Mapping Switch

[trapezeartist]

The threads on here about mapping switches show a lot of confusion and contradictory information. Hardly surprising because it looks like the writer of the handbook had had a little too much Lambrusco the day he did the electrical section.

1. Items 5 and 6 (mapping and light switches) are labelled the wrong way round on the wiring diagram.
2. According to the manual (2014, English) the H hard setting is to give a gentler response and S soft is for a more aggressive response! At first I thought it might be a mis-translation so I checked the Italian version and that was the same. Then I wondered if H and S were supposed to mean something else. H for humedo (wet) and S for seco (dry) perhaps? No, I think he was just pist.

After pondering on the handbooks, reading all the TC threads and talking to Lampkins, I have concluded semi-definitively that switch closed is the true soft setting. So l’ve dumped the switch (which was not working properly anyway), removed most of the wiring and left short tails on the main connector block which I have permanently twisted together. So now hopefully I have a permanent soft setting and I’ve got rid of a bit of unnecessary gubbins.

[lineaway]

 I removed mine in a split second when my bike and I parted ways. Like twenty feet off a 6 foot drop during a National last year. I was 4 miles  out of a 9 mile loop. I picked up all the bits put them in my fanny pack and taped the wires up separately. I have not touched it since and my bike looks better without it.

[section swept]

11 hours ago, trapezeartist said:

The threads on here about mapping switches show a lot of confusion and contradictory information. Hardly surprising because it looks like the writer of the handbook had had a little too much Lambrusco the day he did the electrical section.

1. Items 5 and 6 (mapping and light switches) are labelled the wrong way round on the wiring diagram.
2. According to the manual (2014, English) the H hard setting is to give a gentler response and S soft is for a more aggressive response! At first I thought it might be a mis-translation so I checked the Italian version and that was the same. Then I wondered if H and S were supposed to mean something else. H for humedo (wet) and S for seco (dry) perhaps? No, I think he was just pist.

After pondering on the handbooks, reading all the TC threads and talking to Lampkins, I have concluded semi-definitively that switch closed is the true soft setting. So l’ve dumped the switch (which was not working properly anyway), removed most of the wiring and left short tails on the main connector block which I have permanently twisted together. So now hopefully I have a permanent soft setting and I’ve got rid of a bit of unnecessary gubbins.

Maybe the electrics designer was dictating his or her or its explanation at one of those long lunches, except the person making the notes was just as pished so one talking bol@#cks and the other was writing bol@#cks!?‍??‍????????☕️????

[dan williams]

There is a certain sense of satisfaction hearing the placebo switch click and feeling like you've done something. 

Actually I think it only affects the mapping at high RPM and since I spend so little time there it makes no difference to me.

Edited January 26, 2019 by dan williams

[trapezeartist]

15 hours ago, dan williams said:

Actually I think it only affects the mapping at high RPM and since I spend so little time there it makes no difference to me.

That’s what everyone tells me, but if I was going to remove switch I wanted to have the warm feeling that I was leaving it in what I would call the soft setting.