High Beams and ABS

RoadChick · Mar 30, 2015

Hello all!

How do you turn the high beams on? The manual is not helping me. A few pictures would be great to help me.

Also, is there a way to turn off the ABS? This is my first bike with ABS and I do not really like it.

Thanks!
Rene

ferdi · Mar 30, 2015

RoadChick said:
Hello all!

How do you turn the high beams on? The manual is not helping me. A few pictures would be great to help me.

Also, is there a way to turn off the ABS? This is my first bike with ABS and I do not really like it.

Thanks!
Rene

highbeam with the highbeam-switch

ABS you can choose ABS1, ABS2 or ABS off in each riding mode. read the manual and you know how this can be done.

even i do not unterstand why switching off ABS. i do not recognize it during normal riding and it definitly brakes better than i could do it on slippery surfaces, and i bet, also better than you.

RoadChick · Mar 30, 2015

ferdi said:
highbeam with the highbeam-switch

ABS you can choose ABS1, ABS2 or ABS off in each riding mode. read the manual and you know how this can be done.

even i do not unterstand why switching off ABS. i do not recognize it during normal riding and it definitly brakes better than i on slippery surfaces, and i bet, also better than you.

I cannot find a high beam switch on my bike. I even had my boyfriend look and he is very mechanical, an engineer.

The only switch I can find on my bike that controls high beam, is a lever that enables you to flash someone, but they high beam does not stay on that way.

RoadChick · Mar 30, 2015

ferdi said:
highbeam with the highbeam-switch

ABS you can choose ABS1, ABS2 or ABS off in each riding mode. read the manual and you know how this can be done.

even i do not unterstand why switching off ABS. i do not recognize it during normal riding and it definitly brakes better than i could do it on slippery surfaces, and i bet, also better than you.

Thanks for your response, I will stop by the dealer and have them show me.

Petrolhead · Mar 30, 2015

Push this switch down for engaging high beam. Pulling it turn flash only.

r3monkey · Mar 30, 2015

as petrol head says push the switch downwards ,once for on , once for off.

gatdammit · Mar 30, 2015

Think only the Motard SP can turn ABS/traction completely off.

Roadchick, do me a little road test. Find a safe place to fool around with no traffic. Get her up to 60, then crush the foot brake and squeeze the black out of the lever and tell me you don't like this ABS system. Without it, same test, you'd be watching your Strada spraying sparks as it slid down the street.

gatdammit · Mar 30, 2015

*side note* This same test will help knock the squeal out of your crappy stock pads for a limited time.

RoadChick · Mar 30, 2015

petrolhead said:
push this switch down for engaging high beam. Pulling it turn flash only.

thank you!!!

RoadChick · Mar 30, 2015

gatdammit said:
Think only the Motard SP can turn ABS/traction completely off.

Roadchick, do me a little road test. Find a safe place to fool around with no traffic. Get her up to 60, then crush the foot brake and squeeze the black out of the lever and tell me you don't like this ABS system. Without it, same test, you'd be watching your Strada spraying sparks as it slid down the street.

Thank you for putting that in proper perspective!

zibbit u2 · Mar 30, 2015

from going into the settings manual.. it would appear that you can turn off DTC (traction control) and ABS on the Strada (but really why would you?). The main difference between the Motard SP and our levels, is we have to turn the system off to allow the nose to come up or the brakes to lock.. where the SP has built in tolerance for wheel lift and allows the rear wheel to lock while still allowing the front to have ABS.

quoted from Ducati.com:

Specific Riding Modes for the "SP"

The Ducati Riding Modes mark a turning-point in motorbike engineering and allow a choice to be made, depending on the model, from preset modes to optimise the vehicle’s performance on the basis of the rider’s riding style and the environmental conditions.
The innate sporting nature of the SP version of the new Hypermotard family is highlighted by the use of the same 3 Riding Modes as the 1199 Panigale, which are programmed to instantly change the engine torque and the intervention levels of the ABS and Ducati Traction Control even while riding:
RACE: The Race Riding Mode provides 110 hp with a direct response from the RbW on acceleration, minimum intervention from the DTC system and level 1 efficiency from the ABS which is applied only to the front wheel and without rear wheel lift control.
SPORT: The Sport Riding Mode provides 110 hp with a more progressive response from the RbW on acceleration, average level intervention from the DTC system and level 2 high braking efficiency from the ABS with reduced control over lift.
WET: The Wet Riding Mode provides 75 hp with gradual response from the RbW on acceleration, intervention from the DTC system close to the maximum threshold and level 3 braking efficiency from the ABS with maximum stability on braking and control over lift.

ferdi · Mar 31, 2015

gatdammit said:
Think only the Motard SP can turn ABS/traction completely off.

