For many years, bikers have decided to put more trust on their own skills than on electronic input at the bike controls; this had resulted in the utilities of anti-lock and linked braking being questioned and debated over repeatedly. In spite of having several riders acknowledging the importance of ABS in the touring and cruiser segments, but mainly the extra weight have also been looked upon as major hindrances to adoption for using in high-end sport bike riding. So the announcement by Takeo Fukui, the President and CEO of Honda that all Honda motorcycles more than 250cc would be integrated with the ABS brakes as an option by 2010 took many by surprise, who already started speculating the end result.