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Old 15-09-08, 11:47 PM   #9
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Default Re: Traction control - any point?

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Originally Posted by northwind View Post
I'm not so sure about traction control, ABS's killer advantage is that it can save you in an emergency, but traction control doesn't really have such a dramatic effect. It seems to me to be mainly a tool for going faster, rather than going safer.
Hmmm, I've had a bike go very sideways very quickly while dead upright and I've very nearly highsided my VFR. Both were saved but probably more though luck than judgement. Neither time was I going that fast and both were tbh mostly user error...

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