After watching a few YouTube vids of the Sprint ST 1050 I came across one guy who fitted a universal cruise control kit. Found one on eBay for about £22 as I do some long A road and motorway riding and thought it would be use full to reduce fatigue and sore wrists. Has anyone fitted one of these kits before and what is your general consensus regarding cruise control on a bike. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142277737989 Regards Ryan
Hi Ryan I have never personally used it. I found this article with different types of cruise controls for motorbikes. Hope it helps... http://ridermagazine.com/2015/09/08/throttle-brakes-the-next-best-thing-to-cruise-control/
I can't imagine a cruise control being of any use at all on a bike on packed british roads. The one in my car is only ever used in the middle of the night on a motorway.
Ryan you might want to consider a throttle rocker. I use one on my LT whenI'm touring and it works well. Obviously not a cruise control but they do work in reducing wrist fatique. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Motorcycl...475978?hash=item21050a35ca:g:oS0AAOSwal5YItWj Just an alternative to an electric solution and on costs a £5'er. Wessa
Ok so I bought that universal kit for £22. It seems to do the job. If its applied on a bumpy road it will slowly ease off slowing you down, but on the motorway its actually really good! Feels strange being able to take your hand off the throttle (or even both!) I saw those fatigue reducers advertised for as little as 99p. Some even say they can be used as a cruise aid but I couldn't see how. Do they actually work? How do they work? If you guys say they do I will take a shot at one as even after 2 mins of riding my right hand starts to ache, something I never experienced on my SV650S. The grips seem too hard on the ST Ryan
I actually tried this out. Even with the lock on you can easily turn the throttle shut. Something you would do in an emergency anyway would be to roll off the throttle. On the type I have fitted rolling back would cause your thumb to hit the thumb lock releasing it anyway. If you was just to pull the clutch in only yes then the bike would probably rev its nuts off. But reaching out for the front brake would most probably cause you to roll off the throttle anyway. They only hold with the minutest of grip, like I said before even hitting a bump causes it to roll off Ryan
There's cruise control which maintains a constant speed (electronically) then there's a throttle stop which holds the twist grip in a fixed position. Several makes. Touratech does one for eg. Believe it or don't, but a throttle grip is a std fitting on my 1962 t110. On the motorway it is very useful as you can let go with your right hand for signalling to overtake etc. Bit dodgy as the throttle doesn't close without being deliberately twisted shut so I use it sparingly. But it is useful. Wish I had something similar on the speed triple. Have thought about the touratech one but it won't fit with bar end mirrors. Taff
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112310013150?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT I like the look of this
Re: Ebay Cruise Control: I had a plastic one of those but it snapped when I was putting it on so I made my own. I drew in on AutoCAD then got it waterjet cut out from 5mm aluminium plate. I added a small notch top and bottom near the third hole so I could put on an o'ring to act like a tension spring. This resolved the slipping issue. I also added a small thumb tab to make positioning it easy. It is so easy to use and made the long rides easier. Where the pictured one has three holes I put a Boulevard logo in for mine (which was the bike I had at the time) and a Rocket in another one for a mate who rides a Rocket 3. I made these a few years ago and I sold mine when I sold the Boulevard. My friend still uses his Rocket one though. I think I still have the CAD drawing so I might see if I can get another waterjetted.
This is one I made for the Rocket It is looking well used - many 1000's of miles have been done cruising with this.
