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.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Joe Marcon

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.

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.

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

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.

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

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Joe Marcon

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

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.

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

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.

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

[Teejayexc]

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

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

Originally Posted by Teejayexc

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

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

Yes that was soo funny. Not

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Joe Marcon

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

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

Originally Posted by Joe

This would give my wrists a break.

Stop buying top shelf magazines/browsing THOSE websites then

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

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



Stop buying top shelf magazines/browsing THOSE websites then

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

[Fallout]

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!