I was told by the dealer you could not add the ABS later. I got mine with ABS & love it. We have a bunch of crazy tourist & white haired around Orlando. Have had to use it only 1 time but liked the way I had more control.
I wasn't going to buy an '09 without ABS - I believe in taking advantage of any safety advantage available. I had to wait 8(?) weeks for my bike, my dealer could of got my color choice from another dealer in a couple of days without ABS - but since I insisted on it he had to order it from the factory. I too believe the re-sale of similar bikes without ABS will be lower - but that wasn't my primary reason for getting it.
Not only has this topic been beaten to death this is the same name as another topic in the top few pages of the touring area.
I also asked it a few months ago. Buy it because you will never regret not getting it until its too late.
Thanks for the reply Mike. I think the search needs an idiot button because everytime i search something I get nothing back. I always have to use google to see if anything was posted on here. I called the dealer and added ABS. Thanks bud.