Ducati's traction control now prevents the bike from tipping over...
06-15-15, 09:21 AM
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Ducati's traction control now prevents the bike from tipping over...
Imagine a bike leaning into a turn, and the back wheel slips (from oil, gravel, water, ice...).
Two things can happen:
(1) Motorcycle tips onto its side, or
(2) The rider applies enough throttle to spin the wheel back in its course.
For an inexperienced rider, #1 happens. A lot.
Well, Ducati now has made its electronics so advanced that it will keep a bike off the ground. Not only is it safe, but it also ups its performance.
Article: Revzilla: Testing Boschs Motorcycle Stability Control
Now, that's a lean angle!
Two things can happen:
(1) Motorcycle tips onto its side, or
(2) The rider applies enough throttle to spin the wheel back in its course.
For an inexperienced rider, #1 happens. A lot.
Well, Ducati now has made its electronics so advanced that it will keep a bike off the ground. Not only is it safe, but it also ups its performance.
Article: Revzilla: Testing Boschs Motorcycle Stability Control
Bosch and Ducati have taken motorcycle performance and safety to a whole new level with the new Motorcycle Stability Control (MSC) and ABS with linked braking systems on the 2015 Ducati Multistrada and 1299 Panigale. This new system improves the accuracy of the intervention, and unlike less sophisticated systems, it does so even when the rider is leaned over.
Wet or dry, dirty, sandy, or rocky — the new Bosch ABS and MCS system handles it all, and not just when the motorcycle is perfectly vertical. Not only does this keep riders safer in emergency situations, but it also helps motorcyclists ride these bikes faster by letting the bike monitor its own traction limits and apply as much torque or braking power as the tires can handle.
Motorcycling just got a whole lot safer.
Wet or dry, dirty, sandy, or rocky — the new Bosch ABS and MCS system handles it all, and not just when the motorcycle is perfectly vertical. Not only does this keep riders safer in emergency situations, but it also helps motorcyclists ride these bikes faster by letting the bike monitor its own traction limits and apply as much torque or braking power as the tires can handle.
Motorcycling just got a whole lot safer.
06-15-15, 02:19 PM
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Lexus Champion
nice! I wouldn't wanna be that test rider tho.
now if they could just design something that prevents 75 year old drivers from killing you cuz they don't see you on your bike
now if they could just design something that prevents 75 year old drivers from killing you cuz they don't see you on your bike
06-15-15, 08:22 PM
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06-15-15, 11:41 PM
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