Cheap Throttle Control

[BernieB627]

I just got a new 2106 RS and found that the throttle control was too loose for my taste. If I took my hand off it, it sprang back to idle. SO, I removed the bolt at the end of the control from the handlebar and the inside of that plastic piece has 2 stepped rings. I found a thin rubber washer (I could have use inner tube rubber) that fit inside the handlebar but also around the larger inside ring. I then replaced the end piece and tightened it down just to where the throttle would hold in position, I used it this weekend on a 100 mile trip, and it worked great. A cheap throttle lock for pennies!!

[Bob Denman]

So you have no way of releasing this "throttle-lock" on the fly?
If it's working okay for you...
But I'd prefer to be able to disengage it, and have the throttle spring itself back to idle.

[BernieB627]

A minimal twist turns it off. It just makes the throttle a little sticky.

[Bob Denman]

It's your bike, and it works for you: I'm glad that you found a cheap way to accomplish this.

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

I just got a new 2106 RS and found that the throttle control was too loose for my taste. If I took my hand off it, it sprang back to idle. SO, I removed the bolt at the end of the control from the handlebar and the inside of that plastic piece has 2 stepped rings. I found a thin rubber washer (I could have use inner tube rubber) that fit inside the handlebar but also around the larger inside ring. I then replaced the end piece and tightened it down just to where the throttle would hold in position, I used it this weekend on a 100 mile trip, and it worked great. A cheap throttle lock for pennies!!

..... I have been known to live on the edge waaaaaaay to often ....... but friend this MOD can easily get you into serious trouble ....... PLEASE TAKE IT OFF .........Mike

[UtahPete]

I just got a new 2106 RS and found that the throttle control was too loose for my taste. If I took my hand off it, it sprang back to idle. SO, I removed the bolt at the end of the control from the handlebar and the inside of that plastic piece has 2 stepped rings. I found a thin rubber washer (I could have use inner tube rubber) that fit inside the handlebar but also around the larger inside ring. I then replaced the end piece and tightened it down just to where the throttle would hold in position, I used it this weekend on a 100 mile trip, and it worked great. A cheap throttle lock for pennies!!

Over-ride a safety feature on a $20k bike just to save money? Really?

[Easy Rider]

....... PLEASE TAKE IT OFF ........

Yes Mother !!

I've been riding with "throttle drags" on all of my bikes since WAY back when they were standard equipment.
I make mine with a length of thin "bunje cord" stuffed between the throttle grip and the switch assembly right in front of it.

What is right for YOU isn't right for everybody.

I haven't decided if I'm going to add that to my Spyder yet. Having a real cruise control makes it less useful.

[Chupaca]

Regardless of how long one has done this and managed to stay safe it is a dangerous risky way to ryde. I know you are talking about two wheelers/trikes with manual clutches that can be pulled as a instant release and just a revved up engine. The semi automatic ones do not have that luxury. But then I'm not crazy about any type of cruise control on motorcyles with twist throttles. There are many such cruise controls for a less than bottle of beer but it is a choice and to each his own...We do think safety first around here...

[Trbayth]

Are there really bikes (with any number of wheels) where when you let go of the throttle it doesn't return to idle?

[Bob Denman]

There USED to be...

[2Paw]

There USED to be...

Why do you think there isn't now? Could it be because the demand for the return option was so high the manufacturers decided to make them all that way, or maybe the safety people thought it was a good idea to make them all that way? The first auto-return bike I rode took some getting used to letting it return on it own.

[ThreeWheels]

I just got a new 2106 RS and found that the throttle control was too loose for my taste. If I took my hand off it, it sprang back to idle. SO, I removed the bolt at the end of the control from the handlebar and the inside of that plastic piece has 2 stepped rings. I found a thin rubber washer (I could have use inner tube rubber) that fit inside the handlebar but also around the larger inside ring. I then replaced the end piece and tightened it down just to where the throttle would hold in position, I used it this weekend on a 100 mile trip, and it worked great. A cheap throttle lock for pennies!!

If you take your hand off the throttle, it's SUPPOSED to spring back to idle. I bet you'd freak out if you took your foot off the gas in your car and the engine didn't slow down.
They make all kinds of mechanical throttle locks, Kuryakin comes to mind, but they can all be easily released.

Sorry, I don't mean to be judgmental but this is a safety issue. You're also making yourself liable in an accident.
It's your bike to do with as you please, and NOONE has the right to stop you, but I STRONGLY urge you to reconsider.

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Yes Mother !!

I've been riding with "throttle drags" on all of my bikes since WAY back when they were standard equipment.
I make mine with a length of thin "bunje cord" stuffed between the throttle grip and the switch assembly right in front of it.

What is right for YOU isn't right for everybody.

I haven't decided if I'm going to add that to my Spyder yet. Having a real cruise control makes it less useful.

Dear - Easy Rider ... I'm nobodies mother and don't pretend to be one...... You appear to " THINK " this Mod is a Good Idea !!!! ... If next week ... A friend of the OP posts that HE lost control of His Spyder , crashed and was injured or worse DIED ..... Please tell us what your Next post about this would be ............. just a thought ...... Mike

[JayBros]

When the hits the fan, e.g., when that 85 year old Q-tip with coke bottle bottom glasses makes that left turn in front of you, are you going to remember to close that throttle before or after you your trousers?

[IGETAROUND]

If you can afford to purchase one of these trikes; you can afford to replace the right handle bar control with an RSS electronics package which includes the cruise control pre-wired from the factory.

Then you've got a cruise control that works and you don't have to think about releasing the throttle to slow down. $3000.00 model upgrade for ~$400.00; good first farkle for you!! JMO Mike made me do this!!!!

[Bob Denman]

If you want cheap: buy one-ply toilet paper...
Why would you want to go less than "top-shelf", for something as expensive as these bikes are.
Buy the RS-S right side swtich control, and it'll be done right!
And it's a really easy thing to do: the wiring is already there!