I tap the front brake

 

Front brake tap here.

 

I'm not familiar with the cruise on the newer models, but I did install one on my 93. The reason that it feels the way it does (on mine at least) is that when you twist the grip clockwiseit compresses a foam washer allowing contact between two steel washers...Sending a 'signal' to the module to disengage. When this happens, the hand throttle is closed and when the servo motor lets loose of the cruise cable it's....Whoa Silver...Similar to 'letting loose' of the grip at 70mph. There is an actual 'spec' for how much 'free play' there should be in the cable soit won't disengage because of road bumps, etc while your hand is on the grip.

Yeah...I don't routinely disengage it that way either. I will on occasion, just to 'check out' the system. But as a rule, Iwill tap the front brake.

 

I also tap the front brake.

 

What he said.

 

Just like in the cage, I tap the brake to disengage the cruise. If I am at the end of my trip and know I will not be using the cruise anymore I might flip the switch to turn it off.

That red light when the cruise in on but not engaged drives me nuts, something about glowing red lights on your instrument panel that doesn't feel right.

 

Yep, front brake tap here, I also like the idea that the break light flashing briefly might get the attention of an unattentive cager.

 

Thanks for the replies!

I was on a sweeping exit ramp in the boonies with nobody behind me so engine compression breaking was all I needed 'til I got to the stop sign.

Like everybody else, I'm going to tap the front brake from now on unless it's a quicker stop. Giving someone behind a wakeup call can only be good if I make it a routine. I was just used to switching cruise off in the cage rather than tapping the brake if it's just a slow deceleration like I was doing last night.

 

Yeap, front brake tap here. Don't like the feeling of the roll off method.

 

you can also engage the clutch, no brake lights and no bother, works same way. just be careful due to the decel, its a little nerve wrecking at first