Traction Control Cuts In Early and Feels Like Limp Mode
The TCS triggers at moderate lean well before any slide and is slow to restore power. It can be switched off by holding the TCS button for four seconds.
- Bikes
- DS625X
- Years
- 2025 - 2026
- Updated
- Jun 11, 2026
The DS625X traction control works without an IMU or a ride-by-wire throttle, so it relies on basic wheel-speed data. Riders report it stepping in at lean angle well before the rear is losing grip, then cutting power sharply and taking a while to hand it back. The result feels like the bike has dropped into limp mode mid-corner.
Symptoms
- A sudden power cut at moderate lean with no wheelspin.
- A slow return of power after the cut.
Fix
Hold the dedicated TCS button for about four seconds to turn traction control off. This works while riding. TCS switches back on at the next ignition cycle, so you set it each time you want it off.
Leave it on for wet or loose surfaces. On grippy roads the early intervention is a conservative safety margin rather than a fault.
Sources
- Bennetts BikeSocial review, which describes the early, blunt intervention and the four-second TCS button hold to disable it.
- MCN review.
- Visordown review.