Longrider, did you do your own installation, if so how easy or difficult was it.
Yes indeed. I took two weeks to do a couple of hours work.
Week 1 - received the box. Sat it on the kitchen table and read the instructions, looked in the box and identified parts, read the instructions again and drank whisky .... that lasted about 5 days.
Saturday morning - steeled myself, went to the garage with Box and instructions. Took seat and tank off the bike, Sat read instructions again whilst visualising wiring harness of bike. laid the CC harness on top of the bike, decided it was time for more Whisky, drank and sat and looked.
I did note that there were a couple of instances where pins have to be removed and replaced within harness joiner blocks so I grabbed a couple of old bits of harness (I have a few lying around) and commenced to practice doing this. It is amazing that if you practice this skill just how easy it is to get right. I stuffed a couple up, was sure glad that I was practicing and not doing this on install.
Sunday - more practice with wiring harness blocks. Read instructions again, installed the servo unit under the bike and did the throttle linkage stuff. Installed the delightful switch unit on clutch side. Felt satisfied and scarred, drank Whisky and congratulated self.
Mon to Fri - visited bike occasionally, felt guilty for not working on it, drank whisky to allay the guilt ..... it worked!
My wife had a morning Hockey game (field Hockey) (mad 60yo woman), went to shed with coffee, cigarettes, turned up the stereo and went to work. Everything just fell into place. Wire connectors just happened and two and a half hours later hooked the battery back up and all the correct lights came on, bike started and CC showed that it would turn on. Put tank and seat back on, started the bike, rode out the end of my street on to the Great Western Highway accelerated to 100kph, turned on CC (bike kept going ..... phew!) locked in CC and rode for a couple of K ...... faultless operation, hasn't changed since. Absolutely fantastic.
Spent Sunday congratulating self, drinking Whisky, telling anybody that would listen .... people stopped listening, but I will keep telling.
Seriously I think a key component is grabbing some old wiring harness and practicing taking pins out the back of joiner blocks and putting them back in without damage. I also work quite slowly and methodically. I started at the beginning of the manual and just worked from page to page. Also, one of the great saving graces is that if you buy a unit for the R3, then it comes calibrated for the R3.
Have Fun