I have a Vstrom650A. Now that I think of it, it does work with normal brakes, when you move the bike around without turning the switch to "ON". So if a malfunction is detected, I guess it should just cut the power going to the system, which should take it back to normal, non-abs brakes. In theory!!
"Further, which bikes have switcheable ABS, so that the rider still has a choice about what is going on under him?"
I believe many BMW´s and Moto Guzzi´s do have a button to disconnect it. Suzuki does not, but so far I think its been working ok, so havent felt the need to have it taken out. Even tried it early in the spring one day, when it was snowing and the road was a fair bit icy underneath, and even then it worked surprisingly well. Without ABS, I couldnt have stopped the bike so quickly on such a slippery surface, and theres a good chance I wouldve gone down, too. These systems obviously have improved a lot from how they were in the early days, now theyre ´tuned´ better, and can respond a lot quicker.
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