I did a full 180 in a very slick muddy corner off road. It happened so fast I could not react, throttle was twisted more as I went down. The good news, no damage to me or the bike. Hand guards, drop bars, full riding gear, enduro mirror.
Wow. Glad you're okay.
I think even simple acceleration limiting might have prevented it. It wasn't a case of too much torque, just no traction and insane wheel spin.
The thing about electric motors is, though, they can spin up very quickly when they lose traction. Reducing the torque ramp (Eco mode or otherwise) at least limits the downside and yields a little more feel for when traction is starting to disappear. We say that Eco mode reduces torque, but it just remaps the throttle to have a lower torque for a given throttle position or torque change per throttle adjustment (and as a result limits the top end). The point is that once traction is lost, Eco/reduced-rate modes both soften the spin-up and make it easier to recover.
Regarding traction control, I'm certainly in favor of it, but I've realistically figured out that the development cost for this will be fairly high, requiring very high frequency intervention in the motor controller (or is the throttle signal input enough? but it has to fail-safe to avoid losing throttle input signal entirely) on behalf of both ABS wheel speed sensors and a monitoring chip.
Anyway, it's understood for modern combustion engines but would require re-thinking and new engineering that'd cost a good bit of money and would divert engineers from other projects that we've also clamoured for:
https://rideapart.com/articles/motorcycle-traction-control-workPlease use Eco mode or reduce your torque throttle ramp if you suspect your traction will be limited.
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