I too have never had an ABS equipped bike until this Max, and have never had an issue, but I will say the ABS saved my ass a couple weeks ago when an idiot cager did a left turn in front of me. Had I been on my 85 max, I would almost certainly have T-boned the moron in the passenger door. The ABS got me stopped 6" short of hitting him, and I was only doing 35 mph at the time. So, I am a believer. :biglaugh: it works, and is unobtrusive 99% of the time.