Dunno about the wirings, but the ergos of that "newly designed" PASS switch on the ST1300 are just plain BS and the designer/bean counters responsible should be hung by their balls... :evil:
I need/use the PASS often/primarily in dangerous situations, in distress I
need to pull the clutch + press horn + grasp the PASS
in one quick instant with my left hand... which works
perfectly with the switch setup on my "ancient" ST1100 where the PASS button is conveniently operated with the index finger... that's how its supposed to be...
I pointed this
significant error out to some Japanese Honda engineers during the EC presentation of the ST1300 at the Euro Disney in Paris back in 2001 (I kid you not in this! Also the engineers of Honda AuSTria just shook their head in disbelieve once I pointed out and demonstrated that issue to them)... apparently without
any success...
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING ???!!!
The PASS is also used for communication in many other situations, like when I signal a pedestrian that I'll let him pass on the Xing, having the clutch lever pulled due slowing down/stopping, gear changing required, etc...
Same towards a car whom I'm slowing down/stop for so he/she can turn left, or pull out an exit, etc...
I also use the PASS to express acknowledgement/thanx if other driver yield to let me make a turn, pull out an exit, again a situation I need to operate/hold the clutch
simultaneously...
But even with my rather big hands I simply cannot operate the clutch lever
and move my thumb up to the very top of the ST1300 switch-pod to push that dumb PASS button there, especially in a situation I need the horn in the
very same moment over some BD cell user pulling our right in front of me... that's just
physiologically impossible, I'd need to grow a sixth finger for that !!!
Sorry for the rant, but that design is just plain stupid !!!
What's next? A shift lever
behind the driver's seat ???
The new set up they have where the switched the horn and indicator positions is also stupid IMO,and the self cancelling indicator set up is also causing problems, cancelling too early or not at all from what I've read on other forums,also had first hand experience on a test ride on a crossrunner and I hit the horn button a few times by accident,
