Originally Posted by Litespud

ABS would be of marginal use here - ABS detects wheel rotation slowing down preparatory to lockup and eases up on the braking. What we saw in many cases was tires losing traction and sliding out sideways on corners - likely still rotating, but the wet surface defeated the ~ 1 square inch of contact patch under each tire. Unlike ABS and stability control in a car which can rescue the situation before it becomes irrecoverable, once a bike tire starts sliding sideways, there’s no way of recovering bar rider skill/luck. Maybe one day when bikes have built-in gyros that can keep them upright, but until then....