Traction Control is considered as one of the obligatory pieces of tech that should be incorporated into any modern bikes. The role of the traction control is to help manage the adherence of the wheels to the ground and increase the degree of safety as the bikers ride along. The question in itself is how the system achieves it?\u00a0 Here\u2019s somewhat a detailed explanation to that.<\/p>\n
Traction is that aspect of wheel spin especially on slippery surfaces without having any grip to the surface itself. This was most frequent with cars, reason why the system was first created for cars in order to help prevent certain vehicles from surpassing what they have as available traction but eventually, seeing how useful it had been and knowing how bikes were evolving over the years, incorporating in bikes was definitely going to be huge step.<\/p>\n
With the advent of modern days technology, we have normal inventions that we are to expect in more recent bikes and traction control has joint the league that comprises of hi-techs such as Anti-Lock Braking System(ABS), Dynamic Damping Control (DDC), Fuel Injection.<\/p>\n
Suzuki’s new entrant GSXS 750 in India.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n So, to begin with, it should be noted that with bikes, the contact area that the wheels have with the riding surface is quite small. We are talking about a few square centimeters. When riding, we encounter road surfaces of various types; wet, dry, sandy, hot, cold, freshly paved, cracked, uneven, slippery, or covered in leaves, fluids, or foreign materials and the nature of these roads can also interfere in the amount of traction that the wheels can make use of.<\/p>\n Generally, traction is what keeps the wheels on the road. It can be affected by the state of the wheels; whether they are new or old, properly inflated or not and worn out in some parts too. Unfortunately, with most bikes we usually. Encounter such but luckily enough, that\u2019s where traction control comes into play. It helps alleviate the loss of traction due to these factors. Independent of whatever situation it may be, the common factor to all of these is the difference between the front wheel speed and the rear wheel speed.<\/p>\n In order to have a good idea of the wheel speeds, the best thing to answer that are the Anti-Lock Braking Systems (ABS) sensors which are already monitoring them. The point of concern here is how the rear wheel turns relatively to the front wheel.\u00a0 The consequence of the rear wheel not being able to maintain traction, is it gets to slide. As a result, the rotation of the rear wheel doesn\u2019t synchronize with the front wheel.<\/p>\n What the sensors do upon detection of this is the information is now relayed to the Electronic Control Unit (ECU). As the ECU monitors and regulates the engine speed and fueling, it is already \u201caware\u201d of the amount of power that is being delivered to the rear wheel by the bike. In some situations, it goes as far as keeping record of the throttle and gear positons, as well as the lean angles.<\/p>\n With a combination of all the data from the wheel speed sensor as well as the engine speed, the ECU then determines the traction available and initiates one or more responses. The response initiated usually depends on the manufacturer of the bike.<\/p>\n