This is EXACTLY what I did haha, urban mode. TCS certainly works. Testing ABS by coming from 40 to nothing... My mind almost exploded from telling my fingers not to pull on the brake so sharply. Buy, ABS kicked in and held me up.
I only really notice mine when its on urban as its very intrusive. I've spent much of the winter riding in this mode, as its soft and compliant and not like I'm cracking on too much when riding it. It certainly works leant over, thats when you want to to work, bit does t stop the bike drifting in fast corners when the road is a tad slippery. But guess both front and rear wheels are sliding together!!
You mean I striped my bike down and spent hours running mock-ups on my oscilloscope and pi box just for you not to understand how it works from the info it took me all night to type from millions of notes and sketches? *head in palms*
Mine saved me from a nasty spill in heavy traffic when I inadvertently accelerated while cranked over on a patch of diesel. I still have a deformed finger after a similar incident some years ago on my ST, which had no traction control, and feel far more secure on wet roads since buying the MTS.
There is no need for the traction control to check on the front wheel speed, Ducati's system can use the "longitudinal accelerometer sensor" to detect a break in traction. The traction control will cut in, if it sees a change in rear wheel speed that is not matched by the acceleration measured by this onboard sensor e.g. if the rear wheel goes from 30mph to 40mph in a few milliseconds but the bike is not actually accelerating forwards. Other manufacturers work differently, seems there are currently 5 different ways of doing M/C traction control Traction Control Explained, Kawasaki is the most primitive :tongue:, BMW is best (Grrr ), Ducati are 3rd in the middle of the league table
