Honda dealers are blowing out their 2015,2016 F6B's. I thought well, I always wanted one, so time to pick one up and then they told me the F6B has never offered ABS! Whatttttt! Lost my sale. Why would Honda be so old as not to offer the brake system BMW has had for years?
Disappointed in Colorado
I'm a real ABS fan (and a long beemer too
) but as far as I know, some bikes really do need it, others don't. I rode for a test the first BMW S1000RR with no ABS and it was really frightening (so close to unvoluntary stoppies
). But I had it on my K1200 R and later on my K1200 GT, R1200 GS wc, it was a real relief, I drove in total confidence on wet roads all through the years. But I have had a KTM 990 SMT with ABS and I never used it, thanks to the bike's global balance, neither on a 2008 GSX-R 1000.
I never use the ABS on my 2014 Valk (except sometimes on the rear because the ABS is way too intrusive) but IMHO, you shouldn't focus that much on the missing ABS on the F6B, as long as the front and rear brakes are synchronised. And you probably don't ride a F6B with the same energy or impatience you have when on a S1000RR
