I know these topics have been covered but not sure if there is much discussion about how the bike, esp 899, copes with non std rear tires. As I've posted I fitted from new, due to crap winter roads in UK, Michelin Pilot road 3's. Big problem is the rear is a 55 profile and the bike's T/C gets very confused. As soon as I opened the throttle with STD T/C settings the dash flashed yellow suggesting the T/C is cutting in straight away. Initially as suggested by the dealer and Ducati Italy I disabled the T/C in sport setting and rode the bike. Great grip with no slides on any sort of road conditions from dry to damp to soaking. But I was taking it easy as I'm new to the bike and caution was the order of the day. Struck me as mad to waste the clever electronics so on the recommendation of the very helpful Martin at Glasgow Ducati I decided to have a play around with customising the settings. Tried Sport setting today with T/C set on level 6. Pulled away from my house on damp roads this morning. T/C flashed straight away. I thought this was disappointing. Interstingly as the tire warmed the intervention seemed to back off. Less flashing unless provoked. Now if I understand this correctly if the T/C light on the dash flashes the electronics are cutting in to help grip. Is that correct? I had no slides and even leant over a bit of a flicker is all I saw of the dash lights even when it started to rain. This was only a 20 mile ride but maybe tweaking the bike settings the electronics can cope with non std tires. Any thoughts, views or experience guys?:smile:
