Man this mod made the trip a lot more comfortable that's for sure.. The purchase was a breeze going through murphskits.com
The packages arrived in the mail and Uncle Steve and I spent a combined 6 hours putting this system together. Now that we have both done it before we could cut a lot of time off an install....
We definately put the cruise to a test on the road, there is a time and a place to use it, just like a throttlemeister.
On the long hwy miles that we put on nothing was better than the Audiovox cruise. I would use my GPS speed indicator and call out to Steve and tell him how fast I was going, he would accelerate to the same indication on his GPS then lock the speed in his cruise. We would go miles and miles right next to each other with the cruise managing the speeds. A couple of safety notes, if you hit either brake or pull in the clutch the cruise disengages and your back to using the throttle.
We have the settings in a position that gently pulls instead of having it rip your arms out when it engages. Overall I dont know how I was able to survive without it... For 115.00 it has to be one of the best mods that I have put on the bike....
However there are times, in the city, on a slower speed limit that the cruise is not reccomended. In city traffic or for short burst you should use the throttlemeister. One safety reminder is that you have to be at least 3000 rpm for the system to engage and if you try to resume and your in a different gear your speeds will be off. As an example I set the cruise in 4th gear going through a construction zone, when we got out of the zone I went to 6th and hit resume. When the cruise went to the recorded RPM my speed was much higher than when I was in 4th...... Just be aware....
The packages arrived in the mail and Uncle Steve and I spent a combined 6 hours putting this system together. Now that we have both done it before we could cut a lot of time off an install....
We definately put the cruise to a test on the road, there is a time and a place to use it, just like a throttlemeister.
On the long hwy miles that we put on nothing was better than the Audiovox cruise. I would use my GPS speed indicator and call out to Steve and tell him how fast I was going, he would accelerate to the same indication on his GPS then lock the speed in his cruise. We would go miles and miles right next to each other with the cruise managing the speeds. A couple of safety notes, if you hit either brake or pull in the clutch the cruise disengages and your back to using the throttle.
We have the settings in a position that gently pulls instead of having it rip your arms out when it engages. Overall I dont know how I was able to survive without it... For 115.00 it has to be one of the best mods that I have put on the bike....
However there are times, in the city, on a slower speed limit that the cruise is not reccomended. In city traffic or for short burst you should use the throttlemeister. One safety reminder is that you have to be at least 3000 rpm for the system to engage and if you try to resume and your in a different gear your speeds will be off. As an example I set the cruise in 4th gear going through a construction zone, when we got out of the zone I went to 6th and hit resume. When the cruise went to the recorded RPM my speed was much higher than when I was in 4th...... Just be aware....
