How does DTC (ducati traction contro) work?

[desmodoktor]

i have this feature on my bike but ive never felt it doing anything...
i would like to know how it works and what it does? if its necessary , ect. thank you .

[desmodoktor]

 anyone?

[ducatiz]

sensor on each wheel compares speeds, reduces power if the rear is spinning out.

[thought]

Set it at the highest level and go over some potholes at a decent clip... you should see your dash flash as your DTC activates.  It's activating because your rear wheel is hopping into the air and the DTC thinks that the bike is losing traction so the DTC will cut power.  You'll notice it as your throttle going soft all of a sudden.  Or you can take the bike to the track and power out of a corner... you'll probably see it come on if it's set on the higher levels.

But in general, just leave it as high as you can for the street without it activating all the time.  As with any electronic helper... as long as it saves your ass once, it's basically done its job.

[ducatiz]

It will turn on anytime your rear tire is spinning faster -- not every spin up is an out of control situation.  A good rider knows how to throttle down a little and then come back up when the tire grabs -- I've done that plenty of time on my older bikes.  I've laid down before too, but I don't think DTC could have helped me......

I am not impressed with it, I think it eliminates the chance to learn a useful skill, i.e. modulating the throttle.  You just turn the DTC up to the max and peg the throttle. 

[Cloner]

Do you mean how does it work mechanically, or how do we like it?

As the the physical side, you can read about that in several places.

As to the more subjective side, I'm starting to like it.  I ride a Panigale ABS, generally in "Sport" mode.  The standard ABS setting for this mode is "5".  At "5" the system kicked in obtrusively any time I was on the throttle near the edge of the tire.  For reference, there's a soft interrupt where the system cuts timing, and a hard interrupt where it cuts fuel.  I now have the system set at "3" and it only interrupts hard after a noticeable, but small, slide.  However, I often glance at the dash in a turn and notice the yellow light telling me that it's interrupting, so it's doing it's job and is almost unnoticeable.

The cool feature to me is the EBC.  That I LOVE!

Cloner
ABQ, NM

[floyd turbo]

Not good enough for the Doctor.

[Greg]

Mine activates constantly. Just try accelerating hard in first from a stop and it should activate every time. If that doesn't do it, then maybe it is disabled. One sure fire way to tell if it is on is to ride in the wet, or even right after you wash the bike and get the tires wet.