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by arg » Sun Feb 11, 2018 4:56 pm
Surging. I found mine very surgy to start with but realised I had too much slack in the cable. Because the difference between a car and bike is the response, engine spins up faster, bike is lighter, it will still surge slightly. You can reduce this by running a gear higher than normal when crusing, for example at 30mph, I find it smoothest in 5th. At higher speeds, it is less noticable.
Which kit would I recommend? I found a old stock one on ebay for £30, a magic speed MS300, but I only used that because it was so cheap and if it didn't work I'd of only lost £30. It is no longer available.
It does look like they do a modern version which is £131 plus postage on Amazon, a Waeco MS50. I assume this would work, the manual diagrams looks similar.
As already said, I put the main vacum controller where the abs unit would be, I cheated and cable tied it in. The control cable is very long, so I routed it towards the front, did a U turn at the headstock so it comes in the same way as the standard throttle cables. I would give you a picture of how I connected it to the throttle but I'd have to strip the bike down. Basically using the brackets supplied, I put a lever on the central spindle and a bracket for the adjuster next to the original throttle cables. I didnt use a chain. Needs to be a little slack but not too much. Be careful with tightening up the nut on the throttle spindle, I think the spindle is made of cheese, i.e. really soft. Don't overtighten it and use lots of thread lock.
The vaccum unit needs a connection to the intake, use a direct connection, do not T piece into the sensor pipes already there or you will have running issues in a hundred miles or so.
The control panel, I attached to the hand guard in front of the clutch lever. It is not water proof but I've not had any problems.
The electronic module, I stuck in the tail unit, next to the rear light.
It was sometime ago since I fitted it, the connections I remember;
Switched power, wiring to rear brake switch
Main power, battery
Brake, rear brake light
Speedo signal, direct connection to senor on front wheel, in the front fairing.
You are adapting a kit not meant for this bike, so you are going to have be creative when fitting this.
Good luck.
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