Speed Triple Rs Traction Control

I tend to leave mine in normal road mode and disable the traction control most of the time.
The throttle's not so jerky but it'll still put all the power down.

It's much more fun, make sure you're concentrating on your throttle control though, wheelies off the throttle in first and second easily!

 

I ride with mine off on occasion just to hoon around. It's kind of a pain in the ass to turn off though...I wish you could do it while riding. Also, I could be wrong, but I don't think there is a way to change the default mode so that would be nice as well.

 

I tried it turned off on some bumpy hilly country roads and nearly flipped the bike in 3rd gear hammering along over crests. Lefty it off since - actually the wheelying seems to hinder acceleration when hammering it !

 

Does anyone know if the RS has wheelie control? Preventing the bike to flip sort of thing?
Also, I’ve tried it in track mode, and the TC still kicks in to prevent wheelies! Am I doing something wrong? I’m not sure what “OCABS off” means when in track mode. Any thoughts ? Thanks

 

It doesn't have wheelie control, but TC acts like it. I believe TC measures the wheel speed of both wheels and doesn't allow much variation between the two, so when your front wheel starts to lift it slows down therefore making TC kick in and not letting you wheelie. Though if you do it fast you can wheelie for a second or two before it kicks in.

 

I like to use throttle control on mine rather than relying on TC to make me faster, it works well and means I can ride my Bonnie as well, which has none of these safety aids

 

My Street RS had abs/tc etc, you could literally pin the throttle to the stop while bike was still on it's side and it would just make rapid progress without any drama, never tried doing this with tc switched off though.
Now I have changed to a KTM RC8 which has no rider aids whatsoever & wouldn't dream of trying to pin it while cranked over!
I think that the riders aids and gizmo's are great but get on a bike without any without adjusting and it may bite you, in short the gizmos make is easier for every level of rider to go faster safer.
That said, one of the most exhilarating bikes I ever owned was a GSX-R1000K5, this was the last one with no switchable modes or TC.
It had 170bhp at the rear wheel, at 9000 rpm is went mental, it would spin its rear wheel on the exit of 3rd gear corners and wheelie at the slightest whiff of heavy handed throttle or over any crest in the road, not for everyone I know, in the end I crashed it, not a high-side as I always feared but a low-side slide induced by a carrier bag on the road ... bag for life anyone?

 

I found the Traction Control in Sport was holding me back when giving the bike a good flogging. The RS wasn't keen on being heavily manhandled and forced hard into corners, getting it all a bit 'loose' wasn't really the thing for this bike. A certain amount of finesse is required to get the best from it? I found I was running slightly wide in some corners when I could least afford to as the TC was cutting in and I was losing momentum?
Might be to do with the Super Diablo Corsas which I don't find as good as everyone says they are on the road, bit squirmy? I will change to a more road oriented tyre, Michelin Power RS or the like which I think will give more stability on road surfaces that are not perfect?

 

Well hopefully cant be worse than the SCs as I only got 3k miles including the running in (which I did carefully) Front nearly gone at 4 k .... Some feedback on other tyres would be good - maybe a tyre thread .... The S21s did very well in a recent Performance Bikes review , anyone tried these ?

 

There is a tyre thread, the title is for 2012/2013 model speed triples I believe but there is some good feedback from owners who have tried different tyres. It’s a very difficult subject to subscribe to as we all ride differently, use our bikes for different things and have different opinions on the same tyres. I used up the m7rrs fairly quickly, about 3.5k IIRC, and now have Metzeler Roadtec 01’s on. They are presently on 5.5k and have done two long trips into Europe with a good couple of thousand miles left in them. I suspect you may want a sporty tyre as opposed to a more touring tyre but I’ve never run out of grip in the dry or wet (not much wet use I have to admit) and will be having the same again.

 

Just had my second set of M7RR's fitted, managed to get 6k miles out of them but they were down to the wear bar and starting to feel a bit strange.

 

also had M7RRs on my old R1 trip to IOM and one to Assen lot of motorway miles but still looked like new no squaring off and still stuck like poo to a blanket will be changing to them again once super corsas are dead ,also I think Metzler are giving away a pair of RST gloves with a pair of tyres

 

Don't hold you breath for the gloves, it's only while stocks last, I've been told XXL are out of stock, supposed to be sending me XL (they might fit with a bit of wear) but no sign of them so far.

 

I managed to get 4500 miles out of the power RS on my street triple
Which I thought was quite good for a performance tyre
Bloody cracking in the wet too compared to the SPs