking effort to either end of the car. |
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We may even be road-testing vehicles on similar road conditions for braking power. |
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Both Mars rovers came into their landings faster than expected, only just decelerating in time even with the benefit of braking thrusters. |
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If you don't tailgate and therefore avoid unnecessary braking and acceleration, you can increase consumption by 5-10 per cent. |
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At first I was riding the main line through the braking bumps, and the suspension, as always, was still super smooth. |
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She gathered way quickly, went about like clockwork and stopped when the need arose as if she had power braking. |
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It was controlled by a single rotary control for forward, reverse and braking and a finger tip toggle switch for steering. |
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On the safety front there are six air bags, stability and traction control, and ABS braking with brake assists and brake force distribution. |
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Boaters with surge brakes on their boat trailers have cause to be concerned about the legality of their braking system. |
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Furthermore, higher speeds mean that the spaces between trains need to be greater for braking. |
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The braking distance for a vehicle travelling at 100k is considerably longer that 54 yards. |
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Meanwhile, an advanced new system with brake support and automatic braking will help avoid rear-end shunts. |
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On a tight slalom course, we found it stable under power but a trifle squirrelly under hard braking into a turn. |
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This new circuit will allow for the testing of braking system performance in snow and ice conditions on sharp corners and twisty turns. |
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It can even increase brake pressure on the outside wheels when braking in turns. |
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Annoyed, I went off and practised a bit, working on getting my braking a bit more progressive and a bit less skiddy on the emergency variant. |
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Four-channel ABS from Bosch combined with electronic traction control regulate wheel slip in both braking and acceleration on low grip surfaces. |
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You can slipstream down the long start-finish straight and pass under braking into turn one, but it is a very tight turn. |
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Added to this are many extra rules to include slipstreaming, braking, collisions, etc. |
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I don't know how many times I've avoided harsh braking or slowdowns in the left lane because I've been cruising by in the right. |
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Turn in is immediate and roll free, although braking while approaching a corner can be a bit snatchy. |
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The situation appears particularly severe where vehicles are braking on the paving. |
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Some pedal feedback and noise is normal during panic stops or when braking on wet or slick surfaces. |
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Seat belts are necessary in case of accidents, such as braking to a sudden stop. |
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Older vehicles used brake drums but with the need for more secure braking and safety systems, car manufacturers have turned to disc brakes. |
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We would like to see traffic calming measures, such as special surfaces that decrease braking distances. |
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Poor braking distance judgement is a sign of bad driving across the board, at any speed. |
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This implies that the marginal effect of higher speed on braking distance is increased when the road is wetter. |
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It's better to judge braking distances and use rolling resistance and the gears to help you slow down. |
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It may be a bit difficult on the first run through when you have to judge braking distances but I'm sure we'll be on the pace. |
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She hit the first small straight and accelerated hard, upshifting, then braking to send her car sailing through a set of hairpin turns. |
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The powershift transmission also offers upshift and automatic four-wheel-drive braking when in two-wheel drive. |
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These connect to the breechings via the harness, and provide effectively both for steering and braking. |
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With this power increase comes improved braking performance from larger brake rotors, calipers, and pads. |
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With bike trailers the parent is in full control of steering, braking, speed and balance. |
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It's a hardtail, so you can't go warbling on about braking and pedal feedback. |
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This simulated emergency braking and showed how, without ESP the car careered all over the road with much more potential to cause damage. |
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The steering was responsive, the straight-line tracking was perfect, braking almost normal. |
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The car's hazard warning lights automatically switch on with sudden braking or in a collision. |
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Thus, any desired degree of braking restriction can be imposed upon the overrunning motor. |
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The superbike brakes are superb with just the right feel during emergency braking. |
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It's the same car, but it seems better suited to tracks where you have chicanes and heavy braking, like Imola. |
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It's just 10-15 seconds after braking at the two previous chicanes and the brakes are still hot. |
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In the first response stage, the brake pads are placed on the brake disc and the hydraulic pressure increased without initiating braking. |
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The wheels are fitted with dual circuit hydraulically operated disc brakes and anti-skid braking. |
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The remainder of the course coils through the 130 acre infield putting a premium on handling and braking. |
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A braking actuation system serves as the interface between the driver and the braking system. |
