Throttle return
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Old bikes with only one cable, and some with older S&S carbs had that. We called it a dead-man throttle.
Can't you tighten the starwheel underneath just enough to lightly hold the setting, and still allow pushing it to throttle down?
That's what I do.
Can't you tighten the starwheel underneath just enough to lightly hold the setting, and still allow pushing it to throttle down?
That's what I do.
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I have no idea how you'd do that, I'd be afraid of FUBARing up something, knowing my luck. I know a few people who have used a certain sized o- ring to act as a jamming mechanism in the space between the throttle/grip, and the housing right next to it. They used a metal key ring to pull the oring away when they didn't want to use it. The oring kept the throttle wherever the rider set it. The oring was wrapped around the throttle when it wasn't being used.
Something like that may be better than messing around with the throttle.
Something like that may be better than messing around with the throttle.