Jeff S
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I'm a luddite that's never put many miles on new-fangled machines with multiple Ride Modes. The miles I have done on these were all in one mode the whole time.
My motorcycles all have Ride Modes - enabled by twisting the right wrist:
Rainy: twist less
Sunny: twist more
Sport: twist all the way
This allows me to make the difference in power based on conditions or testosterone levels. I don't have to pull over and fiddle with buttons to get more or less power.
So: what am I missing about these? For ya'll with oodles of miles on Ride-Mode-enabled bikes, how often do you really change modes? I think I'd be nervous using the right wrist the same way on wet gravel in "wet" mode as I would on Lime Creek Road in Sport. I think I'd second-guess throttle position for a while each time I changed settings - while re-learning the new mapping.
Or, it is easer than that? Do you find it truly useful to change modes as conditions change?
Let's keep ABS modes out of the equation for the moment, unless these too are mapped to "Ride Modes".
My motorcycles all have Ride Modes - enabled by twisting the right wrist:
Rainy: twist less
Sunny: twist more
Sport: twist all the way
This allows me to make the difference in power based on conditions or testosterone levels. I don't have to pull over and fiddle with buttons to get more or less power.
So: what am I missing about these? For ya'll with oodles of miles on Ride-Mode-enabled bikes, how often do you really change modes? I think I'd be nervous using the right wrist the same way on wet gravel in "wet" mode as I would on Lime Creek Road in Sport. I think I'd second-guess throttle position for a while each time I changed settings - while re-learning the new mapping.
Or, it is easer than that? Do you find it truly useful to change modes as conditions change?
Let's keep ABS modes out of the equation for the moment, unless these too are mapped to "Ride Modes".