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Mille
Posts: 117
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Northants
Mood: Ageing Disgracefully
I've got a 1098R, if it helps here is what I have found with DTC.
Levels 7 & 8 are pointless, 6 might have some value in monsoon/icy conditions.
I was out in January with the air temp showing 1 degree celcius, I still found level 5 too intrusive.
Finally even on level 5, if you drive (hard) out of a corner or away from a set of lights that has ripples in the surface of the tarmac then the DTC chimes in like a plug cap fell off !
For 99% of my road riding, level 2 is perfect. Yesterday I was out for a good blast and found level 2 only very occasionally chiming in (big lean angles, and big drive).
On the 1098R the DTC first starts to retard the ignition before it cuts the spark, so the power softens first then it chops a cylinder. This is different to the 1198S.
DTC was and still is a true revelation (ignoring the nanny settings), I do believe every sportsbike should have something similar fitted.
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