Is ABS really an improvement in riding safety??? Just read this :
If a piece of electronic equipment can cause you to loose your brakes completely the design is extremely flawed an you can keep it an as for gov.. forcing it into an all bikes in the future they need to improve it
My 2004 BMW R1150RT is in the shop. I was riding on Denny St in Seattle Thursday afternoon when I suddenly lost all power assist to my brakes. After narrowly avoiding pancaking into the delivery van in front of me, my heart was pounding about 200 bpm. The brakes came back but failed 4-5 more times while I nursed it back to the office. It's in the shop now. They say it's a failed ABS brake modulator. That's just not something you ever want to happen to you. You have no idea how conditioned your response is to vehicle brakes until you push the brake pedal/pull the brake lever and nothing happens. It's terrifying on an existential level....
If a piece of electronic equipment can cause you to loose your brakes completely the design is extremely flawed an you can keep it an as for gov.. forcing it into an all bikes in the future they need to improve it