Cruise Control Limiters?

[Tex929rr]

i remember at least one of my 80’s cars was limited to 80. I don’t think my GT350 is limited - I’ve gotten it to lock on at 120. Of course, maybe it’s some really high number. We just bought the first two motorcycles we have ever owned that have electronic cruise - a Suzuki GT+ and a Ninja 1000 SX. I expect they will have limits but I don’t know yet.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Have you checked the manual?

 

[Brains]

I haven't thoroughly tested, but for quite some decades it seems there's a limiter on the low end but nothing on the top. My land yacht won't set the cruise at anything below 20, but it'll lock as high as I've tried.

 

[Tex929rr]

Have you checked the manual?

Not yet. I only thought of it when someone was complaining about it in a Ninja FB group this morning. No speed specified. Really, 100 is probably the practical limit where I’d ever use it for real.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

100 is practical?

OK, guess I'm just an old 'fuddy-dud' as going a 100 even in a closed in vehicle is, at least for me, massively unsafe...every day tires aren't rated for those speeds, and a whole host of other items could go ka-blooey at those speeds and a chain on a motor cycle could sling, an oil slick could get you and of course there's a multitude of mechanical items that could 'give up the ghost' at those speeds.

Good luck to you and I sincerely mean that...you're gonna need it!

 

[benenglish]

My land yacht won't set the cruise at anything below 20,

I have to get up to ~32 mph to get cruise control to engage. I hate that. I use cruise control a lot. Heck, I'll use it to go three blocks on surface streets. That low end limit makes me unable to set cruise control through school zones, etc. Not good.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

My Tundra will set CC at 28 MPH.

 

[Tex929rr]

Ninja manual says 89 but the Suzuki manual doesn’t specify.

 

[Hoji]

Rented a Tahoe a couple of years ago and cruise would not go above 90. Oh well, just had to use my right foot a little more driving through Wyoming and Montana

 

[Brains]

100 is practical?

OK, guess I'm just an old 'fuddy-dud' as going a 100 even in a closed in vehicle is, at least for me, massively unsafe...every day tires aren't rated for those speeds, and a whole host of other items could go ka-blooey at those speeds and a chain on a motor cycle could sling, an oil slick could get you and of course there's a multitude of mechanical items that could 'give up the ghost' at those speeds.

Good luck to you and I sincerely mean that...you're gonna need it!

100 is no big deal for roads that support it (e.g. Hwy 99 encircling the Houston area has a 100mph tech speed, I'm told). Some of us also won't buy the cheapest donut shaped squishy things that are black, round and hold air. My every day tires are speed rated to 186 mph. The biggest safety factor is the loose nut behind the wheel, with inattentive and metally sluggish people being the worst.

I have to get up to ~32 mph to get cruise control to engage. I hate that. I use cruise control a lot. Heck, I'll use it to go three blocks on surface streets. That low end limit makes me unable to set cruise control through school zones, etc. Not good.

School zones are the only place I use it on the regular, so I'm thankful mine will set at 20.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Vehicles are typically speed limited from the factory by the quality of tires it comes with.

 

[Axxe55]

AVEHICLES SPED LIMIMITATIONS AREUSUALLY FACTORED BY THE LIMITS OF WHAT THETIRES CAN SAFELY HANDLE

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Wish I had thought of that....

 

[JLMcC]

100 is practical?

OK, guess I'm just an old 'fuddy-dud' as going a 100 even in a closed in vehicle is, at least for me, massively unsafe...every day tires aren't rated for those speeds, and a whole host of other items could go ka-blooey at those speeds and a chain on a motor cycle could sling, an oil slick could get you and of course there's a multitude of mechanical items that could 'give up the ghost' at those speeds.

Good luck to you and I sincerely mean that...you're gonna need it!

Not to mention your fellow motorists, road conditions and assorted road trash. Back in mid-70s I ONCE reached 118 mph on a Honda 550 along a straight stretch of Mexican highway. There was still twist on the throttle but no more desire to Go-Mo'. Releasing the throttle handgrip was one the most comforting feelings ever. Ahhhhhh...
I haven't been above 90 mph in or on any land vehicle since.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

200mph is easily in the reach of most liter bikes now days.
I believe 186 was my fastest on 2 wheels.

 

[Tex929rr]

200mph is easily in the reach of most liter bikes now days.
I believe 186 was my fastest on 2 wheels.

171 on two wheels (indicated). 150 on 4 wheels and there was a lot left. That car supposedly topped out at 186.

 

[Tblack89]

100 is practical?

OK, guess I'm just an old 'fuddy-dud' as going a 100 even in a closed in vehicle is, at least for me, massively unsafe...every day tires aren't rated for those speeds, and a whole host of other items could go ka-blooey at those speeds and a chain on a motor cycle could sling, an oil slick could get you and of course there's a multitude of mechanical items that could 'give up the ghost' at those speeds.

Good luck to you and I sincerely mean that...you're gonna need it!

100 on a bike is nothing, probably the equivalent of 70 in a car. They aren’t meant to go 65 and people riding certain ones at those speeds are not using it for what it was built for.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

171 on two wheels (indicated). 150 on 4 wheels and there was a lot left. That car supposedly topped out at 186.

I figure I hit 100 pretty much every time I got on my bike.

Topped out my Porsch in 5th (6 speed) at just over 160.

 

[BRD@66]

I rode a Kaw Voyager, so I had some "factory limits".

 

[Wudidiz]

I figure I hit 100 pretty much every time I got on my bike.

Topped out my Porsch in 5th (6 speed) at just over 160.

I took my 911 to 145. Haven’t found enuff road stretch to get faster.