I was at a stop sign stopped, made a 90 degree right hand turn over some loose gravel and the traction control completely cut the power for about a half second. I had to stab my leg hard on the pavement to stop the bike from dropping. The thing about is that I wasn't giving the bike too much throttle. If I had the traction control off, the rear tire would have slipped a fraction of an inch and that would have been it, there would have been no loss of power and no need to save the bike.
In certain situations, the traction control seems more dangerous than if the tire were allowed to slip for a half an inch. There were plenty of times where I'm not giving it too much gas and the power cuts off because the wheel slipped for a millimeter. The subsequent loss in power because of traction control intervention, is far more dangerous than a wheel slipping for a millimeter in low speed situations.
I'm looking to see where the fuse is for the traction control so I can pull it. I've owned 600cc, 750cc and 1000cc sportbikes (just got rid of a 2005 GSX-R1000) and none of them had traction control. I think I'm OK disabling the traction control on this scooter. The traction control as way to intrusive on my C650 Sport. There were times when I thought that the car that I merged in front of, would hit me from behind because the traction control doesn't allow not even a micrometer of slippage and cut the power. It isn't a good feeling expecting power and not getting anything while merging.
In certain situations, the traction control seems more dangerous than if the tire were allowed to slip for a half an inch. There were plenty of times where I'm not giving it too much gas and the power cuts off because the wheel slipped for a millimeter. The subsequent loss in power because of traction control intervention, is far more dangerous than a wheel slipping for a millimeter in low speed situations.
I'm looking to see where the fuse is for the traction control so I can pull it. I've owned 600cc, 750cc and 1000cc sportbikes (just got rid of a 2005 GSX-R1000) and none of them had traction control. I think I'm OK disabling the traction control on this scooter. The traction control as way to intrusive on my C650 Sport. There were times when I thought that the car that I merged in front of, would hit me from behind because the traction control doesn't allow not even a micrometer of slippage and cut the power. It isn't a good feeling expecting power and not getting anything while merging.