I don't think you can do anything about it, though I have to say I've never experienced any problem with "slack". There has to be a bit of movement in the throttle grip before it activates - all bikes have a little slack at the first few degrees of movement. In the old cable days, you could tweak the cable tightness if you wanted to get rid of it. Having disassembled the group and the throttle housing parts, the thing is a magnetic potentiometer which has no adjustable parts. In fact I think that the ECU will check for the potentiometer setting during the startup phase and any attempt to tweak this will result in problems.
I don't believe there's any ability to change the "slack" (ie the movement of the grip required before there is impact on what the engine does). The different modes change the rate of responsiveness of the engine to the given grip position, but I haven't seen or experienced any change to the slack when changing modes. It's easy enough to test - Sport mode - how much twiddle required before the engine revs pick up. Switch to Touring and repeat etc.
True Tobers but the throttle response settings can be changed, eg you can change the throttle response in Touring mode to be the same as the default Sport mode setting, if you so desire... Maybe this has been done on Mobile Chicane's bike and he's got the default Touring mode throttle settings in Sport mode???
I'm just thinking out loud on something I think I read, sorta. I thought going from say tour to sport made the throttle more responsive, akin to taking some slack out or having a diferrent cam on the tube? Mines staying in touring, seems spot on.
^^Agreed, Mr Yooz...^^ I keep mine in Touring most of the time, mainly for the more comfy suspension. Sport is fun though! I've toyed with the idea of changing the throttle response in 'Touring' to that of 'Sport' but haven't done it yet...
its the slight inital movement before any reaction is felt or change in rpm i'm on about. Its not that big a deal I just wondered if it could be removed
They do throttle spacers for the Panigale range to eliminate this problem ,i have it done on both of my bikes,knowing ducati there may be a chance that the rbw throttle units are the same,JHP fitted mine it might be worth giving them a ring,they are not expensive approx £20 a set.
I've done just that. I do a lot of motorway miles and I found that Touring mode required you to keep hold of a decent amount of throttle in order to progress well at motorway speeds. Unless you use cruise control then it can be quite tiring. Since my last Ducati updates in May I was quite happy with the improved throttle response in Touring mode, but then I got a second bike and bought a Yamaha MT-10. Suffice to say that after riding the MT-10 I couldn't live with the DVT in Touring mode and I changed the default Touring mode throttle settings to the same as Sport mode. The throttle response is much more consistent when I switch between the two bikes and the Multistrada feels similarly "alive" when compared to the MT-10 (on the MT-10 you just DONT touch the engine mode unless you have a death wish - B mode is bloody scarey). If there was a change I would want to make to the Multistrada throttle, it would be the spring tension in the throttle as I find it a little tiring. It's a minor niggle and would actually negated by thicker grips to give you a little more leverage, but since I've got heated grips it's probably best not to mess with them.
I can't see why anyone wouldn't want the engine set to High in Touring mode. it's as docile as a kitten in the city and the power is always welcome on the highway. The bike needs all the help it can get for top gear roll-on. I set it to high just before I drove it off the dealer's lot and have never even tried the lesser settings.
