Tingle Tired

[nubee]

I spotted this: Item number: 330228388390 on fleabay. Anyone think it's worth a bid?

Anybody have a favorite cruise control?

I'm getting tired of my fingers tingling every time I ride.

[D. P. Larmee]

Looks alot like a nep throttle lock that was on my bike when I bought it. You can still by them new for around $20. I currently have a vista cruise throttle lock that I bought newabout a year ago that I like a little better. it was about the same price. Most of them have a little metal piece that pegs them to the screw on the bottom of the switch housing that it doesn't look like you would be getting in this auction. I have gotten around not having this piece by cable tying the throttle lock to the control housing but it doesn't look real good. If I am covering long distances on a bike that doesn't have a throttle lock, I have been known to use one of those big rubber bands that they use to hold brocoli together wrapped around the hand grip and the control housing as a make shift throttle lock. This takes a little getting used to because there is really no quick release, and it can take a bit of practice to remember to pull the throttle back to closed instead of just letting go.

[D. P. Larmee]

I will have to look to see if I still have the package for the part number for the one that I bought, but here are a few options:

NEP

Vista

[wa407mpp]

Go to J.C. Whitney. com , they have a good cruise control for not to much money.

[nubee]

D. P. Larmee & wa407mpp,

Thanks for the advice. Can't beat $20.00. Looks simple and reliable to me.

[fredintoon]

It ain't a cruise control, guys - - -

- - - it's a throttle lock. A true "cruise control" turns itself off again when the driver touches the brakes or hits the "cruise off" switch and automatically works the gas to keep a constant speed under varying road conditions while a throttle lock works like putting a brick on a car's gas pedal. So long as the user realizes this, fine. Back in the UK in the 1950s & 1960s all street bikes had a friction device in the twistgrip that held the grip where it was if you let it go for the simple reason that in those days bikes very rarely had turn signals so that any rider in the UK who made a hand signal had to let go of the twistgrip to do so. Having the throttle slam shut so the useless Amal carb stalled the engine in traffic was not a good thing.
The North American standard self-closing style of twistgrip was only found on racing bikes.

[egsols]

I have a "throttle lock on mine" but found it hard to get the sweet spot where it would actually release freely but still be firm enough to hold the throttle when clamped.

I got fed up with it the fiddling and set it tight enough to act like what Fred is talking about with the friction device.

Only problem with this set up is when someone else hops on it for a quick spin.

[planedick]

I never...

Let anyone else "hop on for a quick spin" unless he's a XS11 rider and then only if he lets me ride along with him on his XS. Other MC riders get in trouble very quickly when they twist the XS throtle.

There is a way to adapt a real cruise control to the XS11 if you really want to.

[wa407mpp]

other riders

Letting another qualified rider ride your bike is not a bad idea. We all get in the habit of living with the little irregularities that slip up on us until they become a big problem and then wondered why we didn't see it coming. Having someone else ride your bike or drive you car, who is not used to it, will notice any little problems that you have learned to live with, and don't notice anymore, because, to you, they have become part of the bikes personality.

[egsols]

I am not in habit of letting just anyone ride my 11. I have a couple of close buddies that have ridden for many years on all sorts from dirt bikes, wings, HD's etc. They are the only ones I would entrust with her. Its just something we should be aware of when we stray from the norm.

I like your point wa407mpp. It is the same for any type of vehicle. I have noticed it on may cars and trucks where the driver doesn't notice the extra travel in the brake pedal because it has occured gradually over time. A different driver notices immediately that the pedal goes further than it should. (As an example)