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Retrofitting ABS & Traction Control

Started by GK, January 20, 2013, 03:41:33 PM

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zooom

my version of traction control is my right wrist....







just sayin...
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Dirty Duc

Quote from: zooom on January 23, 2013, 06:11:56 AM
my version of traction control is my right wrist....







just sayin...
But that's just too easy...  [evil]

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Quote from: koko64 on January 22, 2013, 03:57:30 PM
Like herding cats.

Anyway, those with late model Monsters with TC and ABS, who do you find it? Reassuring, annoying?

Like I said before, I have ABS and would keep it given the option.  I test rode the 848 streetfighter with TC and didnt care for it.  Got on it out of the hole and it just cut all the power out.  (the dealer had it set to the most conservative setting)

Ive got an old jeep with no ABS...which doesnt bother me...but the jeep isnt likely to have the front end slide out from under me if the wheels lock under braking either.
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TC on anything less than a litre bike is a waste IMO...especially on the street.

koko64

As others have said, high powered bikes use TC as a safety feature that's becoming standard. ABS is more common now and showing up on beginner bikes. While this technology is probably saving lives and useful it will be interesting in 20 years time. I'll be waving my cane at young riders lamenting their lack of throttle control and brake modulation skills!

I suspect the pragmatic reality is TC as a standard feature probably helps manufacturers keep the dreaded govt imposed hp limits at bay. Maybe motors and brakes are so powerful nowdays that safety features are also liability features.
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