Cruise issues.

[RDawson]

I’ve known for a while I needed to adjust my cables as the cruise would drop out on hills. I installed the new bars and used longer RSTD cables last week and lost cruise altogether, could feel it try but couldn’t pull it in. After re-routing the cruise cable multiple times I finally figured out the actuator that came on the cables had a small leak🤬🤬🤬. Swapped my old one in and POOF!!! It worked. That brings up my other idea. It’s well documented about some losing 4th gear cruise with the rear gear swap, Wiz and I talked about it in Asheville if the speedo healer was reprogrammed or unhooked if it would work. I had put the healer in before the VMax rear gear. Unhooked it and got 4th gear cruise back. Maybe I missed the info in the past or was too dense to retain it, but it seems to be why only some lost the cruise and others didn’t. I’ll gladly trade the corrected speedo to get my cruise back, we ride several 50-60 mph roads where I like cruise. Guess the healer goes into the spare parts cabinet now. 

[Freebird]

Good info.  I lost my 4th gear cruise on one of my RSVs, can't remember which one.  Never tired disconnecting the speedo healer.  

[RDawson]

17 minutes ago, Freebird said:

Good info.  I lost my 4th gear cruise on one of my RSVs, can't remember which one.  Never tired disconnecting the speedo healer.  

My thought process going into it was the healer decreased speed sensor readings by 7% while the gear swap increased rpm by 10% at any given speed making those comparisons outside the 4th gear range. 

[BadCatClassics]

I'm curious now, not sure I have ever used cruise in 4th. I did the V-Max conversion ten years ago ..

[bpate4home]

On my '06 cruise worked in 4th and 5th gear only. That started to fail because the clutch fluid system needed to be rebuilt.  I sold it soon after and yes the buyer knew about the issue.  😉

[RDawson]

RSV cruise only works in 4th and 5th up to 80mph. With both the VMax gear and corrected speedo it took away 4th gear cruise. 

[garbal]

Adjusting Cables... Your initial post said you need to adjust the cables, Where is the location of the vacuum servo for hte Cruise control. I had a Kawasaki Voyager with the same problem and as soon as I adjusted the cables the problem was solved.

Issue: When I hit Set... it seems to take forever for it to "grab" the throttle so I can let go, I'm thinking the issue is similar to the one I had on my Kawie... hoping to try to solve it that way unless you think it's something else.

I've read that it's behind the fairing on the left is that the leg fairing or the main fairing on the front of the bike. Thank you for your assistance! 

[RDawson]

4 hours ago, garbal said:

Adjusting Cables... Your initial post said you need to adjust the cables, Where is the location of the vacuum servo for hte Cruise control. I had a Kawasaki Voyager with the same problem and as soon as I adjusted the cables the problem was solved.

Issue: When I hit Set... it seems to take forever for it to "grab" the throttle so I can let go, I'm thinking the issue is similar to the one I had on my Kawie... hoping to try to solve it that way unless you think it's something else.

I've read that it's behind the fairing on the left is that the leg fairing or the main fairing on the front of the bike. Thank you for your assistance! 

Behind the left lower fairing. There’s an adjustment on the actuator there and make sure the push/pull cables from the throttle don’t have slack. 

[garbal]

Thank you... I pulled the fairing off and found the vacuum servo right where you said it was... it's got a rubber cover on it and the cable comes out and runs up under the tank, I can't find the adjustment on the servo! Is it on the cable further up underneath the tank maybe? 

[RDawson]

6 hours ago, garbal said:

Thank you... I pulled the fairing off and found the vacuum servo right where you said it was... it's got a rubber cover on it and the cable comes out and runs up under the tank, I can't find the adjustment on the servo! Is it on the cable further up underneath the tank maybe? 

Slide the rubber boot off the canister and you’ll see the adjustment nuts on each side of a tab. I’ve still got one in the parts bin, I’ll try to get a picture tomorrow. 

Edited April 30 by RDawson

[garbal]

You sir are a Godsend. Thank you so much! 

[Du-Rron]

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[garbal]

BRILLIANT... Thank you so much!  That is perfect!