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Just so I understand the function of the thumbscrew. I should adjust most of the play out of it and under real operation I should be able to turn it a quarter turn and it will hold the throttle in it's current position. Once I back it off a tang it will release?
correct.
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Ok, I found out that there is a correlation between the throttle return cable and the thumb screw. After continually adjusting the cable I could get different effects on the thumbscrew. I think I'm close but not quite right.
Obviously I had to do the left, center, right test to make sure the throttle snaps back but even after that I could get different effects on the thumbscrew.
Tis a very weird relationship me thinks...wish a tech could eloborate on the thumbscrew because the service manual doesn't even address it.
Most of us over the hill old-timers like it just fine. For you who don't think it is useful on mountain or country roads, well it is more useful there than cruise control. I never have mine completely off.
Might have to revisit his product again, mine was from another company and no matter how tight is was , as soon as I got going the vibration would release the hold on the throttle so my wrist had no relief. Much less expensive that cruise control.
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If I tighten mine just enough that the throttle won't back off by itself I can cruise along. If I want to shut down the throttle I don't mess with the screw. I just grab the grip and twist the throttle off. It just adds enough friction so the throttle will stay where I put it, but I can still easily move the throttle. It's nice for the highway.
Seems like a total waste of engineering time and materials.
If you think the current implementation is a pain, be glad you weren't riding in the shovelhead/ironhead days. It was a smaller metal thumbscrew that was even more difficult to set.
That said, if adjusted correctly, you should be able to just slide your thumb down, give it a half turn, and it will provide enough drag to hold the throttle position (but not so much that you can't manually override it and throttle down if need be).
Get a throttle rocker, or Cramp buster, it was the first thing I bought and I will never go back.
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xcelr8, I'll tell ya I hope I can get it work because my right hand continually goes numb and it doesn't take very many miles before it does. If this thing can actually work I won't have to replace my handlebars which would be really nice on the ole wallet.
