Cruise Control ?

[Sandy H]

There is a speed conrtol of some sort (grey)beside the throtle
I was wondering if any one has ever seen or used them 1982 xj1100.

[trbig]

If you're talking about just a throttle lock... yes. I have one on mine.


Tod

[trapper_492001]

Hi. I have had one on all of my bikes back to 79. I use mine a lot and they do work good. I use it when I check compression to hold the carbs wide open.

Trapper

[XJOK2PLAY]

Cruise...

Yeah, Sandy... I own an XJ, and mine has one of those as well. Just set the throttle where you want it to stay, (great for turnpike cruising), and lock it there. Then just flip it back down to release the throttle. Pretty cool for long trips when your right hand begins to wear out.

[Sandy H]

Cruise Control

Thanks guy! I am going on a long trip this summer so it would be great.
Now I just have to see if it works.
Are there any tips I should know?

[trbig]

Yup... adjust it tight enough so that it works.. but not so tight that you can't manually roll the throttle back. In an emergency, at first use of these, there's a tendency to just release the throttle and expect the throttle to drop and bike to slow.. or try to over-ride the throttle lock with brakes instead of flipping it off first. It becomes natural after a while... but at first, it may be strange.

Just be careful with it at first. Also.. on my XJ, there's really not much room to have this installed, so the throttle doesn't spring back on it's own. The rubber grip rubs it. I didn't want to slightly push the grip off the control to make room like some do.. so mine is a tight fit in there and my throttle doesn't naturally spring back anyway.

I also have a Wrist Saver installed on the throttle. This makes it so I can rest my grip around the throttle (Makes my fingers go to sleep after a while) and can just rest the butt of my hand against this to keep throttle up. It's just a couple different ways to keep the circulation going for me on long trips. You can see it and the throttle lock on mine.




Tod

[Bigfoot]

I use mine all the time. I have seen some made of plastic but mine is metal. Works well.

[TopCatGr58]

Hey Sandy,

As has been said, make it just tight enough to hold, but allow you to forcibly turn it down in an emergency stop. Also, being able to tweak it's position without unlocking it will help in making minor adjustments like when running up a slow hill. On the flats it will hold the speed, but up hills, it'll slow down because the engine will need a bit more throttle input, so you can tweak it up a touch till you crest the hill, and then tweak it back down so it doesn't run 20MPH over the speed you want going downhill!

I had a mishap with mine when I first put one on mine many years ago in my ignorant youth. Went into a panic stop mode after cresting a blind hill on a busy highay at Friday PM rushhour, grabbed brakes, didn't pull in clutch for fear of overreving the engine, but didn't/couldn't turn the throttle down at the same time that I was trying to slowdown, ended up locking up the front wheel on the highway at 55mph as the engine kept pushing, threw the bike and me down when the wheel crossed up! Mostly bruised ego and some road rash, few cosmetic damages, but was able to put the broken spark plug tip back on and limp the 20 miles on home!
T.C>

[fredintoon]

- - - I had a mishap with mine when I first put one on mine many years ago in my ignorant youth. Went into a panic stop mode after cresting a blind hill on a busy highay at Friday PM rushhour, grabbed brakes, didn't pull in clutch for fear of overreving the engine, but didn't/couldn't turn the throttle down at the same time that I was trying to slowdown, ended up locking up the front wheel on the highway at 55mph as the engine kept pushing, threw the bike and me down when the wheel crossed up! Mostly bruised ego and some road rash, few cosmetic damages, but was able to put the broken spark plug tip back on and limp the 20 miles on home!
T.C>

Hi TC,
Britbike twistgrips all came with a friction screw so they'd stay where they were set when you let go of the grip.
Driving on the left with only hand signals you don't want your Norton's throttle slamming shut on the highway as you let go the grip to signal a right turn.
I have also long held the opinion that the killswitch that modern bikes all have is neither use nor ornament.
Which is certainly true if you forget to use the thing in an emergency, eh?

[greg maz]

was thinking same just riding

e-switch, rather 4 motocross

[cmpnbd2]

cruise

had the metal vista cruise on my 79 750 years ago and loved it. just bought a black plastic vista cruise from JC Whtney.

[MaximPhil]

had the metal vista cruise on my 79 750 years ago and loved it. just bought a black plastic vista cruise from JC Whtney.

I wonder if the plastic one will last 750 years
Phil

[DiverRay]

I wonder if the plastic one will last 750 years
Phil

No phil, the UV will kill the plastic! Need to find the metal one if you want it to last the 750 years!