wspollack
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400 Owners:
I recently learned of a Canadian company, Veridian, that makes after-market cruise controls for bikes:
Previously, I was only aware of MC Cruise, https://mccruise.com/ . That's a long-established Australian company, but they don't deal with the C 400, they concentrate on bikes with actual throttle cables, and their products are relatively expensive. Actually, back in 2007, I bought and installed an MC Cruise for my then-new Burgman 650. I have checked in with them in the last few years via a couple of emails, but it looks as if their doing anything for our scooters is not going to happen.
Veridian, on the other hand, specializes in systems based on intercepting throttle-by-wire signals. These systems are therefore much simpler in terms of components, and much less expensive (in the $400 - $600 range).
In any case, as I said, I recently came across them. This was while reading a thread on a Royal Enfield forum (my other current bike), because Veridian is working on a cruise for one of the newer REs (the Himalayan 450); see:
And note what it says on that page: "If you know of a bike with Throttle by Wire that could use Cruse Control please let us know!"
So that's what I did this morning, i.e., I sent them an email -- [email protected] -- informing them that I'd certainly like one for my C 400 GT. I got this response a little while later:
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Hi Bill. Nice to meet you. We can certainly add that bike to the list. We work mostly on demand, so feel free to share my page around. The more demand for a certain bike, the more likely we are to support it sooner.
We did have F850GS in the shop for a little bit and we were unable to do cruise for it. Just due to the complexity of BMW bikes. Most specifically, the wiring for the throttle runs directly from the ECU to the throttle with no interconnection, so it’s hard to find a place to put a T harness.
However, it is something on the radar, and we will get back to the BMW bikes, perhaps sometime later next year.
Jackson Wiebe
Veridian Cruise
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So, if you're of like mind, I encourage you to drop them a line, perhaps letting them know that you'd buy one, too, if such a product existed for the C 400. Once again, that's [email protected] . Can you imagine, 50 people a day, walking in, sending an email to Veridian, and walking out? They'd think it's a movement! (Oops, sorry, got carried away a bit there.)
(By the way, I downloaded the 54MB installation manual for a Triumph Tiger 660 Sport, https://veridiancruise.com/product/triumph-tiger-660-sport/ , to look at it. It's almost entirely pics of what bodywork to remove, so you can just plug in one connector from Veridian. This is so trivial compared to the work I did 17 years ago, on my Burgman.)
Thanks for flooding Veridian's inbox.
I recently learned of a Canadian company, Veridian, that makes after-market cruise controls for bikes:
Previously, I was only aware of MC Cruise, https://mccruise.com/ . That's a long-established Australian company, but they don't deal with the C 400, they concentrate on bikes with actual throttle cables, and their products are relatively expensive. Actually, back in 2007, I bought and installed an MC Cruise for my then-new Burgman 650. I have checked in with them in the last few years via a couple of emails, but it looks as if their doing anything for our scooters is not going to happen.
Veridian, on the other hand, specializes in systems based on intercepting throttle-by-wire signals. These systems are therefore much simpler in terms of components, and much less expensive (in the $400 - $600 range).
In any case, as I said, I recently came across them. This was while reading a thread on a Royal Enfield forum (my other current bike), because Veridian is working on a cruise for one of the newer REs (the Himalayan 450); see:
And note what it says on that page: "If you know of a bike with Throttle by Wire that could use Cruse Control please let us know!"
So that's what I did this morning, i.e., I sent them an email -- [email protected] -- informing them that I'd certainly like one for my C 400 GT. I got this response a little while later:
~~~~~~~~~~
Hi Bill. Nice to meet you. We can certainly add that bike to the list. We work mostly on demand, so feel free to share my page around. The more demand for a certain bike, the more likely we are to support it sooner.
We did have F850GS in the shop for a little bit and we were unable to do cruise for it. Just due to the complexity of BMW bikes. Most specifically, the wiring for the throttle runs directly from the ECU to the throttle with no interconnection, so it’s hard to find a place to put a T harness.
However, it is something on the radar, and we will get back to the BMW bikes, perhaps sometime later next year.
Jackson Wiebe
Veridian Cruise
~~~~~~~~~~
So, if you're of like mind, I encourage you to drop them a line, perhaps letting them know that you'd buy one, too, if such a product existed for the C 400. Once again, that's [email protected] . Can you imagine, 50 people a day, walking in, sending an email to Veridian, and walking out? They'd think it's a movement! (Oops, sorry, got carried away a bit there.)
(By the way, I downloaded the 54MB installation manual for a Triumph Tiger 660 Sport, https://veridiancruise.com/product/triumph-tiger-660-sport/ , to look at it. It's almost entirely pics of what bodywork to remove, so you can just plug in one connector from Veridian. This is so trivial compared to the work I did 17 years ago, on my Burgman.)
Thanks for flooding Veridian's inbox.
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