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Originally Posted by racerbruce
From memory, I believe the Honda works team in the early 90's altered the spark plug's firing to create individual bursts of power, so the rear tire could achieve better traction....this was during the 500 cc 2-stroke FIM GP bike period....can anyone verify this or add to this conversation?? Presumably, this was an early attempt at traction control??
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I’m not sure I would call the Big Bang motors of the early 90’s traction control even though they did make the bikes more rideable. For me traction control is something that “cuts in” to aid traction rather than a full time altering of the firing order.
If you look at on the fly electronic changes in MotoGP now like anti wheelie which, from what I understand, changes the ECU and the Holeshot device which lowers the rear suspension then these for me are better examples of traction control.