z28evans
11-10-2006, 01:36 AM
Howdy,
Installed my Vista Cruise - cruise control (throttle lock). This is the 4th bike i've had one on. Love them, lot of fun and a nice way to travel. When you push down on the thumb lock it clamps down on the throttle to maintain it's position. You set it to only provide enough force to do it's job, but you can still operate the throttle with it locked if an emergency / you forget. A little rigging to get it to work, but not too bad (i put it on in about 30 minutes so i could go for a ride).
I also put on new grips / did the BB vibration dampner. Before hand, i could go about 50 miles or less before my hands got numb, after wards i went 300 miles on a sunday ride - no problems with the hands at all (now the rest of me, that's another story).
photos:
http://www.z28evans.com/album/albums/uploads/motor%20trip1/normal_cruise1.jpg
http://www.z28evans.com/album/albums/uploads/motor%20trip1/normal_cruise2.jpg
http://www.z28evans.com/album/albums/uploads/motor%20trip1/normal_cruise3.jpg
fyi - you get weird looks when you are riding upright without holding on to the hadle bars, freaks others out. You can steer by leaning, speed up and slow down by controling air drag (tuck or stick out your arms, etc). I've gone over an hour without touching the handle bars before, kind of fun :)
James
Installed my Vista Cruise - cruise control (throttle lock). This is the 4th bike i've had one on. Love them, lot of fun and a nice way to travel. When you push down on the thumb lock it clamps down on the throttle to maintain it's position. You set it to only provide enough force to do it's job, but you can still operate the throttle with it locked if an emergency / you forget. A little rigging to get it to work, but not too bad (i put it on in about 30 minutes so i could go for a ride).
I also put on new grips / did the BB vibration dampner. Before hand, i could go about 50 miles or less before my hands got numb, after wards i went 300 miles on a sunday ride - no problems with the hands at all (now the rest of me, that's another story).
photos:
http://www.z28evans.com/album/albums/uploads/motor%20trip1/normal_cruise1.jpg
http://www.z28evans.com/album/albums/uploads/motor%20trip1/normal_cruise2.jpg
http://www.z28evans.com/album/albums/uploads/motor%20trip1/normal_cruise3.jpg
fyi - you get weird looks when you are riding upright without holding on to the hadle bars, freaks others out. You can steer by leaning, speed up and slow down by controling air drag (tuck or stick out your arms, etc). I've gone over an hour without touching the handle bars before, kind of fun :)
James