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 Don't know if I should have...
... but I did... use the cruise control on my RT SM5 while pulling our Bunkhouse trailer. Have I messed up here?  I am back home after 2000+ miles and Hi-O Silver is in the garage. Hope I haven't ruined anything.... 
Jim
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I think you are probably OK, if something was going o happen, I think it would have all ready happened.
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Not sure about your trailer but I use cruise control all the time with mine.
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It wouldn't affect anything: all will be fine! 
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I use my cruise control to do a better job than I can do of maintaining a constant speed, which is normally the safest thing you can do when ryding (or driving). Unless you were hauling a$$ to the point of strain that the byke wasn't designed for, I can't image cruise control doing any damage. Even then, it would be the heavy throttle that did the damage, not the cruise control. I use mine when I haul my Aluma trailer.
I'm presuming your engine temperature didn't get into any dangerous zones?
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I am confused. Why would you think that it is a problem to use the cruise control while towing?
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Sooo...
Do you use the cruise control when you have a passenger...?? no difference...Relax and enjoy the aftermath of a great trip and be ready for the next...your spyder is....
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My biggest concern is that this could cause a DESS failure, and your Winshield Support Arm to break! Also be sure to check your blinker fluid!
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 Originally Posted by Pirate looks at --
My biggest concern is that this could cause a DESS failure, and your Winshield Support Arm to break! Also be sure to check your blinker fluid!
This is the only Blinker Fluid that won't void your warranty.
Blinker fluid.jpg
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I use my cruise pulling my trailer whenever I can and no issues in over 46,000 miles.
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Originally Posted by Cruzr Joe
This is the only Blinker Fluid that won't void your warranty.
Blinker fluid.jpg
Cruzr Joe
the only one I use!
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Dang, I used ACME Brand XX to fill my blinkers AND my drive belt. Warranty is shot!!
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Originally Posted by BigGuy66
... but I did... use the cruise control on my RT SM5 while pulling our Bunkhouse trailer. Have I messed up here? I am back home after 2000+ miles and Hi-O Silver is in the garage. Hope I haven't ruined anything....
Jim
Did you have it in "trailer mode" ?
That would be a concern.
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[QUOTE=Cruzr Joe;1195270]This is the only Blinker Fluid that won't void your warranty.
Blinker fluid.jpg
Is that available at Walmart?
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Originally Posted by Bfromla
Did you have it in "trailer mode" ?
That would be a concern.
That would not be a concern to me. Trailer Mode just forces higher rpm shift points.
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Originally Posted by Bfromla
Did you have it in "trailer mode" ?
That would be a concern.
I still don't see the concern  since the trailer mode will only cause the bike to downshift earlier. Going down the road in 5th (no trailer mode if you have 6 speeds) it will make no difference. If it downshifts for a hill, that's just standard operation that would require you to upshift once the hill is past and then re-engage the cruise control. The operation would be virtually identical with the cruise control engaged or not engaged.
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[QUOTE=5Wheels;1195295]
Originally Posted by Cruzr Joe
This is the only Blinker Fluid that won't void your warranty.
Blinker fluid.jpg
Is that available at Walmart?
Only one of them. We could tell you which one but then we'd have to, well, you know the rest!
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Using cruise while towing....
Originally Posted by billybovine
I am confused. Why would you think that it is a problem to use the cruise control while towing?
I had read that there was such a thing as trailer mode on the Spyder - I didn't find one on my 2010 RT SM5.... so I just wasn't sure about using the cruise.... I've only been a Spyder Ryder for a short time and this is the first long trip we took towing....
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Originally Posted by OverHillAndDale
Dang, I used ACME Brand XX to fill my blinkers AND my drive belt. Warranty is shot!!
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I used Windex to refill my heated grips and Nanny immediately sensed it and alerted BRP. They came out an hour later and hauled off my Spyder.
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Well, I was going to offer an opinion on using cruise control while towing (I do), but this thread seems to have gone haywire.
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Originally Posted by billybovine
That would not be a concern to me. Trailer Mode just forces higher rpm shift points.
Originally Posted by OverHillAndDale
I still don't see the concern since the trailer mode will only cause the bike to downshift earlier. Going down the road in 5th (no trailer mode if you have 6 speeds) it will make no difference. If it downshifts for a hill, that's just standard operation that would require you to upshift once the hill is past and then re-engage the cruise control. The operation would be virtually identical with the cruise control engaged or not engaged.
News to me yes it changes the shift rpm but also the brake balance & few other things im sure. Tighter tolerance for nanny. More for me to learn but for sake of peace on forum, trailer mode is there for a reason cruise control is a combination & a privilege. As i see it pulling trailer improperly (no mode) risk damage & the other does not. IMO
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