Throttle lock cruise control

[Ugarte]

Sounds like that's a better idea than the Go-cruise - Just!

It costs 189 dollars.

 

[albertaduke]

Pretty much agree with Battersea. Handy for short periods at best but well worth the money.

I did have a big scare once on the highway. Had it set for some time when a car suddenly changed lanes across my path. I was going around 120km/h. Grabbed the front brake instinctively, front wheel locked and rear kept driving. Front started to slide out and I was very close to a nasty fall but was able to release the brake, back off the throttle and grab the brake again. Since then I only use it for short periods to give my hand a rest or adjust a zip or something like that. They are inherently dangerous if used as a defacto cruise control rather than a temporary throttle lock.

holly ****sky!! you locked the front wheel at 120kms must have been a scary short moment if you managed to keep upright and very lucky I locked the front once only in 40 years of riding but was not as lucky as you were, the second that front stopped I went down granted I was not going fast but I could not have done anything
I think in retrospect that at High speed the momentum of forward speed may give you that extra second before all hell break loose I was doing 40 kms and down it went instantly glad to know you managed to stay upright ( did you have to change your shorts afterward)

 

[Dawg68]

x2 for the breakaway. I installed one a couple of weeks back. What sold me was being able to just touch the front break to disengage. Not cheap but it looks good.

 

[Battersea]

It costs 189 dollars.

Fook that, I'll get a pair of these -

 

[CanberraR3]

holly ****sky!! you locked the front wheel at 120kms must have been a scary short moment if you managed to keep upright and very lucky I locked the front once only in 40 years of riding but was not as lucky as you were, the second that front stopped I went down granted I was not going fast but I could not have done anything
I think in retrospect that at High speed the momentum of forward speed may give you that extra second before all hell break loose I was doing 40 kms and down it went instantly glad to know you managed to stay upright ( did you have to change your shorts afterward)

Scared the sh*t out me for sure. Happened on the way to Nabiac at Easter - posted at the time. The speed plus the fact the rear was driving I guess kept the forward momentum going. The bars jolted and I felt like I was going down but as soon as I let the brake off it righted itself. Still had to avoid the car though and get the throttle lock off and brake again in a split second. I pretty much spent the next several minutes kissing the tank and saying to myself what a fantastic machine the Rocket is. Still don't know how I got out of it and sure don't ever want to go through it again.