Hello again Rokitt,
I believe that using the ABS shutoff button disables both front and rear ABS. I think this is desirable, since you will want to lock your front tire up if you fail to reach the top of a steep hill climb.
Yes, it ABS does come back on EACH time you cycle the key. But it stays off so long as you just kill the engine. While riding in Big Bend last weekend I had to retrain myself to kill the engine only and leave the key on. This wasn't always possible, and a couple times I forgot that to disengage the ABS. One time I nearly went off the track because I couldn't stop on a gravely downhill.
BUT, you can disable the ABS entirely by removing three fuses. I'm not suggesting you do that--but I'm gonna
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I'm not sure about the clock. I didn't see any option to change between the two in the manual. Europe is weird. It's a motorcycle, not a submarine! We can see if the sun's out. (or maybe they were thinking of Finland and Alaska in the summer).
As for mirrors, yes, the stockers are lame. Try these:
They are from Doubletake (
http://www.doubletakemirror.com). They don't vibrate so much, are easy to adjust, and are just about invincible. Also, you can opt to tilt them out of the way when offroading (or don't bother, since they seem to move out of the way on their own if you crash). I got a pair on my last bike after I crashed and the mirror stalk hit the ground and
**** my clutch perch.
I just picked up a pair but have yet to place on my 690 because it's in the shop. I
**** my clutch case when I spilled over in the desert. Those magnesium cases are brittle--get some case covers! I just bought a pair from adventure-spec (
http://www.adventure-spec.com/noneu/). Here they are:
I'll do a review once they arrive.
Good luck and congrats again on the new bike.
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