After finding I was not looking forward to getting back on the bike on long trips, it was time to do something to ease the aching wrist. After much researching, I bit the bullet & opted for the most expensive option - It also seemed to be very very good.
http://www.mccruise.com/The biggest problem was unobtrusively fitting the bulky parts to the bike.
Initially it was figured that the only place to mount the actuator was on the frame:
But then I figured that with a lot of time and patience I could fitit under the AIS cover if I hacked away the bottom half of the redundant bracket:
After a day of fr!gging around I finally got it to fit and with the cover back on it's hardly noticable.:
Ther's also a cable interface unit (CIU), into which the the throttle cable must go, the actuator cable also goes into there & via an ingenious spool connection another cable comes out to ontrol the fuel injection. Originally this was going behind the AIS cover but there's no room left with the actuator there so I came up with a mounting for und
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74.43 KBer the neck of the frame:
Then there was the wiring:
Yes, a mess, but we got there.
Yes that's the computer where the toolkit used to be. Very very well written program in the computer I have to say. The diagnostics got me out of trouble with the install.
And the control module:
It's very sweet looking and user friendly.
Finally the whole package is barely noticeable & I have what I wanted, a fantastic cruise control with more safety features than you can poke a stick at. And I'm enjoying the long trips again.
Cheers
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