To me it boils down to what you know, what kit you can carry , what functions you need and what support you get on the way.
ABS is semi useful in most places compared to very useful in European cities. The GS911 tool gave the diagnosis and there are people on the net who can work from there. As I work for a company that makes brake systems this wouldn't scare me, plus with ABS as against EBS and servo systems worst case you just put tape over the light.
Totally agree on CAN. Does nothing for the user, needs a laptop to diagnose and ties you to very 1st world suppliers. If Niels had had a non runner and fault message like "checksum error repeat rate or incompatible module" we would still be buzzing out the loom and unplugging stuff.
My comfort zone of technology is between about 1980 and 2005. I don't like the last generation of vacuum assisted, auxiliary butterflied and bypassed carbs and basic FI uses less petrol.
Proper RTW bike? Enfield Bullet Diesel.
What I ride; Moto Guzzi V7, single point FI and electronics you can diagnose with a multimeter.
Andy
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