lamwayne

I was also deciding between sport touring and supersport tires (T31 and S21).  Since I don't put as much milage on the Tracer as I used to, I decided to trade mileage/wet grip for traction and installed the S21.  Had a quick run on a familiar road on a dry day and immediately felt that the S21 turned in much sharper and had more dry grip than the T series I used to run.   The bike also feels more agile as the carcass is lighter than the T series.
I did like the longivety and wet weather performance on the T series which the traction remains pretty good even after 17000km (only true for the T30 evo, the predesessor T30's traction would deteriorate noticibly with around 13000km). 

I have the Sidi Apex mid-length road boot/Sidi Adventure Gore and the Dianese Fulcrum C2 Goretex. I would rate them in order of decreasing comfort on the Tracer as follows:
Dianese Fulcrum>Sidi Apex>Sidi Adventure Gore
 
Dianese is my go-to boot when I want all day on/off bike comfort and bad weather protection. It is very flexible and it breaths very well due to its all leather construction; however it protective feature is quite minimal compare to other full length boot.

Speaking of ABS, I have not ridden any ABS equipped bike before the Tracer. I once had the back brake ABS activated and it was reacting so hard that it gave off a loud clink sound and sprung my foot off the brake pedal! To be honest, the feeling was worst then a rear tire skip and it doesn't feel normal for me.
 
Having said that, is that suppose to be the "pulsating" ABS feel people refer to?

I stumble upon a youtube video about disabling the ABS on MT-09 by simply removing a fuse.
 

@voodoo, what are those 2 small hoses passing in front of the sprocket cover? Are they fuel vapour hoses? They look blue?
Cheers,
Steve

Yes, they are.

Also double as fuel overflow hose, found out the hard way at the gas station last week. 

added GB racing engine protector and sw-motech frame slider