Couple of questions regarding TC...Should the TCS indicator on the dasboard start flashing imediately (simoultaneously?) as the system kicks in, or is a slight delay normal? Also, how quickly should the TC kick in? There's been a couple of times when I've been in a slippery driveway and my rear wheel starts spinning and sliding, so I've engaged the clutch to take control again and the TC never activated. This all happened probably in less than a second. It was set in the default TC1. I hope I am not deviating too much from the main topic.
Remember to turn off your Traction Control
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I see the TCS light blinking regularly when I push the bike hard. That's normal. As for it not kicking in immediately I have noticed that it happens sometimes very briefly at the beginning of a wheel spin. In TCS1 I once tried to wheelie off a hump in the road. The road was wet and instead of a wheelie all I got was brief tire spin.
Even with the TCS on, give it a bit of clutch slip and a hand full of revs, and it will launch..
Confuses the TC for a while though.
This is the result with traction control on TC1.
I think (like the ABS) the bike must be moving with both wheels rotating before it can proportion or account for slip.
XT1200Z Traction Control.mp4
Greg.
Confuses the TC for a while though.
This is the result with traction control on TC1.
I think (like the ABS) the bike must be moving with both wheels rotating before it can proportion or account for slip.
XT1200Z Traction Control.mp4
Greg.
::008::Wasp said:
Good onya mate. Always hard at work researching the finer technical points of the S10. ::024::
I think that is the key...it makes sense.Wasp said:
I was under the impression that TC would prevent sliping, sliding and consequently dropping my beautiful new bike when taking off in slippery surfaces like a gas station or toll booth! ::010::
Guess not! Hahahaha
It will! One of the tests or the TCS when I first got the bike involved a wet wooden bridge. They can be one of the slipperiest surfaces known to man, especially with a bit of slime growing on them. BUT I put my fate in the hands of the TCS and gave it a good yank on the throttle... knowing that if TCS didn't work I'd be instantly on my arse. Trust in Yamaha I say! Rear wheel spun up for a split second, before ever so sedately driving me forward. Not even close to crashing...Oscar said:
Trevor
Huh...OK, so maybe I chickened out too quickly and didn't let it start moving just a bit forward so the TC would kick in! What did Sean Connery say to Harrison Ford in the Last Crusade..."Take a leap of faith"...or something like that? ::025::