Rostra! Totally electronic and no vacuum canister. Easy to connect to the speed sensor.
Don't discount yourself, Nicole. Your work and skills appear to be well above typical...
Seconded!.....er..maybe,...typical...what exactly Deziner? (yes I'm )
Probably should have stopped with only one period after typical.
Anywaaaayyyyy, that was what I was seconding, "typical." with one period.
There seems to be several incidents of having trouble getting into Diagnostic mode with Rostras that then seem to work fine afterwards during the road test.
I always wonder if everybody with this problem is remembering to disconnect the NSS (clutch) wire (just for the Diagnostic test) as per Brian's instructions?
Seconded!.....er..maybe,...typical...what exactly Deziner? (yes I'm )
Probably should have stopped with only one period after typical.
Anywaaaayyyyy, that was what I was seconding, "typical." with one period.
For someone that does not accessorize vehicles for a living, Nicole does a bang up job when she mods her motorcycle. Very clean indeed. Saw some other installs that, well let's just say that "clean" would not be at the top of my list of adjectives to describe the installation. As a matter of fact, I would have to say that MOST folks take the "Good enough. Nobody can see what's under the Tupperware." approach. I'm dealing with that on my bike.
And since I do live under a rock, I had to Google Walter White, so I could be as smart as a fifth grader.
question, but wasnt sure where to ask it
anyways, how tight to the set speed does the rostra hold, say with semi flat roads, no huge hills or anything, just normal midwest roads.
thanks much
(find myself using the cruise in the car every day, to maintain my above the limit speed to an acceptable level)
For example, the Rostra will work reasonably well at 30 MPH but the engine has to be in 5th or even better, 6th gear. Yes that does result in rather low engine speeds but that is what is required to tame the Rostra. At that same 30 MPH in 2nd or 3rd gear, the CC will oscillate, sometimes kind of annoyingly so.
30MPH in 6th? I would never do that.... even 5th is lugging!
I registered here only one day after max' did, and I still can't tell when he's joking.
Hey mod, go start your lugging thread somewheres else. This here's Rostra testing country.
Where did that come from? Now it is me that can't tell who is joking!
Yeah, well now you know, I was joking about the pot stirring on your part max' (sorry that wasn't made clear), and I understand that mods gotta do what mods gotta etc. etc. Not wanting a mod war here, had enough of that elsewhere. I like it here.
However, I want it clear that it was not I that started this off topic discussion (not that I haven't done that several time before ) from Rostra testing to lugging. Lugging an engine is not something so simple that one can tell simply from gearing and speed that it is happening. I'm sure there are many here that will disagree and say so with lots of exclamation points and talk about all their track experience. Some will go on to say that they never shift up out of 4th unless they are going at least 70 mph (60mph? 82mph? whatever, pick a number). and the rest of us that don't follow their guidelines are doomed to knocking big end rod bearings etc etc.
Lugging has at least two additional factors besides gearing and speed. Throttle opening and resistance to forward motion. On level ground with calm to low headwinds, properly maintained bike including properly inflated tires, GVWR compliance, and perhaps some other factors that I can't think of right now, a C14 in 5th gear with only enough throttle opening to maintain 30 mph is not lugging the engine. Kawasaki agrees with me.
Now returning to topic, if testing a Rostra in 5th at 30mph and it starts opening and closing the throttle in large movements in it's attempt to maintain speed, then there is most likely some lugging going on during the wider throttle openings. If that happens discontinue the test and check to make sure that there isn't too much actuator cable slack at closed throttle, or simply test at a higher speed. I agree with Brian (at least I think that is his position on it), I would not test a new Rostra install in any gear below 5th until I was sure it was performing properly in the higher gears. Such a test would, I think, be for grins and giggles as I don't know why anyone would care how it performs in the lower gears, unless of course they never shift up out of 4th below 70 for fear of lugging the engine () while riding in a 60mph speed zone.
.................. Ah, fond memories. But I digress- where were we? Oh yeah, BMW's suck.
Brian
Yeah, well now you know, I was joking about the pot stirring on your part max' (sorry that wasn't made clear), and I understand that mods gotta do what mods gotta etc. etc. Not wanting a mod war here, had enough of that elsewhere. I like it here.
Lugging an engine is not something so simple that one can tell simply from gearing and speed that it is happening.