Cruise control magnet cleaner

[Abe]

I put this on just prior to doing an FarRide (1642km) through dry and wet conditions and several roadworks, and it's worked a treat.

But, is it needed, costs all of less then $2.

Yes, is my answer, as it stops all those little pieces of blue metal etc from the road, which are a pain to clean off.

(As a side note, I use old tooth brushes with double sided tape on my metal bandsaw wheels for a similar reason.)





Buy a synthetic painting brush, remove handle, squash metal ferrel in vice/piers, bend a 90 degree on the handle end, cable tie, your done, so have a beer and write it on your farkle list.

[Brock]

Very clever...

 

[Biggles]

Does a bit of dust on them really compromise their effectiveness?
Dunno- just askin'.

[ST2UP]

(As a side note, I use old tooth brushes with double sided tape on my metal bandsaw wheels for a similar reason.)

Well that now explains why Pockey and I couldn't find our tooth brushes after we got home from a recent visit 


Good job 99 

[Shiney]

Ingenious mod mate

[Abe]

Does a bit of dust on them really compromise their effectiveness?
Dunno- just askin'.

It's not dust that it's the issue, but it's small blue metal particles (road surface) that become attached to the magnets.

Yes, I was bored and I wanted to farkle the bike 

I'm re-posting this so I can find it for STraya 

[STroppy]

When I fitted the McCruise to my 1300, I decided I did not want to use the magnets at all because of possible malfunctions resulting from tyre changes and just general knocks etc, so I tapped into the speed pulse sensor and it works very well . . . The guys from McCruise were very helpfull supplying alternative cabling and advice on some adjustments to the connections to the control unit . .

[West Aussie Glen]

Terry,
Where did you tap into the speed sensor on your bike?
Was it you who also fitted an electronic actuator in place of the vacuum one?

[STroppy]

I tapped into the bikes speed sensor circuit on the right hand side of the bike, had to remove right fairing.

Have a look at a wiring diagram and or workshop manual, I used the same tap in point for the Speedo Healer (corrects speedo to read accurately, downside is tripmeter under-reads . . Not a huge problem as I tend to use the Garmin GPS readings. Pink and green wires.

There is no need to cut any wires as tap in point is at a connecting plug point. McCruise will supply items required to change from rear magnet pickup to speed sensor circuit . . At a about $30 . . The also tell you what mods might need to be made at the computer connections.

I installed a McCruise vacuum unit, Alf aka Curious1, has installed a Rostra system which uses an electric servo.

[cravenhaven]

Alternative pickup point for the VSS is on the LHS of the bike on the big connector under the LHS fairing pocket. The Pink/Green wire is the one.

[West Aussie Glen]

I thought you may have used the DLC that my GIpro gear indicator plugs into.

[STroppy]

I thought you may have used the DLC that my GIpro gear indicator plugs into.

I have a GIpro and thought about using that tie in point but played it safe and went with the connecting plug near the speed sensor instead . . I wasn't sure if the pulses would be the same . .