How to reduce throttle twist movement on 1150???

[austen_gs]

So opening up the throttle from closed to full chat is almost more than my wrist can achieve in one movement, is there a quick twist mod??

 

[MikeO]

Touratech used to sell one - but I can't remember seeing it in their catalogue recently.

 

[(RIP) digger37]

Scottoiler Crampbuster, or any other make that fits on the twist grip, will let you open wide v quickly. Will also do as it says and reduce wrist strain allowing you to hold throttle open with the palm.

 

[ShakeyGS]

Scottoiler Crampbuster, or any other make that fits on the twist grip, will let you open wide v quickly. Will also do as it says and reduce wrist strain allowing you to hold throttle open with the palm.

It doesn’t reduce the required rotation of the grip/wrist and I have mates who will testify that it also increases the risk of having the throttle open whilst trying to use the front brake. This causes the front wheel to chatter and wipe out causing the write-off of the bike and possibly personal injury.

Can you tell I don’t like them?

 

[sykospain]

I noticed on my morning's test ride in the UK on a fab new R1200R naked, that the throttle range was almost TOO short and quick. Half a twist and the bike nearly leaps off the ground like a Harrier jump-jet ! 123 bhp my friends. And only twelve grand of your UK snoojits. Dear at half the price....

 

[notagser]

It doesn’t reduce the required rotation of the grip/wrist and I have mates who will testify that it also increases the risk of having the throttle open whilst trying to use the front brake. This causes the front wheel to chatter and wipe out causing the write-off of the bike and possibly personal injury.

Can you tell I don’t like them?

I tried one briefly, and I agree that when I used the front brake my hand also opened the throttle. Fine on a motorway, but scary when approaching a roundabout at the end of it!

 

[Wizards-Online]

It's an adventure bike, you want long travel to allow small changes in the throttle when riding off the tarmac. Or am I missing the point?

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[austen_gs]

I've got an r1150r not a GS, and I like to whack the throttle open ;-)

 

[(RIP) Johno23]

I had a tommaselli ( or something like that) quick action throttle on a Z1b back in the early eighties...... can’t imagine there isn’t something like that around today........

 

[mspenz]

I noticed on my morning's test ride in the UK on a fab new R1200R naked, that the throttle range was almost TOO short and quick. Half a twist and the bike nearly leaps off the ground like a Harrier jump-jet ! 123 bhp my friends. And only twelve grand of your UK snoojits. Dear at half the price....

Should be a fun ride back to Almeria then

 

[Wizards-Online]

I've got an r1150r not a GS, and I like to whack the throttle open ;-)

Ah..... (backs slowly out of room)

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[oblertone]

I used a quarter turn throttle ring on my Victory to reduce the throttle action. Very simple device that increases the radius of the throttle pick up and readily available for off-road type bikes; not much use on a fly-by-wire bike though

 

[OldCroc]

I have seen something about this some years back. It involved opening the twist grip housing and inserting a sort of cam under the cable where it wraps round the grip. This was a simple method of increasing the circumference of the bit the cable goes round and thereby shortening the amount of twist required. Someone also came up with a no cost diy version just using some plastic. Sorry I can't remember all the detail but just keep searching on here and something will come up.��

 

[Blowzorn]

1150. Fly by wire!!!
What you been smokin fella?

 

[sykospain]

Quite, mspenz...
After a day's prevarication ( I'm great at that ) I decided that 129 snoojits per month for 60 months and only being allowed fifteen hundred for my lovely 14-yr-old Rockster...
So I resisted the temptation to do the deal with Allan Jefferies in Shipley, even tho' the bike only had a warranted 3K miles on its clock, with all the extras I'd ever want to add to it, already on there :
Crud protector behind front wheel, big rear hugger, twin CREEs, Pro-Shift, tyre-pressure monitor, all the Cruise, Lean-Angle and Ride controls, tall touring screen, centre-stand, pannier racks, top-box plate, BMW satnav kit and 2 years left of its maker's guarantee.

I noticed a week later that the bike had been snapped up for cash.

I'd asked the salesman ( very un-salesmanlike, very casual and pleasant ) why the P.O. had chipped it in. He said you wouldn't believe the way that some riders change their bikes like they change their bed-linen. And own maybe 2 or 3 or more bikes as well.
How the other half lives, eh ?

 

[oblertone]

1150. Fly by wire!!!
What you been smokin fella?

Fair point