This is a feature that makes very slow speed manoeuvring quite tricky on my Gen 3 AS (AE in the USA). You ease up the throttle, clutch starts to engage, and the ECU says "more throttle" so the bike moves faster and, with the still quite low throttle setting, the clutch engages more. Very difficult to control without using the rear brake, which in my case isn't covered because my foot is still hovering just off the road surface.
It's totally unnecessary as it's virtually impossible to stall a YCC-S bike, it just takes away the rider's ability to hold the bike with the clutch slipping.
The good news is that, as you slow, the clutch stays engaged to a lower rpm than the Gen 2, and when it does start to slip it holds a bit of torque. Makes doing very tight hairpins a little easier than with a Gen 2, which would simply disengage the clutch leaving you leaned over with no drive. In my Gen 2 era, I would sometimes slow right down before the hairpin, wait for the clutch to let go, then ease up the throttle to hold the clutch in the friction zone to take the corner.
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