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A flexible braking surface of that type can be simply configured as a sheet metal plate or fabric which is pliantly bendable in every direction. |
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The other motorist slowed down just when she was on the point of braking, allowing her the right of way. |
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Alloy wheels can provide more responsive acceleration and braking as well as added strength, which can reduce tire deflection in cornering. |
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So we have some people stopping compliantly while others erupt in fury at the idiots in front of them braking for no reason. |
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These include models of automobile braking and electrical circuits, operation of the power train and various fuel injection techniques. |
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Large goods and passenger vehicles use compressed air to assist with their braking. |
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During braking, the metal wheels are exposed to a magnetic field from an electromagnet, generating eddy currents in the wheels. |
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Once disengaged, the braking mechanisms function independent of each other. |
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Hybrids work by using the braking power to spin a dynamo which charges a battery. |
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In this mode, the vehicle senses when increased engine braking is required and automatically schedules a downshift. |
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He made child's play of its tricky fingerwork and zipped through prestissimi at double-speed, braking precipitately into a somber adagio. |
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The only thing I noticed was the engine braking which dragged the car slower when I took my foot off the accelerator. |
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To detect hard braking or cornering, the system uses an accelerometer that detects high g-forces on the vehicle. |
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As braking takes place, energy is captured with the flow of oil from the low-pressure tank to the high-pressure accumulator. |
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Oversized ventilated discs in all four corners and an aluminum steering rack ensure precise handling and braking. |
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After initiating brake actuation, the aircraft yawed to the right, and he ceased braking action to analyze the situation. |
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The ability to get the wheel motors and control each wheel from a braking, steering and accelerating standpoint. |
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The problem is that the car is aerodynamically unstable, and under heavy braking, the back end kicks out like a mule. |
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It uses its own braking motion to create power and recharge the battery, eliminating the need to plug it into any outside power source. |
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Like all hybrids, their batteries recharge by recapturing energy from braking and cruising on highways. |
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It recharges during braking, and feeds the electric motor and two pairs of 120-volt outlets, one in the cab, the other in a rear cargo box. |
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The Ferrari then pulled in close in front of him, braking, while the Mercedes drew close behind, boxing him in. |
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Under heavy braking, the gearbox changes down flawlessly, giving increased retardation. |
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He gave up drinking a while ago, but he remains, quite simply and without peer, the worst driver of all time, constantly alternating between sudden acceleration and braking. |
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Though the options are limited in comparison to its console brethren, you still have the chance to alter steering speed, gear ratio, tire type, braking and exhaust. |
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All of a sudden I had no grip under braking or turning into right-handers. |
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They were State Troopers, not Fed radio cops, and they pulled their cruiser onto the soft shoulder of the freeway, braking a few feet short of the soles of his boots. |
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The Dorset-based firm produces devices such as altimeters, braking systems, smoke detectors and towed aerial targets that act as decoys for enemy fire. |
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Equipment levels are good on all models and even entry-level Stilos come with antilock braking, remote control central locking, six air bags and front fog lights. |
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Emergency braking techniques are taught at an early stage of driver training and require rapid and forceful depression of the brake pedal and then the clutch pedal. |
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Temporary warning signs have been erected because spray is restricting forward visibility and, in extreme conditions, braking distances may be adversely affected. |
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Beddor is a blur of shifting, braking, and precise steering. |
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To overcome these issues, Honda has added a one-way clutch for engine braking that acts on the crankshaft instead of the torque converter during deceleration. |
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The braking system is all-powerful to meet the car's performance levels, with improved air ducting and air flow to the front brakes, as well as a new brake pad material. |
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The first is the way the tyres stand up to the wear and tear imposed by a circuit on which the cars spend more time braking on full power than at any other track. |
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Investigators will want to know if the aircraft touched down in the proper place, if other planes had difficulty braking and if pilots were warned of waterlogging. |
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If an abort is attempted under such conditions, hydroplaning, which will cause severe control and braking losses, may occur at higher ground roll speeds. |
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To this day, the combination of acceleration, dynamic performance and braking power offered by the current 911 Turbo continues to set the model apart from its peers. |
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The technique to going quick in one of these jiggers is to leave the braking as late as possible, and enter the corner under brakes, so that the front tyres are biting. |
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Other devices include oxygen sensors to check exhaust gases, accelerometers to detect any sudden sharp braking, and a range of pressure and temperature monitors. |
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This layer could affect a train's braking distances if left unchecked. |
