BMW i-ABS III died – now what? The warning light of your bike's ABS is flashing fast, the servo's stopped whizzing and you have to squeeze the brake handle as if your life would depend on it (it actually does!). Your ABS has died. Hopefully not just before a hairpin bend or close to the rear end of a truck. Mine died quietly over night. When I left the house the next morning, the warning light didn't flash slowly - as it usually does as part of its self-test - but quickly. WTF? At the end of the driveway I squeeze the brake handle and yep, no brakes. At least not with a gentle squeeze. So I squeeze more. And more. Then a lot more. The bike then brutally stops. I quickly get used to applying a lot more force to the brake handle, but it is unpleasant. That is on dry roads. It's dangerous on wet roads or cobblestones (which we have a lot in Flanders) for braking gently is nearly impossible using the residual brake. This blog is about i-ABS III, aka "whizzy brakes...