YAMAHA'S revised-for-2012 YZF-R1 now comes with traction control.The six-stage system uses front and rear wheel speed sensors to monitor any rear wheel spin. Check out this video to see the system in action and when you're done watching that, you

EVERYONE'S favourite rapid WSB rider Fonsi Nieto has said that his team has sorted out the traction control problems that plagued him at Valencia.Speaking yesterday, Nieto said: "In testing after Valencia we have had many problems to try

After we'd finished frightening ourselves panic braking on ice, gravel, wet cobblestones and sand it was time to test the latest Bosch traction control (TC) as fitted to Aprilia's delicious new V4 Tuono. This is an eight-stage TC system with eight

The 2012 Yamaha YZF-R1 joins the growing list of 1000cc superbikes with traction control, but do we need it?Superbikes with traction control:Aprilia RSV4 APRC SEBMW S1000RRDucati 1198MV Agusta F4 1000Kawasaki ZX-10RClearly, it's a charge lead

APRILIA HAVE announced a 'new' RSV4 for 2011.The model will be the third RSV4 in the company's line-up, sitting alongside the RSV4-R and the RSV4 Factory.The new RSV4 will have traction control with anti wheelie and launch control. This new model

stupidly rapid yet silky smooth progress.And whilst it may have had ABS (not nice on a track day, I might add, due to its reluctance to pitch forward onto its nose on the brakes), it didn’t have traction control and that, for me, was ideal.In my book

Troy Bayliss is at the world launch of the Ducati 1199 Panigale. The gritty Aussie has been keeping the world updated via a running commentary on his Twitter feed and Facebook page.He posted a couple of pictures yesterday and said: "Plenty of laps , turned everything off for extr...

second thought. However, it turns out the new Ducati 848 EVO Corse edition (for that is its full name) feautres traction control among a few other goodies.The 848 EVO Corse gets the full 8-level Ducati Traction Control (DTC) as featured on bikes like

HONDA have tweaked their VFR1200F for 2012, with traction control being the biggest change.When the VFR1200F was introduced, many journalists lamented the lack of traction control but it appears Honda have caught up with demand. The other changes

FORMER 500cc World champion Kenny Roberts Jnr. has said he believes traction control should be banished when MotoGP switches back to 1000cc from 2012, claiming the technology makes MotoGP look "like anybody can do it" .Speaking to Superbike