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In August this year a ninth incident occurred when a train carrying hundreds of passengers overshot the red light by 60 feet after the driver misjudged his braking distance. |
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The innovative hybrid drive system used a hydraulic accumulator to store braking energy which was then recycled to launch the heavy truck up to 25 mph or so. |
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The marks are caused by the speed of the car as well as other factors such as braking force, friction with the road and impacts with other vehicles. |
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Because you can lower the brake pad as it wears down, or raise it as your braking skills improve, it's also appreciated by more experienced skaters. |
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A hydraulically actuated piston applies braking force via pads that operate on the outside and inside faces of each disc, providing four friction surfaces. |
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Although the patent still needs the funding of a manufacturer, the prototype I used gave me consistently smoother stops and significantly shorter braking distances. |
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The three most fuel-costly activities are rough braking, rapid acceleration, and speeding above 70 mph. |
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I immediately raised the flaps and began full braking, slowing enough to take an instinctive left turn off the runway onto taxiway bravo as the prop windmilled to a halt. |
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The most common mechanical braking device was the air brake. |
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The car rides on low-profile tyres fitted to 17-inch alloy wheels, while essential braking performance is aided by larger-diameter brake discs, front and back. |
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Even at a relatively low speed such as 30mph, a worn shock absorber can add up to two metres to a car's braking distance. |
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Consistency is measured in how consistent the friction is during the entire time of braking. |
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The A380 was initially planned without thrust reversers, incorporating sufficient braking capacity to do without them. |
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Locomotives have their own braking system, independent from the rest of the train. |
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Tests have shown that the wings are actively involved in rapid braking, turning and zigzag maneuvers. |
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That braking time is why we need to get started sooner rather than later. |
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The papers are organized into sections covering brake-by-wire, antilock braking systems, traction control systems, and stability control systems. |
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Moreover, the new 15-inch ventilated front disc and the rear drum brakes along with a Brake Assist System provide greater braking efficiency. |
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At 30mph a worn shock absorber can add up to two metres on to a car's braking distance. |
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Bosch's PEB technology consists of predictive collision warning, emergency brake assist and automatic emergency braking. |
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Therefore, it can provide the braking mechanism required for sustaining chain reactions. |
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The base version is a manual motorcycle with a slipper clutch to smooth out the effects of engine braking on downshifts, so nothing out of the ordinary here. |
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In addition, there is an effective anti-hopping clutch available for the new Supermoto Model FS 570 which makes child's play out of braking drifts. |
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While the HEV is environmentally friendly because it emits fewer harmful emissions, Navistar also notes that it employs a process calls regenerative braking. |
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Paradropping men, weapons, Combat Vehicles, Stores etc, braking of fighter Aircraft and Recovery of payloads pertaining to missiles, UAV and space missions. |
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These provide a very high level of braking performance and are usually the element which provokes the greatest reaction from drivers new to the formula. |
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Some locomotives are designed specifically to work steep grade railways, and feature extensive additional braking mechanisms and sometimes rack and pinion. |
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The regenerative braking on the tram feeds current back into the wires. |
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The handling is predictably excellent, the suspension giving a subtly tauter, racer-like feel, with minimal pitching under acceleration and braking. |
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it had received eight complaints of engine fires around the antilock braking system's electronic control module. |
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There is no braking midline caesura, nor is there Pope's massy orotundity. |
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New trains are designed for maximum number of standing passengers and for speed of access to the cars and have regenerative braking and public address systems. |
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The stockcar tested on the track has been set up with new and improved prototypes of the suspension, Brembo braking system, transmission and cooling system. |
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A braking system is used for the dispulsion of a motor vehicle. |
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Steam locomotives are nearly always fitted with sandboxes from which sand can be delivered to the rails to improve traction and braking in wet or icy weather. |
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After sensing an inside passing opportunity, Vettel attempted to quickly change direction while under braking, causing the car to spear into the side of Button's McLaren. |
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The McLaren P1 features a bespoke braking system developed with Akebono. |
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Enabled by electronic controls, the drive unit constantly senses temperature, speed, braking and torque conditions to apply the optimized amount of lubrification to the axle. |
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Engaging low gears while coming down a steep incline increases engine braking, where the engine doesnAAEt allow the vehicle to exceed a certain speed. |
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It also means that the rider can concentrate mainly on braking and the corner entry while the bike handles the chores of clutching and downshifting. |
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But there is also a nine-speed gearbox option, city braking technology, a new infotainment set-up and a bafflingly smart adaptive cruise control system. |
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