Throttle rest cruise control thingy

[(RIP) willstatt]

I remember seeing a thread on here about a little gadget that you put on your throttle twist grip, and it rested under you palm so it acted like a sort of cruise control.... anyone who knows what I'm on about, and who can point me to the supplier... I'd be very grateful

Will

 

[CONDORPILOT]

Scotoiler do one.Based in Milngavie Glasgow

 

[AdyJ]

I remember seeing a thread on here about a little gadget that you put on your throttle twist grip, and it rested under you palm so it acted like a sort of cruise control.... anyone who knows what I'm on about, and who can point me to the supplier... I'd be very grateful

Will

Yes. The beast you are on about is called the Throttle Rocker.

(www.throttle-rocker.de)

You can get one from Wunderlich.

See:

http://www.wunderlich.co.uk/erol.ht...Google+Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB

Pic attched.

 

[AdyJ]

Sorry, cocked up the Wunderlich link there!

Just got to http://www.wunderlich.co.uk/ and click on the R 1200 GS link, scroll down the page and you'll see it!

 

[andy malton]

rocker

Ask Steve,formerly Tank Slapper on here, he knows all about them.

 

[Steve]

And along he comes.....

Ask Steve,formerly Tank Slapper on here, he knows all about them.

Throttle Rockers? Spawn of the Devil........

 

[(RIP) willstatt]

Cheers

Cheers! that's the thing I'm looking for.

Will

 

[laughingBob]

Does anyone use one? Are they any good?

 

[littleredrooster]

Throttle Rocker for the limp-wristed!!

Yeah - I use one when the journey has long motorway sections. Mine is cut down slightly from the one in the pic, and sits on the inboard end of the throttle, rather than the outside. Great relief on long journeys, love it. Mate of mine rode the bike and wondered how the hell I controlled the throttle!!

About £3.50 or summat from M&P. Clips on or off in seconds.

 

[MIKE R]

Had them at both Rainbow and Jefferies last week. No idea about the cost though. Use a Kaoko cruise control myself, but a lot more expensive.

Mike R

 

[laughingBob]

Re: Throttle Rocker for the limp-wristed!!

Yeah - I use one when the journey has long motorway sections. Mine is cut down slightly from the one in the pic, and sits on the inboard end of the throttle, rather than the outside. Great relief on long journeys, love it. Mate of mine rode the bike and wondered how the hell I controlled the throttle!!

About £3.50 or summat from M&P. Clips on or off in seconds.

Thanks for that. I'm riding down to Morocco in April and South of France in June so I think it would be a useful addition. On my old 100GS there was a screw under twist grip that when you tightened it a little made a great cruise control.

 

[Mick Fagan]

I've had one for a couple of years now and wouldn't like to ride the bike any distance without it,

I recently was in the Cook Islands and hired a small bike. After ½ a day of riding without my throttle rocker I could feel the slight strain on my wrist. I didn't believe that it would be that great a difference.

Mick.

 

[Dahoum]

Using it on the 'inside' of the control sounds better.

I tried one for a while and it was such a pain in city riding I gave it up. it was hard to stop revving the throttle by accident whilst using the front brake.

 

[half_empty1]

i used a throttle lock called vistacruise, link below

http://www.jaws-motorcycles.co.uk/goody.htm

had it on a blackbird, well worth £23.

as yet have not put one on the gs.

 

[laughingBob]

I've had one for a couple of years now and wouldn't like to ride the bike any distance without it,

I recently was in the Cook Islands and hired a small bike. After ½ a day of riding without my throttle rocker I could feel the slight strain on my wrist. I didn't believe that it would be that great a difference.

Mick.

Don't want to hijack the thread but, we were in Raratonga a few years back, fantastic! Do you still have to go to the police station to get your Cook Islands driving licence? Mines expired now but, it's a great souvenir.

 

[Mick Fagan]

Yep!!!! One still has to get a Cook Islands licence to ride or drive on the Island(s).

It is a good trophy.

Interestingly as I was waiting in the Avis office the fellow behind the counter was shaking his head about another crash between two bikes.

I wondered about that but didn't say anything except to ask about bike hire. We went through the sales pitch, 90 or 100cc. I chose the one with a basket on the front which turned out to be a 90cc bike.

Upon checking my licence he said, "good, Australian", I didn't know what he meant but then he continued that the Americans had problems with staying to the left for the first ½ day but were then alright. The English often crashed their bikes into each other because they had conversations whilst riding alongside each other. The French, well he just said that they were French.

I then asked him about the Australians and he replied, "they are the same as Kiwi customers, they come, they hire, they go home".

Yeah it's a great place and we had a great holiday. Stayed there for 16 nights.

Mick.

 

[laughingBob]

We were backpacking RTW and by the time we got there I was desperate to ride a bike again. We had a blue one with a basket on but, I don't know what size it was. I did a lap of Raratonga on it though.

Another souvenir of the Cook Islands-

 

[Eddy802]

Narrow shock cord bungee stuff

I think it was PondBoy that used a loop of narrow shock cord between the in-bar end of the grip and the switch gear beside it to cause sufficient friction to be able to release the throttle without it rolling off..... worth a search?