Changing throttle: twist to thumb push throttle?
 

Has anyone done this ? This would give my wrists a break.
Got the idea oFf a friends raptor 700 quad. And sat on that with a push throttle felt better . And maybe safer : when some people crash and fall they hold on the throttle . With thumb throttle u dont keep pushing and being dragged all over .
Im thinking of doing this throttle change . But can anyone whos done it let me know, and others what its like.

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I would have thought that a thumb control would be more tiring than a standard one when you want to sustain a constant speed for a period of time, like on a motorway.

I know you can fit them, I have friends involved with NABD and its a fairly standard mod where required for various reasons.

They cannot be that more expensive thana standard throttle, so the question to ask is why they are not fitted as standard.

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I thought just feathering the throttle may be easyier for motorway . But ive seen the kit and its quite expensive off ebay

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I don't know if NABD (National Association of Bikers with Disabilities) only deal with Physical Disabilities, but as there are some fairly limiting effects of your illness as I understand it, then they may be able to help out with the conversion, I believe that they have a grant system.

Either way, they will be able to give advice on which system and where to get from - ebay is not always the cheapest/best option.

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I was just thinking of changing the throttle . Nothing to do with my illness lol . Just thought push throttle might be better.

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Why don't you fit a nitrous bottle with a push button start?

Loads cooler and Lambo's are left in your wake.

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Yes that was soo funny. Not

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Ahh sorry, making assumptions on my part, from what I know of it I thought that tiredness/fatigue were common symptoms, so thought that was what the thumb control was about.

Now that I know its NOT about that :p

Stop buying top shelf magazines/browsing THOSE websites then :p

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Haha dont worry about it lol .
I'll have a browse at ATV world in leeds see if they have any

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Thumb throttles are soooo tiring. I suppose you'd get used to it eventually, but whenever I've been quadding, my thumb is ruined within half an hour. Not a conversion I would do! :)