Great ride report and photos. Made for amusing poolside reading whilst on holiday. Never underestimate the blessing of being able to fart with confidence!
If you have the linked ABS you "should" just use it all the time anyway so that the master cylinder and the actuation bits inside the servo unit doesn't seize up if nothing else
This appeared under "similar threads", what a wonderful tale Mr Gog, thank you. I wish there was a follow up post, the custard pannier story was fabulous.