Throttle Lock Removed

[Steve W.]

My Goldwing has electronic cruise control. My Suzukis have Vista Cruise throttle locks, but contrary to what I am seeing here, they do NOT "lock" the throttle. They merely offer enough resistance to overcome the normal tension of the return spring. Still able to add some throttle when going up an overpass, still able to reduce a bit when going down the other side. It just removes the need to hold it ALL the time, allowing you to scratch your right calf, if necessary.

Those Cramp Busters or Throttle Rockers or whatever you call them are EVIL. It is harder (for me) to use them because your wrist is locked in one position and you still can't scratch your leg. There are times that I will relax my grip a bit, roll my fingers around the grip and re-grasp. The throttle position has not change, but my wrist has, giving a bit of relief. A Cramp Buster won't allow that. I have also had the surpise of a sudden burst of acceleration when the front wheel hit a bump. The bike came up, my wrist didn't, that resulted in pressure on the Cramp Buster and opening the throttle. I peeled the blasted thing off and threw it in the ditch.

My wife has enjoyed the Vista Cruise on her Suzuki for 15 years, and is now looking forward to an actual cruise control on her Spyder. :thumbup:

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[BajaRon]

If one does not wish to hold onto the steering, perhaps an Uber is called for? :hun:

I installed ISO grips on my Rally that have raised soft rubber pads, that are very comfortable. If I am on a long stretch of road and wish to rest my fingers, I simply leave my palm on those very soft pads and open my fingers. I still have the acceleration speed, control and can relax my finger grip. The palm is sufficient to hold the speed until I wish to slow down or speed up. I had a thumb screw rev set on my Harley that I tried once or twice and found it not to be very good, even though it allowed me to set the throttle just enough to hold it if I wished to take my hand off the bar. I could easily slow down with it, since the resistance was just enough to hold the speed I set it for. I still did not like the idea, so I did not use it after the first couple tries. I prefer to have control, TOTAL control of my riding. Just my opinion; an opinion of an old 70yo codger that still enjoys life. I found that if life served me up a high maintenance left hand (clutch hand) then I made lemonade by purchasing a Ryker. Problem solved.

When you are doing 1,000+ miles in a day. It's very nice to be able to take your hand off the right side. It's nice on shorter trips as well. We are talking about wide open, straight freeway roads. I understand that something could still happen. But it is very unlikely.