With the cruise turned on and the engine running, does the red LED flash? It should flash faster as you increase engine speed?I dont think I have ever seen my led flash. My cruise is working, well last time I checked/used it. I will have to look at it next time I ride
That would let you know if the cruise is actually seeing the pulse from the coils. If the LED flashes, then it's not the suppessor.
Other thought is if you think it's the suppessor, cut the blue wire above the suppessor, re-attach the blue wire to the coil and see if the cruise works....With the cruise turned on and the engine running, does the red LED flash? It should flash faster as you increase engine speed?
If it works now, you found your problem. If not, it's not the suppessor. You can resolder the blue wire back together and look for a solution somewhere else.
I dont think I have ever seen my led flash. My cruise is working, well last time I checked/used it. I will have to look at it next time I rideHe's talking about the red LED that is on the servo unit. Pretty hard to see when you are riding, unless you did some interesting cruise control mounting.
He's talking about the red LED that is on the servo unit. Pretty hard to see when you are riding, unless you did some interesting cruise control mounting.Well you know I do love to tinker with things. LOL yeah that would make a lot more sense
Well you know I do love to tinker with things. LOL yeah that would make a lot more senseShould have thought to add this:
Pretty hard to see when you are riding, unless you did some interesting cruise control mounting. Or a riding position most people would find uncomfortable.
What were your symptoms? Sometimes I will be running down the road with it on and it will just kick out. Some days it's perfect, other days it will kickout non-stop. I did some basic debugging but never got anywhere. It's functioning now but I am gonna do a long trip this year (7k miles) and it's invaluable.
Mine acts a little different. Started about 3 years ago.
If I don't use it for a long time (months) it will work really well for about 10 minutes. Then, it won't hold the speed I set. It will sometime quickly, sometimes slowly, bleed speed. The only way to make it hold speed is to press the Accel button on the control. It won't accelerate but it stops bleeding speed. The problem began after I got some unexpected acceleration when I set it. That's unsettling. But it doesn't surprise me by accelerating anymore.
I figure that the control is cooked from being out in the elements. When I pull $38 together and want to spend the time spicing wire, I'll order another one from Murph.
Mine will occassionally lose 1-3 mph, but a quick hit of the accel button gets it back to speed. This seems to hapen randomly. Most times it works fine, then out of nowhere, it drops a couple mph. If it happens regularly, it could be a vacuum problem. Do you have a vac can? Possible bleed of of vacuum somewhere?
I get a bump of the throttle when SETting, too. Some folks say it's due to the sensitivity setting being set wrong, but I think it's just bumping the throttle when it's taking up the slack in the cable. It then returns to the speed that I set it at. It's not a big bump, just a slight 1-2 mph blip. I've gotten used to applying a little "reverse" pressure on the throttle grip when I press SET.