Three Greens and Cruising

[Seaking]

Finally, my cruise control is working as it should and huh, even better than before.

 

Late last fall, I had the local dealer techs installed braided steel throttle cables and clutch / brake hoses on my Midnight and after that, the cruise control stopped working.. it would simply not engage. Turn it on, green light.. press set, 2nd green light and gently release the throttle and plump... greens flashing and amber flashing and no cruise control.. ergh

 

I took it back to the dealer this afternoon and lo and behold, after two attempts they got it working again. They admitted the books suck as to HOW to install the junction box properly, Goose had even submitted a bit of a how to, what to look for but I couldn't make head or tails of what I was seeing on the bike.. And well neither did the tech.. they tried this and that with the cable and Hmm something wasn't right.

 

the FIX was the 3rd cable coming out of the junction box was binding. The tech who fixed it remembered doing the bike last fall and feels he might have caught the cable when closing up covers and panels etc. Lube and testing shows it works even better than before!

 

SO.. before you get your braided steel cables installed, TEST drive your bike to ensure cruise control works.. And then when you get your bike back, TEST drive your bike again to make sure it work etc as apparently, its common for the cruise control to bunge up after this job..

 

2.5 shop hours later, no bill.. Wow, a "DEALERship" did good on it's work.. and apologized for the inconvenience.. Wow, I'm impressed!

 

(BTW, 3rd greens is 5th gear indicator lol)

 

Cheers

[Bummer]

Congratulations on finally getting it working right. (Mental note: double check junction box.)

[MikeWa]

Sounds like your dealer is at least making the effort to get it right.

Mike

[LilBeaver]

That's good service. Glad they did you right.

[Seaking]

Sounds like your dealer is at least making the effort to get it right.

Mike

 

I kept pointing to their signs showing off their "Factory Trained Technicians".. It was bad enough they had asked me, "where's this junction box?" "what do I need to pull off to get at it?" ergh.. RSV are not very common bikes for techs to be working on so I have to give them some leeway on that.. Like you said, they did make the effort, a good one.

 

The tech who fixed my fuel system problem last summer in State College PA was a top notch RSV mech.. took HIM 30 mins to discover what two other shops couldn't figure out in 5 days and $3,000 worth of parts (on warranty mind you!).. But he said he works on RSV's all the time and is quite familiar with them.. Lucky for me Sky Doc found him for me..

 

Fun bikes.. but man, hard to find good mechanics.. hence why boards like this are invaluable.. Thanks to all who helped guide me along THIS last little pooch.

[Seaking]

Yeah figured I got away too clean on that cruise control fix lol.. dang... Went out on a nice LONG ride today and enjoying the cruise control.. then after a while I felt I was sitting crooked, or askew on my seat.. Hmm odd not right feeling.. When I got off the bike for a fueling, that's when I realized WHY it was uncomfortable..

 

They either DIDN'T installed the seat nuts, or forgot to put them in.. Nice..

 

Thanks guys.. ya wankers..

 

Another trip out there on Monday... all the way out to the other side of town.. sigh..

 

Oh wait.. I'll be on a bike, so who cares..