Any of you guys remember the old style throttle grip that would stay where you set it, it didn't have a return spring. I was wondering if I could find one for my Dyna like that? Any ideas?

 

why would you wanna do that? Id think if you did away with return cable it would be that way?

 

You're lookin for a cruise control? Fold over a match book or make a shim to stick in there. ?

 

Just take the return spring off at the carb, kind of sucks though when a car pulls out in front of you and the engine dies from stalling out being to rich with the sudden decel, unless your running a CV carb, ask me how I know!

 

I'm confused a little. My 03 FXD has a little wheel under the bar that is an adjustable speed control. Did they do away with this?
Chuck

 

No, they still have that, Hardway. When it is tightened down it stops/restricts the travel of the throttle grip. What I'm talking about is having the throttle grip move freely but stay where you put it. I don't have a problem with twisting it closed and never had a problem when I had that kind of throttle on my old Sportsters. I liked it a lot more than having something that made the throttle hard to turn. Would taking the return spring off do the same thing? Actually, I haven'tlooked to see if there is a return spring on the Throttle assembly.

 

The only spring to be found is on the throttle body. Nothing in the control housing.

 

Thanks Ariborne, I might try taking that spring off and see if it works the way the old throttles did. I'm surprised that no one seems to remember throttles like that. I think they may have been called suicide throttles but I'm not sure.

 

b5mac; I believe one pulls open and the other pulls closed on throttles since, oh, the later part of the last century. My Brit bikes had a single cable with a return spring in the slide; I thought the old HD style was a solid wire type that could push or pull; the aftermarket might have something for you ie: S&S or one of the few thousand choppers parts builders. Would be comfortable if you were familier with it (like right foot shift...) I remember looking for something like that when I built my '01 Sporty up. I'll be watching to see what you end up doing...