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Take a look at these

Home - www.throttlemate.co.uk
I have one of these.... they are great and cheap and the guys who make n sell them are awesome (met them at a HU-meeting years ago) and their customer service is excellent.

No, I'm not one of them or advertising, just a happy customer letting you know it's a great little piece of kit in our experience and it won't break the bank (wrote about it on our blog here if you're interested...)

Just remember the throttle won't just flick back if you've got it on, you have to manually close it.... I sometimes forget Ride safe!
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the throttle mate looks much better than the palm paddle type things that I have tried in the past.
I bought one of them about 5 years ago when I was planning a European trip. To me it sounded like a great idea for motorway riding, and it was. It took on a whole new meaning though when you were off motorways and going through towns or on any road that required speed variation. I found it to be dangerous on a couple of occasions and I think this is down to the fact that it's quite wide. It is too easy to hit it with your hand (and I did) when letting the throttle off and all of a sudden you get a boost of power when you least expect it or need it. Even if it's only for a moment it's a frightening experience. After about 2 or 3 days of my trip I removed it and it has never been used since. I don't even know where it is now and I don't care either.

Who knows...maybe it was just me having an issue with it. Others may get on ok with them but I think any manual cruise control on a bike is a hazard. Some of them require a manual process and an extra function for the rider to perform to reduce speed and if he/she needs to do it in an emergency then these things could be very dangerous indeed. Different on a car of course because when you hit the brake the cruise control deactivates immediately.
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I bought one of them about 5 years ago when I was planning a European trip. To me it sounded like a great idea for motorway riding, and it was. It took on a whole new meaning though when you were off motorways and going through towns or on any road that required speed variation. I found it to be dangerous on a couple of occasions and I think this is down to the fact that it's quite wide. It is too easy to hit it with your hand (and I did) when letting the throttle off and all of a sudden you get a boost of power when you least expect it or need it. Even if it's only for a moment it's a frightening experience. After about 2 or 3 days of my trip I removed it and it has never been used since. I don't even know where it is now and I don't care either.

Who knows...maybe it was just me having an issue with it. Others may get on ok with them but I think any manual cruise control on a bike is a hazard. Some of them require a manual process and an extra function for the rider to perform to reduce speed and if he/she needs to do it in an emergency then these things could be very dangerous indeed. Different on a car of course because when you hit the brake the cruise control deactivates immediately.
I switched to a throttle mate, I'm still using it 3 or 4 bikes later happy with the ease of use sure you have to wind the throttle off in an emergency situation but you would naturally do that anyway.

My Dad used to have a cruise control fitted in his jeep made from an old push bike gear changer connected to the throttle cable, he also had to release in an emergency, but the thing worked well on long journeys or when hitting bumps off road
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