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Throttle lever #679130 12/21/05 11:42 PM
Joined: Dec 2005
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Cruizin Offline OP
Need a Spot
Ok so I'm not a pro wheeler but I have done enough to wish I had an extra leg sometimes. Here's a typical situation. Your going up a steep hill and you have to stop, the clutch is in and the other foot is on the brake. To get going again I usually let the clutch out enough that it starts to grab and then hurry and pull the other foot off the brake and hopefully don't roll back too far. The e brake works as well. This is got to be hard on the drive line and stuff though. I was thinking of rigging a brake lever for a bike to the shifter or something like that that is connected to the throttle. Do any of you guys have other solutions?

Re: Throttle lever [Re: Cruizin] #679131 12/22/05 12:44 AM
Joined: Jan 2000
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Fred Blackstone Offline
Body Damage is Cool
Rubicon Express has a hand throttle kit that may help in this situation (after you see the kit, you may want to simply buy the parts locally, however). I have a hand throttle with the bicycle adjust on the gearshift lever. It helps in the situation you describe, but is not a cure-all solution, and you still need one right and two left feet! I would estimate that I use the hand throttle maybe 50% of the time; it's fun to set the hand throttle and then slowly cruise up the less difficult mountain trails.


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