Turning on TCS

[Canadian FJR]

From time to time I like to disable the TCS, too bad you have to be stopped to do it.

Yesterday I wanted to turn it back on while cruising along. Tried hitting the button while moving and it wouldn’t turn on. I decided to just pull in the clutch, turn the bike off, turn it back on then release the clutch while rolling along.

I couldn’t think of any other way to do it without stopping.

Any other suggestions?

Canadian FJR

[Festus]

I don't have any suggestions but I've never ridden without it. How does turning it off change things for you? Just curious if you can tell it's off and in what situations you really notice the difference.

[ionbeam]

I don't have any suggestions but I've never ridden without it. How does turning it off change things for you? Just curious if you can tell it's off and in what situations you really notice the difference.

Can't do a good wheelie with TCS on. Can't rooster tail sand with the TCS on. Can't do long burn-outs with TCS on. TCS is really a fun killer.

[wheatonFJR]

I don't have any suggestions but I've never ridden without it. How does turning it off change things for you? Just curious if you can tell it's off and in what situations you really notice the difference.

Can't do a good wheelie with TCS on. Can't rooster tail sand with the TCS on. Can't do long burn-outs with TCS on. TCS is really a fun killer.

Ohhhh.

Now I get it!

[raYzerman]

To turn TCS off or on, bike must be stopped....... no need for ignition cycles..... but must be stopped.

[Canadian FJR]

Ionbeam pretty much summed it up.

As far as turning it back on, I didn’t stop. I just killed the ignition with the clutch in while rolling and then back on. It then defaults back to on but hoping there was a simpler option.


Canadian FJR

[gixxerjasen]

Nevermind this TCS mumbo jumbo, you totally lost me at this one.

I decided to just pull in the clutch

[danh600]

Shaft bikes will not wheelie.

[huron52]

Shaft bikes will not wheelie.

That is what they said when I had my 1978 XS11 Had to prove them wrong , Didn't I?

[wheatonFJR]

Shaft bikes will not wheelie.

That is what they said when I had my 1978 XS11 Had to prove them wrong , Didn't I?

Same here. They said my 79 Eleven wouldn’t beat a 78 GS1000 down a dragstrip/frontage road. They were wrong!

Haha. Says 20 yo me to 62yo me.

[mcatrophy]

Shaft bikes will not wheelie.

That is what they said when I had my 1978 XS11 Had to prove them wrong , Didn't I?

Same here. They said my 79 Eleven wouldn’t beat a 78 GS1000 down a dragstrip/frontage road. They were wrong!

Haha. Says 20 yo me to 62yo me.

And then I did with my 2018 YCC-S FJR, which "they" also say can't be wheelied. And totally accidentally.

[gixxerjasen]

2018 YCC-S FJR

Sigh.

[wheatonFJR]

2018 YCC-S FJR

Sigh.

I wouldn't worry about that Jasen, that bike only runs on petrol. In litres.

[mcatrophy]

2018 YCC-S FJR

Sigh.

I wouldn't worry about that Jasen, that bike only runs on petrol. In litres.

But it consumes those litres of petrol in miles per gallon.

And proper, UK, imperial gallons, not those itsy-bitsy US gallons.

[gixxerjasen]

Sigh.

I wouldn't worry about that Jasen, that bike only runs on petrol. In litres.

But it consumes those litres of petrol in miles per gallon.

And proper, UK, imperial gallons, not those itsy-bitsy US gallons.

Yea, but wow oh wow are UK imperial gallons expensive!

[mcatrophy]

I wouldn't worry about that Jasen, that bike only runs on petrol. In litres.

But it consumes those litres of petrol in miles per gallon.

And proper, UK, imperial gallons, not those itsy-bitsy US gallons.

Yea, but wow oh wow are UK imperial gallons expensive!

True, but we have fewer miles to travel.

Someone like ionbeam or Ignacio once berated me for complaining about our petrol prices, he pointed out that our journeys are shorter, which is true. Up until Covid struck I've averaged something like 8000 miles a year. So I’ve given up complaining. Which did no good anyway. Nobody listens to me.

[raYzerman]

Sigh.

I wouldn't worry about that Jasen, that bike only runs on petrol. In litres.

But it consumes those litres of petrol in miles per gallon.

And proper, UK, imperial gallons, not those itsy-bitsy US gallons.

We used to have those Imperial gallons and miles here........

[HotRodZilla]

But it consumes those litres of petrol in miles per gallon.

And proper, UK, imperial gallons, not those itsy-bitsy US gallons.

Yea, but wow oh wow are UK imperial gallons expensive!

True, but we have fewer miles to travel.

Someone like ionbeam or Ignacio once berated me for complaining about our petrol prices, he pointed out that our journeys are shorter, which is true. Up until Covid struck I've averaged something like 8000 miles a year. So I’ve given up complaining. Which did no good anyway. Nobody listens to me.

I listen to you! I couldn't have done a clutch soak without you! Unlike some of these clowns, you say smart things.

[gixxerjasen]

Nobody listens to me.

I listen to you! I couldn't have done a clutch soak without you!

No shit. My bike had been sitting on a car lot when I bought it and was a herky jerky ride that I got all smoothed out with my soak.

[Canadian FJR]

Next question

Any of you smart folks have an idea how to rewire/reprogram things so one can turn the TCS on and off while in motion?

I’m sure you can do it on other bikes.

Canadian FJR