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Cruise Control/ Throttle Lock

Discussion in '6th Generation 2002-2013' started by Ravage776, Dec 20, 2007.

  1. KrautBurner

    KrautBurner New Member

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    I'd love to see an install (write up / pics) for the VFR

    I talked to a local motorcycle "performance" shop,
    they said they would have to charge me at the "Custom work rate"
    while they "Figure out how to" install it (probably gonna end up about as much as the aussie alternative)
     


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  2. OKCVFR

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    I'll post some pics in a new thread this weekend, write up will have to come later when we do my bike and can better document what we did.
     


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    You guys obviously spend too much time on the freeway . . . .
     


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  4. Spike

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    but it is a throttle lock, correct? not a cruise control?
    so what I found with the throttlemeister is
    1) it only works on flat ground
    2) go up a hill and your speed drops, all the sudden a bunch of cars are on your tail
    3) go down a hill, and your speed goes up, don't think Johnny law will accept that your throttle lock was set for the speed limit when you set it 5 miles back
    4) some one pulls in front of you and you have to slow down? Once, and if they move back over, now you have to find just that speed again. With the throttle lock you have to keep looking at your speedo to get it just right. With a true cruise control, you just push the resume button.
    5) you can set it for the exact speed you want, so if you like to cruise at 9MPH over the speed limit to make time without likely attracting a LEO? You can do that with the cruise control, with the throttle locks, it is much more difficult thing to do and slight variations in the grade will throw you off.
    6) on back roads, when you might have to slow down going thru town, or around a tight corner, you can instantly resume the previous speed -- if you want
     


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