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[slant911]

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[electrictwowheeler]

I thought about changing the switches also but now just hold the throttle to the desired speed and reach over with my left hand and use my left thump to push the cruise button. It is really pretty easy. To slow down I let go of the throttle and disengage the cruise control with either my right thumb or the rear brake and let the bike slow to the desired speed and quickly push the button again. To speed up you can disengage the cruise control with the rear brake and speed up and reach over with your left thumb to engage. I have my regen set to 60% throttle and 100% brake so if you disengage the cruise control the braking is not very strong so reducing the speed can be accomplished with only the right hand. Yes you have to let go of the left grip for a second or two but I only engage the cruise control when I'm going a steady speed in a straight line. Works for me

[peterwarm]

Well I did it and it seems to work for me.  Tested it with the key off and the hazard works, but the Cruise didnt.  Aaaagh.  Then realised it needs to be in drive mode to work. Phew!  test drive says it works.

I did the changes at the headlamp, opening up the connectors, testing for contacts till I found switched pair, used a fine nail to remove the yellow insert and then freed the pin.  That way I can switch it back, ie no soldering etc.  Its a pig to reach all the wires and I ended up modifying the headlamp bracket to make it easier next time (?get a life?)

Amazing to have better control of cruise, but it becomes obvious its fairly crude and could do with the software upgrading to car cruise levels along the suggestion above using the Mode key.  Also the current algorithm is crude, it doesnt make a constant  speed up and downhill. Probably needs full PID algorithm or constants upgrading.

So for me, the mod is brilliant. Dont suppose anybody could tell me the wires at the main controller board to swap instead of what I did?

[slant911]

Which 2 wires did you end up swapping?

[peterwarm]

try the annotated picy below.

Beware: I thought I saw some SR/S wiring that had different colours?

So best to break open connectors for both handlebar switches as shown and use a meter to check function when button pressed.

Good Luck!

[enaef]

[...] but now just hold the throttle to the desired speed and reach over with my left hand and use my left thump to push the cruise button.

That's exactly how I do it also ...

Also the current algorithm is crude, it doesnt make a constant  speed up and downhill.

I totally agree. I often use the cruise control in built-up areas, where the limit is 50 km/h. If I start the cruise control on flat terrain and the street goes in a ascent after some time, the speed often trops to 45 or 46 km/h.

[mcvl]

Same modification for me but in parallel on the blue/white and black wires (dsr/x), better manual cruise control .