I almost lost it with my bike yesterday , I came to a stop sign and made a complete stop so i take a right hand turn and as i was taking the corner slowly in first gear my ****ing throttle got stock so the bike takes off full speed and the bike went up and my left hand came off the handlebar grip and i came off my seat ( with a slowly moving car in front of me ) i managed to control it and get her down but then a car was coming out of a side street at the same time and i skidded right around her front bumper and stopped/skidded next to a curb , the cause of the problem was the little cruise control button on the right i wear gloves for protection and i ride with my hands in close so the glove was slowly turning it day by day , i'm going to unscrew that thing out of there completely because i never use it , i was thinking it could have ended very badly like hitting a crowd of people crossing the street or if i took off any faster it would have been a bloody Sunday, actually it was kind of embarrassing too because there where people walking on both sides of a heavy populated area they must have thought that i did know how to ride a bike

 

That sux man... Glad ya kept your kool and came away rubber down. Damn those thumb wheels!

 

Thank God you're okay. Seriously.

Now, if anybody saw you, you should claim it was all a stunt and that, yes, you are THAT good.

I have two pairs of gloves, one for when it's cold as a witch's butt (gauntlets) and another pair just for -- Whatever.



I don't particularly care for the ones with the padded palms (at all). I also prefer Deerskin. Practically bulletproof and very comfortable.

Just trying to help.

Again, thank goodness you're okay.

 

Glad it turned out ok!

Are you sure it was the thumb screw? Never heard of that before. At most I would think it would create a little drag on the throttle. According to your post it sounds as though it was just being nudged by your glove, not being tightened into a locked position.

Are you certain that was the problem and that the throttle didn't become locked up due to some other problem? It would suck to believe it was the friction wheel and assume its fine only to have it happen again for some other reason.

 

Only a new rider could have a problem like that. My girlfriend (now my wife) took my Dyna for a ride a few years back. She was a new rider - just got her license. Her gloved thumb bumped the throttle lock when she twisted the throttle. When she wanted to slow down she simply let go of the throttle, expecting it to snap into the idle position. It didn't. Long story short - she panicked and locked up the brakes and hit the pavement hard. Now, she knows to NOT let the idle return spring do the work. Just twist the grip into the idle position. She learned the hard way.

 

It was definably the thumb screw because it was nudged enough that it put enough pressure to hold it in a so called locked position , i had to back off on it because it was tight , this happen to me years ago on another bike because of my glove rubbing but it did not get away like this one ... I'm taking it out i don't need it ..

 

Wow so sorry for her , and i'm not a new rider either, like i said i ride with both my hands close in toward the controls with gloves on ( always did ) it finally turned in enough to put enough pressure to hold the throttle because after i got it under control i felt the throttle grip snap back like it was stuck then i check the thumb wheel and it was far in and tight i had to back it off , this sudden tightness must have happen as i took the corner because i put on over 70 miles with no problem after that happen i rode another 40 miles and kept checking the thumb wheel for binding and it was fine, this happen to me before years ago but not like this , i'm taking the thumb wheel out of there tonight anyway because i don't use it....

 

mine is gone and has been, kinda sux on long trips, but when I wrecked it was because the throttle lock was on, I threw that bastard in the trash on rebuild and never looked back.

 

Did yo have it lock on already ? ****ing thing is dangerous !

 

Good job keeping it up!