yes you notice a difference in each mode, rain the throttle response and take off seems to be less, road mode is better, and sport mode YEA BABYYYY, the funky part is when you try to do a burn out and the system detects the spinning wheel, takes power away to stop it, then gives you the power back, hang on, because your about leave in a big hurry, overall, the bike is a riot, and if you turn off traction control, you can do burn outs for days, or until the tire blows