Wow, I just read this whole thread for the first time. I owned a non abs 08 from October 2007 until June 2017. So I never bothered to read ABS threads at all until now. My non abs 08 was totaled by a Toyota in May 2017 and I replaced it with an abs 08 in July. It runs great and the brakes work fantastic, better than the first 08 and the 09 (when it was running, I also have an 09 with a broken engine. ) The only problem with the abs bike was the gauge cluster had heat damage, so like the complete fool that I am I put the 09 cluster on. (Non abs). Reading this thread it occured to me I had never felt the abs kick in nor had I noticed the yellow light come on. The 09 cluster does not have a yellow light!.
I flushed the front brakes and clutch right after I bought it. But not the rear, cause I never, well hardly ever, use the rear brake.
So when it stops raining I am going to buy quart of DOT 4 and flush the rear and swap the guage cluster back. As I said I ownly use the rear brake now and then just to see if it is working and so far it has and did not feel abnormal, just a little weak same as my two non abs bikes. .
So what I am getting out of this thread is that there is potential for a failed abs pump without a warning light that I need to worry about and we are hoping NHTSA will force a recall. Have I missed anything important?
I am tempted to use parts from my non running 09 to convert the 08 to non abs.