wires under the seat? - Can-Am Spyder Forums: The Y-factor Community

Paladin · #1 (**permalink**) 07-04-2011, 08:15 PM

anyone have any idea what the wires under the seat are for?

sales guys and tech where i bought have no idea

Bob Denman · #2 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011, 05:13 AM

Now you've got me curious...

What color are they are where exactly are they sticking out from?

Which model Spyder do you have again??? I've got an RT A&C and I'll take a peek under the seat this morning to see what I see...

Paladin · #3 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011, 07:36 AM

2011 RT Ltd

They are blue/red/green

coming from a hole in the black panel under the seat to a plug in the bottom of the seat under the passenger section

Bob Denman · #4 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011, 07:42 AM

If it's on the leift side of the bike in the rear and sort of opposite where the brake reservoirs are, it plugs into the seat right above the area where those wires poke up through... I think that they might have something to do with the brake apportioning valve...

Paladin · #5 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011, 07:44 AM

why into the seat though?

spyderdave · #6 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011, 07:57 AM

perhaps a weight sensor for the ABS?

Paladin · #7 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011, 08:02 AM

have no idea..

sheesh hehe

oh well unless it burns the wifes butt or blows up I guess we won't worry about it too much

hehe

but strange that the guys at the shop have no idea what it's for

I told them I should start charging for R&D work.. hehe

Bob Denman · #8 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011, 09:04 AM

Dave hit it on the head!

If you've got a passenger on the back, that sensor will tell the brake system that more bias can be dialed rearward to allow for more ultimate braking effectiveness...

So if it's not hooked to anything...

tell your dealer to hook it to something! There should be a plug pretty much right above where it pops up through that panel.

Paladin · #9 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011, 03:06 PM

yeah that's about what it looks like..

was at the shop today just because and they found the wire in the bikes breakdown deal and found passenger plug but that was it

bill steele · #10 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011, 06:35 PM

The wires go to a pressure disk under the rear passenger seat that tells the computer to add more breaking because there is another passenger if the disk is missing you won't know until you remove the lifting cylinder from the seat and flip the seat all the way up to see if it is there. Dave was on target what it was.