Thanks! I’ll check it out. Mine is a 2016. I could be wrong, but I don’t think it can be turned off. I asked at the dealership and was told it couldn’t be. I’ll check my manual again to see it there is anything in it.
geez, talk about distracted driving....I wonder how we lived so long without all these geefaws and gadgets?
Hijack alert: Poseidon,
I have a 2017 Accord Hybrid Touring and can turn off the ACC. The manual has a long list of when to not use it. I doubt that would have changed that much prior to or after the '17 model year. Here's a link to the '17 owners manual, go to page 449 for the ACC info. http://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/OM/AH/AT2A1717OM/enu/AT2A1717OM.PDF
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This was the best hijack ever!!!Fify
Thank you for the info! It worked! Pushed and held the button that adjusts the following distance and it switched over to “Cruise Mode”. Now my cruise control works correctly and doesn’t try to kill me! Lol
I can’t believe I didn’t see that section of the manual as many times as I’ve looked for a way to disable the adaptive part. I also can’t believe the service guys didn’t know how to do it when I asked.
Thanks again!
Looks like they had a choice of two colors, couldn’t decide and said “F*ck it. Let’s do both.”
That dark strip on the fairing that says “Kawasaki” looks like a carbon fiber decal-yuck. It’s the cheesiest sticker put on bike....
More likely they are assembling 2019s with excess spare parts and went with those parts pre-painted that they had the most of on hand. They probably made too many spare parts and when sales were lower than expected, their bean counting algorithm said they needed to dump some into the production run.
I hope it comes off as easy as the old one did, and doesn't ruin the paint underneath it when it does.
Not much of a choice for a new customer. Bring back the green monster!
More likely they are assembling 2019s with excess spare parts and went with those parts pre-painted that they had the most of on hand. They probably made too many spare parts and when sales were lower than expected, their bean counting algorithm said they needed to dump some into the production run.
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I really do hope the C-14 does not disappear from the lineup for the next few years though.
Well, it isn't expensive (actually costs zero) and there are no parts and nothing to break. It is nothing but having more maps to select from. I can see how it could be useful. For example, one set of maps (think "Flash") could be with aggressive engine breaking, and another with normal, and another with little.
Ride by wire (electronic throttle) would instantly add cruise control (at zero cost),
Unless it were designed correctly, so the "adaptive" part could be turned off, so it is normal cruise control, like I can on my G37S (which has adaptive as an optional function). I have no problem with optional things (modes, settings, etc), as long as I can retain control over them (and control that preferably is "sticky" (persistent) )
Nothing costs zero. I work in embedded software development (what all these ride modes and cruise control stuff is). It's crazy expensive.
Nothing costs zero. I work in embedded software development (what all these ride modes and cruise control stuff is). It's crazy expensive. You need to do a lot of R&D, come up with a plan, write a spec, write the software, test the software, manage all those people, all of which are highly paid. Zero could not be farther than the truth. These are what would be Fortune 500 companies in the US. They probably have hardware in the loop test benches and all the developers have at least one ECU and wiring harness and power supply on their desk and need to vary all the inputs (signals like temp, coolant temp, intake manifold air pressure etc etc). My test bench costs about $80,000 for the hardware alone, then you have to make the wiring harness and that is days of engineering time. A typical developer where I work makes 100k and managers make 160k. Testers make from 55k to 90k So, zero cost? Nope.
Plus it's a competitive market. If you have the skillset to do that and your company isn't paying you enough, GM or an Aerospace outfit or Tesla or (fill in the blank) will gladly hire you, so the competition drives up wages. We had a guy with 10 years experience in autonomous vehicles leave for Silicon Valley, a guy left for Amazon. My riding buddy is a manager and his bonus gross was 100k, he makes 160k.
And if you make a cruise control feature and it fails? Lawsuits out the ass. So you test it and test it and then test it some more. Oh, add in patents and IP lawyers and all the IT stuff it takes to run all that? We have 3000 engineers under one roof. My boss's boss's boss's budget is $120,000,000. So sure, there's LOTS of zeroes there I guess?