Hairy-Rs

Anyone know who stocks Hairy Rs in Australia?

I don't so much want a Hairy R, but I want one of these.....

http://www.hairyrs.com/5th_turn_info.html

Or, to be more precise, I want at least 3 of them.

 

Ok, I'll ask the obvious, What does it do?

 

A 1/5 turn throttle? Why? Because it makes the bike feel less
controllable, and therefore more powerful?

I so wish I'd thought of selling suckers a small, crescent shaped
piece of nylon. You know, you could cut one out yourself, with
a bit of calculification!

A 3/5 throttle? Or would that make it a 1/125 throttle?

-----sharks

 

It increases the effective diameter of your throttle tube, giving it a
quicker action. It's a BRILLIANT idea.

 

A 1/5 turn throttle? Why? Because it makes the bike feel less

I have a quick action throttle on the ZX10. It doesn't make it feel an less
controlably, or any more powerful, but it lets me use all of the throttle. I
have small wrists. If quick action throttles made a bike that much less
controllable, racers wouldn't use them. Have you ever used one?

I'm no where near that talented. I could cut one myself, but it wouldn't be
any

3 Bikes

 

Nope. Ridden bikes with 1/4 turn throttles though.
But then ... *drum roll* I'm not a racer.

Measure the diameter of the groove in the throttle. That's
your internal diameter. Assuming it's a 1/4 turn now, take
5/4 of that, and that's your groove diameter. Build the
throttle wire groove up to that diameter with metal epoxy
or plastic weld or something.

Lemme put it this way ... it's a nifty idea, and if the first
site I stumbled onto didn't want UKP 26 and the second USD 25
for them, I'd think it was a much cooler idea. For that price,
you can afford to pick up a spare throttle tube from a wrecker
and give it a go.

Damn. I so should have charged you EUR 25 for that ...

 

would you trust a product made from this man?
http://www.martyh.com/ws2004/imagepages/image13.htm

no?...but there is no one I rather be with broken down in the middle of
nowhere

mh

 

Really? That's sweet of you. I can think of several people I'd
rather be stranded with that you ... if nothing else, if things
got really desperate, they'd be good eating. As for you lot
of sarcastic bastards ...

Also, bear in mind that the bike didn't survive the return journey ...
turns out to have been a very serious problem indeed ... on the other
hand, it did last long enough to get me home.

-----sharks

 

All of this assumes that there is room inside the throttle assembly for
a throttle "pulley" significantly bigger than what is already there. I
would have thought that any reasonable designer would build the casing
around the throttle pulley just big enough to encase the existing
assembly (unless they had it in mind to market their own quick-action
throttle.)
(what would I know, mine is chain-driven)
Moike

 

How would I make a 1/5 turn throttle out of a Sharkey? Wouldn't some
kind of plastic be more suitable?

Oh Marty, now I'm hurt. Had you forgotten about this trip already?

http://evilurl.com/SCREWJISMBAGBURN



BTH

 

(what would I know, mine is chain-driven)

You have a chain-driven throttle?!?!?

 

Yep.

Moike

 

http://w6rec.com/duane/bmw/control/control4.jpg has a pic of some of the
bits.

The twistgrip drives a bevel gear that pulls a small chain that pulls
the cable. Not having the cable pulled around a cylinder means less
bending of the cable, less cable damage.

Plus the chain can be driven by an eccentric cam (not visible in the
photo) that gives a variable ratio throttle. At low openings, it is
less sensitive, like a slow-action throttle, and at higher openings, it
is more like a quick-action throttle.

Moike

 

There you go. Learn something new every day.

 

Me too! Two of them!

Gary

--

"I owe the Australian people the obligation to be truthful."

John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia

http://www.johnhowardlies.com/

JOHNHOWARDLIES.COM has undergone another major revamp in response to your
feedback.

 

if you want some more plastic goto aus.cars

No BT..I hadnt,
this is the one Im trying to forget
http://evilurl.com/lickURINEstab

mh

 

Marty H wrote:

Is Bt comparing sizes in that picture?
No wonder the poor fella is moving out into the middle of nowhere.

 

It's adequate for *MY* needs!


BTH

 

FUCKIN' HELL; that should come with a warning!!
Clem