Cruise control

[Vger2000]

2000 Voyager. When I purchased he bike the cruise control was intermittent. Now completely dysfunctional. Any suggestions?

[cushman eagle]

It is probably do to one of the cruise disengage switches.One at the rear brake pedal,one at the front brake lever,one at the clutch lever and one at the throttle linkage down at the carbs.These are used to disengage the cruise if you hit either brake,pull the clutch or dethrottle.There are posts on how to check these as well as service manual downloads.On my '99 it was do to improperly adjusted cruise switch at the rear brake pedal.Let us know what you find.

[Nails]

Mine is "weak" rather than intermittent: I have to help it roll-on at uphills, else it slows down and cancels. I hope lubbing the cables will fix it (haven't had a chance to test). Does the actuator get "weak", or does it generally fail altogether?

[ekap1200]

2000 Voyager. When I purchased he bike the cruise control was intermittent. Now completely dysfunctional. Any suggestions?

Vger2000---- ? is this is a 1200 or a 1700 you have ?
Hello from N.J. Next time your out with it, try with a finger or two to push the front brake lever forward a bit while setting it and hold it there, and see if it stays on. Most common switch failure is the front brake lever switch or someone has set the throttle cables too tight. Taking out all the free play in the cables will open the cancel switch on the carbs. I have also seen open wiring in that harness at where it folds downward at the triple tree. ( get yourself a helper for that one and as one person holds the meter/buzz box or test lamp ) the other person moves the harness around to find the intermittent wire.

As for your problem ( Nails ) cable adjustment seems to be what your having trouble with. If you have found that when it does work it does not set right at the speed your going but rather a few miles lower that's your issue.

[bikerking.biz]

Mine is "weak" rather than intermittent: I have to help it roll-on at uphills, else it slows down and cancels. I hope lubbing the cables will fix it (haven't had a chance to test). Does the actuator get "weak", or does it generally fail altogether?

I have had this problem years ago with mine. The problem was that the cruise control cables needed to be readjusted. There was too much play in the "system", and would disengage the cruise at times. Another way to tell this is the case is when you get up to a speed you want to set the cruise to stay at, you engage the cruise, and it looses several miles an hour before it takes over and climbs back up to speed.

[voyager55]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHhJmGpqeYQ

[Nails]

> someone has set the throttle cables too tight
As a matter of fact, they are a bit too tight. And with these new narrower bars, they don't quite return to idle any more. That's next on my list.

> looses several miles an hour before it takes over
Yep, seems to do that.

I've only ridden maybe 100 miles before parking it to take everything apart, especially the carbs for cleaning.

Voyager55, that vid is very timely, given that the fairings are off, battery out, &etc.

I found a great cable lubber, but I'll have to say what kind later because it doesn't have a brand name on it.

Thanks.

[HMB Don]

A tip moving the cruise cable.

Lube to cable then work them for a while, and remove the cruise control motor so that you can hold the cables up. if you have a few days repeat this and just let the lube gradually work its way down the cable you'll find that you won't have to lube the cables until the next time you have to just the cable and your cruise work like it's brand new.

[Nails]

Just wanted to say thanks to igozumn for those vids -- assume he's an inmate here somewhere. Also recognized keheRancho. Lots of VoyXII vids, actually.

With the plastics off, and soon the carbs, fussing with these cables should be a breeze. Glad to know about this stuff now rather than after I put it all back together.