RDawson Posted September 11, 2022 Share #1 Posted September 11, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted September 12, 2022 Share #2 Posted September 12, 2022 Good info. I lost my 4th gear cruise on one of my RSVs, can't remember which one. Never tired disconnecting the speedo healer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDawson Posted September 12, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted September 12, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadCatClassics Posted September 13, 2022 Share #4 Posted September 13, 2022 I'm curious now, not sure I have ever used cruise in 4th. I did the V-Max conversion ten years ago .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpate4home Posted September 13, 2022 Share #5 Posted September 13, 2022 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. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDawson Posted September 13, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted September 13, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbal Posted Monday at 04:55 PM Share #7 Posted Monday at 04:55 PM 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDawson Posted Monday at 09:51 PM Author Share #8 Posted Monday at 09:51 PM 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbal Posted Tuesday at 02:13 AM Share #9 Posted Tuesday at 02:13 AM 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDawson Posted Tuesday at 09:06 AM Author Share #10 Posted Tuesday at 09:06 AM (edited) 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 Tuesday at 09:08 AM by RDawson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbal Posted Tuesday at 01:03 PM Share #11 Posted Tuesday at 01:03 PM You sir are a Godsend. Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Du-Rron Posted Tuesday at 01:36 PM Share #12 Posted Tuesday at 01:36 PM @garbal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbal Posted Tuesday at 03:13 PM Share #13 Posted Tuesday at 03:13 PM BRILLIANT... Thank you so much! That is perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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