Electronic Cruise Control
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It's in progress. Joe at Brandon distributing is waiting on getting some of the connectors that Ducati uses for the throttle position sensor.
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Update:
Joe is still "fighting" with headquarters in Italy to get some of the OEM connectors for the throttle position sensor. He knows he can get them, it's just a matter of when. For those of you who have dealt with Ducati Italy, this shouldn't be anything new.
It's now been 5 weeks that my bike has been with him, and he knows that the riding season is going to be ending soon. He's offered me a couple options: 1) He can hold onto the bike until he manages to get the connectors he needs. 2) I can come get the bike back at my earliest convenience and bring it back once he finally gets them. 3) He can modify my harness to use different equivalent connectors. He would still wait to get the OEM ones for the systems he plans to sell to the public, so mine would be somewhat "special".
As a positive though for anyone that is interested in his kits once they are completed, he said it will be very easily installed. It will only requiring removal of the fairings/plastics. It will not require removal of the gas tank. He has already made a perfectly functional "proof of concept" harness that was tested on the centerstand, so the hard work has been done!
Joe is still "fighting" with headquarters in Italy to get some of the OEM connectors for the throttle position sensor. He knows he can get them, it's just a matter of when. For those of you who have dealt with Ducati Italy, this shouldn't be anything new.
It's now been 5 weeks that my bike has been with him, and he knows that the riding season is going to be ending soon. He's offered me a couple options: 1) He can hold onto the bike until he manages to get the connectors he needs. 2) I can come get the bike back at my earliest convenience and bring it back once he finally gets them. 3) He can modify my harness to use different equivalent connectors. He would still wait to get the OEM ones for the systems he plans to sell to the public, so mine would be somewhat "special".
As a positive though for anyone that is interested in his kits once they are completed, he said it will be very easily installed. It will only requiring removal of the fairings/plastics. It will not require removal of the gas tank. He has already made a perfectly functional "proof of concept" harness that was tested on the centerstand, so the hard work has been done!
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Well thinking I'd have it back by now, I already scheduled the 18k valve adjustment and belt replacement at the dealer for the weekend of the 20th. He's 10 minutes from the dealer, and I'm 2.5 hours away. I'm thinking I might as well leave it with him at least until the dealer is done with it then.
I'm sure he could get a used harness and TPS, but that would get expensive, just to get 2 connectors.
I've been riding my monster in the meantime, but it does suck not having my hyper around. I didn't get as many miles on it this year as I wanted to. Hopefully the cruise gives me an excuse to take more weekend camping trips.
I'm sure he could get a used harness and TPS, but that would get expensive, just to get 2 connectors.
I've been riding my monster in the meantime, but it does suck not having my hyper around. I didn't get as many miles on it this year as I wanted to. Hopefully the cruise gives me an excuse to take more weekend camping trips.
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Another awesome update!
Joe finally managed to get some of the connectors he needed. After a week of communication with Ducati Italy, in very typical Ducati fashion, they have outright denied any possibility of selling him the connectors he needed, as well as not providing him any provider that he can source the connectors from. This is when Joe took it into his own hands and found a Chinese manufacturer that was willing to produce the necessary parts for him. After a prototype set of connectors were made and overnighted to Joe, my bike is finally ready to be assembled. Joe mentioned that the connectors he got from China were on par with the OEM ones quality-wise.
He's gonna have the bike ready to go by Friday, but will be unavailable this weekend to meet up with me for final debugging and testing. I planned on taking some time off work and driving the 3 hours to his place early next week so we can put the final wraps on the project and get some installation instructions written.
He got enough of the connectors that I'm assuming he will have some kits ready to ship very very soon. Looks like the dream of Electronic Cruise has finally come to fruition.
Joe finally managed to get some of the connectors he needed. After a week of communication with Ducati Italy, in very typical Ducati fashion, they have outright denied any possibility of selling him the connectors he needed, as well as not providing him any provider that he can source the connectors from. This is when Joe took it into his own hands and found a Chinese manufacturer that was willing to produce the necessary parts for him. After a prototype set of connectors were made and overnighted to Joe, my bike is finally ready to be assembled. Joe mentioned that the connectors he got from China were on par with the OEM ones quality-wise.
He's gonna have the bike ready to go by Friday, but will be unavailable this weekend to meet up with me for final debugging and testing. I planned on taking some time off work and driving the 3 hours to his place early next week so we can put the final wraps on the project and get some installation instructions written.
He got enough of the connectors that I'm assuming he will have some kits ready to ship very very soon. Looks like the dream of Electronic Cruise has finally come to fruition.
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So I have some great news! Cruise control works great! I wasn't able to make it up during the week, so last weekend I visited Joe and we got the tuning parameters all squared away (so the bike doesn't surge when holding speed). It was quite the thrilling experience the first time I hit the "set" button and the bike kept a steady pace with my right hand off the bars!
It isn't quite production ready, there's a few more software tweaks that had to be made, as well as adjusting the lengths on a few sections of the wiring harness. The cruise control box is going to mount on top of the ECU, where some of you already have the rapidbike evo unit. The control boxes are roughly the same size as those. Another couple weeks though and we should have everything 100% sorted. On a side note, Joe found it very interesting that the Hyperstrada used an 8-pin TPS (3 individual sensors). It's an older style sensor not used anymore in most applications. Most modern TPS sensors are just 4 wires. In any case, I will let you guys know when things are 100%.
I can answer any questions you guys have. So far, there will be two pieces to the wiring harness. One side runs to the front right side of the steering stem, and connects to the TPS sensor, and taps one of the wires of the front ABS sensor. The other section of the harness runs up behind the headlight, and is what connects to the 3 button handlebar switch, and the 2 color LED status light. Joe and I found a good place to mount the status light right next to the dash that is easy to see.
It isn't quite production ready, there's a few more software tweaks that had to be made, as well as adjusting the lengths on a few sections of the wiring harness. The cruise control box is going to mount on top of the ECU, where some of you already have the rapidbike evo unit. The control boxes are roughly the same size as those. Another couple weeks though and we should have everything 100% sorted. On a side note, Joe found it very interesting that the Hyperstrada used an 8-pin TPS (3 individual sensors). It's an older style sensor not used anymore in most applications. Most modern TPS sensors are just 4 wires. In any case, I will let you guys know when things are 100%.
I can answer any questions you guys have. So far, there will be two pieces to the wiring harness. One side runs to the front right side of the steering stem, and connects to the TPS sensor, and taps one of the wires of the front ABS sensor. The other section of the harness runs up behind the headlight, and is what connects to the 3 button handlebar switch, and the 2 color LED status light. Joe and I found a good place to mount the status light right next to the dash that is easy to see.
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It shuts off upon either brake or clutch being used. All of the signals are read from the canbus, so if your canbus is down, your bike isn't going to be working period.
Joe and I never talked about price, but his other kits are 380. aftermarket cruise controls for automotive and motorcycles
Joe and I never talked about price, but his other kits are 380. aftermarket cruise controls for automotive and motorcycles
For those with the rapidbike evo, if you take out the exhaust servo motor there is a small cavity that opens up under the right side engine cover. Would it fit there?
