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-   -   Intro to the board and also what throttle lock to get? (http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-r1100s-r1200s-tech-forum/354957-intro-board-also-what-throttle-lock-get.html)

squall_line 05-20-2008 08:48 AM

Strangely enough, I've had throttle locks and/or OEM cruise control on all of my bikes thus far, but haven't found the overwhelming need for it on my R1100S in the last 8,000 miles or so.

Of course, with this bike, I seem to seek out side roads and twisties, so I never stay planted in one place for an extended period the way I did on my LT or even my GT.

mn2007 05-20-2008 09:50 PM

I've been doing a 100 mile a day commute- did some more research and found this:

http://www.mccruise.com/BMW-orderby0-p-2-mf-75.html

I think I'm just going to buy a $10 cramp buster... although my wrist is not as big of a problem as my right hip - man I'm getting old ; 0

m

hawkeyejohn14 05-20-2008 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mn2007 (Post 3954789)
I've been doing a 100 mile a day commute- did some more research and found this:

http://www.mccruise.com/BMW-orderby0-p-2-mf-75.html

I think I'm just going to buy a $10 cramp buster... although my wrist is not as big of a problem as my right hip - man I'm getting old ; 0

m

That's a hard price to swallow.

ExarKunONe 05-21-2008 03:42 AM

Get one of these
http://www.painreliever.com/xmodels/...er/IMC100p.jpg

mn2007 05-21-2008 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ExarKunONe (Post 3954958)

?
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Peter Parts 05-21-2008 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Bowen (Post 3952269)
Peter,

Tell me again what you're talking about with the counter balance thing . .

Thanks,

Dave -

Sorry to be late in responding; couldn't log-in for a few days. Thanks for asking.

Nothing to it. Just a 28-cent spring you attach to the far end of the throttle grip (with a thread and a piece of electrical tape, say). Stretch it and fix the other end to the bar-end weight. If the throttle feels twice as hard to open, you've wound it backwards. Some would say it is unsafe in event of an unscheduled dismount to counter the entire force of the butterfly springs, so set it to any less degree of assist you want.

I have never heard of anybody else so much as trying this trivially easy mod since I started talking about it. What does that say?

More details at:

http://tinyurl.com/6bvt23

hawkeyejohn14 05-22-2008 12:01 PM

wow that looks like ****
 
I would rather put the TM or Bob's wrist rest than this.... sorry but the looks of the S count so much to me or I would have bought a GS.

Bob Hancock 05-22-2008 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hawkeyejohn14 (Post 3958024)
I would rather put the TM or Bob's wrist rest than this.... sorry but the looks of the S count so much to me or I would have bought a GS.

+1. 'fraid that's what Eddie Murphy would call buckwheat.


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