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Well not really that close to ABS, anti-dive used brake fluid pressure to close a valve on the front forks to restricted fork fluid flow when braking, so front end got stiffer with more brake pressure, basically a pressure adjusted shock, wheel could still lock up you would just be sitting higher when it didMan you guys act like abs on a bike is new, my 84 zx9 had hydraulic abs. They called it anti dive but it did the same thing even back then.
ABS was on 1988 BMW, then Honda and Yamaha in 1992, Suzuki in 1997.
Honda was the first to use the "Combined Braking System"(CBS) in 1982, this was similar to the proportioning valve used in cars, while not ABS it addressed the issue of having two separate brake controls for the two wheels, with CBS when either front or rear brake was applied part of that pressure was sent to the other brake/wheel.
While it seems "safer" it did produce it's own problems, when a rider was applying pressure to the back brake some was going to the front brake, and if the front wheel suddenly lost friction/traction it would lock up causing a fall.
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