mebgardner
Active Member
I did not know whether to put this under "Brakes", or "Electrical", so it's here under "General"
New 2016 Non-ES model. 3700 miles on it.
I began having Refusal to Enable Cruise issues. Flashing amber lamp upon cruise enable switch "on" to system. Sometimes it would give me steady amber at enable, and then subsequently engage upon request, and sometimes it would flash amber at enable, and refuse to engage upon request.
Intermittent issue, no rhyme or reason to it.
Very soon after this started, I noticed a brake light illumination problem when pre-flighting the front and rear brakes. The brake light lamp would remain at full illumination when I pulled the lever, or stepped on the pedal. It stayed at, was stuck at, full brake light illumination ("always on").
I went, "Crap, a broke rear brake switch". Nope...
I isolated the problem to the front brake switch. I knew from previous reading that the rear was a dual switch configuration. Now I know the front brake switch is a similar configuration, in that there are two electrical switches in the plastic housing.
What I discovered is, the engagement of those two front switches does not occur simultaneously. It occurs sequentially, *by design*.
When you pull the front brake lever, first one switch "trips" to open / close (whatever they do when they depress into the switch housing), then as you pull harder, the other switch "trips" to open / close.
They do this by design, by a mechanical offset of a couple millimeters, in the switch housing plunger that presses against the switches, as you depress the plunger with your lever pull.
I've never seen anything like this before.
Anyway, I can wiggle it (push on the switch housing external plunger) and it changes the conditions I've described.
Now I get to experience firsthand the Joy of visiting, and leaving my cycle with, the dealer repair shop as I attempt a warranty claim. Oh Joy!
New 2016 Non-ES model. 3700 miles on it.
I began having Refusal to Enable Cruise issues. Flashing amber lamp upon cruise enable switch "on" to system. Sometimes it would give me steady amber at enable, and then subsequently engage upon request, and sometimes it would flash amber at enable, and refuse to engage upon request.
Intermittent issue, no rhyme or reason to it.
Very soon after this started, I noticed a brake light illumination problem when pre-flighting the front and rear brakes. The brake light lamp would remain at full illumination when I pulled the lever, or stepped on the pedal. It stayed at, was stuck at, full brake light illumination ("always on").
I went, "Crap, a broke rear brake switch". Nope...
I isolated the problem to the front brake switch. I knew from previous reading that the rear was a dual switch configuration. Now I know the front brake switch is a similar configuration, in that there are two electrical switches in the plastic housing.
What I discovered is, the engagement of those two front switches does not occur simultaneously. It occurs sequentially, *by design*.
When you pull the front brake lever, first one switch "trips" to open / close (whatever they do when they depress into the switch housing), then as you pull harder, the other switch "trips" to open / close.
They do this by design, by a mechanical offset of a couple millimeters, in the switch housing plunger that presses against the switches, as you depress the plunger with your lever pull.
I've never seen anything like this before.
Anyway, I can wiggle it (push on the switch housing external plunger) and it changes the conditions I've described.
Now I get to experience firsthand the Joy of visiting, and leaving my cycle with, the dealer repair shop as I attempt a warranty claim. Oh Joy!