I will say it outright: The ABS on this bike is shit... Decent for street use, but impossible to live with on the track period. In fact all the electronics on this bike are fairly primitive, but the intrusive nature of the ABS is just something that in my opinion becomes downright dangerous on the race track.

For the sake of clarification I am not against Antilock Braking Systems in general, but as a Professional Test Rider I have NEVER failed to outbrake any production based ABS on any motorcycle we have ever tested in both wet and dry conditions. I can always beat the computer and stop in a shorter amount of time without the aid of ABS than I can when the ABS is active. Granted not everyone has this same skill set, but on the track the Hornet ABS had me shooting right past the braking markers and going into turns way too hot so it had to go...

At this point in time there is no way to completely remove the ABS module from the bike without causing a MIL Fault so we disconnect and plug the ABS Block, but leave the computer plugged and fuses intact.

I had Spiegler make me some custom Brake Lines and routed them directly from the Master Cylinders to the Calipers completley bypassing the ABS Block. Also took the liberty of slightly relocating the rear reservoir while I was at it...

Removing the hard lines from the ABS Block

Plugging the ABS Block

There are 4 plugs total and 2 of them are 1.25 thread pitch while the other 2 are 1.0 thread pitch so you need 2 different types of plugs