Roadchick, do me a little road test. Find a safe place to fool around with no traffic. Get her up to 60, then crush the foot brake and squeeze the black out of the lever and tell me you don't like this ABS system. Without it, same test, you'd be watching your Strada spraying sparks as it slid down the street.

RT(F)M - in riding mode menu you can choose for each riding mode "ABS1", "AB2" or "ABS off" , DTC also can be switched off and level of interaction can be set between 1 until 8, which means from nearly nothing to very sensitive.
existing riding modes are set with default values where each value can be changed for personal preferences.

following picture is a sample from the manual

zippy49 · Mar 31, 2015

The only difference in any of these settings between regular and SP are the names they are called.
Race/Sport/Wet = Sport/Touring/Urban. Same same.

gatdammit · Mar 31, 2015

ferdi, the menu guide, and probably 90% of the manual, is shared among the entire Hyper line.

Long ago, there was a thread in which I think we determined that the Strada couldn't turn ABS/DTC completely off (-). I've never attempted because I mostly commute with bags loaded.

Have you actually turned ABS/DTC to 0 (-)?

gatdammit · Mar 31, 2015

zibbit u2 said:
The main difference between the Motard SP and our levels, is we have to turn the system off to allow the nose to come up or the brakes to lock.. where the SP has built in tolerance for wheel lift and allows the rear wheel to lock while still allowing the front to have ABS.QUOTE]

Not true. Mine will wheelie in "Touring" mode.

BlueSwede · Mar 31, 2015

RoadChick,
just curious about what you experienced with the ABS that you did not like? For example, I find DTC overly involved on loose dirt/gravel (even at setting 1), but ABS I find helpful even there. On dry road, I really don't notice ABS, but I would be glad to have it work in a panic stop situation, not to mention on a wet road.

RoadChick · Mar 31, 2015

BlueSwede said:
RoadChick,
just curious about what you experienced with the ABS that you did not like? For example, I find DTC overly involved on loose dirt/gravel (even at setting 1), but ABS I find helpful even there. On dry road, I really don't notice ABS, but I would be glad to have it work in a panic stop situation, not to mention on a wet road.

BlueSwede,

It seems I was confusing what I was feeling in the braking as being related to the ABS. It turns out, I am just experiencing really good braking, and need to adjust my riding to accommodate.

Thanks again for all the posts and information!

ferdi · Mar 31, 2015

gatdammit said:
ferdi, the menu guide, and probably 90% of the manual, is shared among the entire Hyper line.

Long ago, there was a thread in which I think we determined that the Strada couldn't turn ABS/DTC completely off (-). I've never attempted because I mostly commute with bags loaded.

Have you actually turned ABS/DTC to 0 (-)?

hi,
i cannot remember the DTC, but i have seen that i can switch ABS off on mine.

Serdar Yavuz · Apr 4, 2015

gatdammit said:
zibbit u2 said:

The main difference between the Motard SP and our levels, is we have to turn the system off to allow the nose to come up or the brakes to lock.. where the SP has built in tolerance for wheel lift and allows the rear wheel to lock while still allowing the front to have ABS.QUOTE]

Not true. Mine will wheelie in "Touring" mode.

Click to expand...

Yep, mine will wheelie in touring and sport modes, as well.

I thought seeing the abs to 0 turned it off. I suppose that's not the case?

RoadChick · Apr 4, 2015

RoadChick said:
BlueSwede,

It seems I was confusing what I was feeling in the braking as being related to the ABS. It turns out, I am just experiencing really good braking, and need to adjust my riding to accommodate.

Thanks again for all the posts and information!

Wow! I was really off in my assessment!!! What I had been experiencing was the rotor being gummed up.....

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