Topic: Is there a quicker throttle for the 550?

[westondc]

my bike came with touring style grips on it. they're wider than stock and the throttle grip has a large lip on it that the palm of my hand can rest on for leverage. it works great. i can push on the lip area with my thumb for full throttle without repositioning my hand. also helps with overcomming return from the throttle spring. this type of grip might help you and with little modification. cant seem to find a good example of this style grip on the internet.

[JS550]

This is what I did on my project bike:

I had my Dad make up a little cam to slide over the throttle tube to quicken up the ratio of the twist a little bit.



I had to do just a little bit of clearance-ing out of the housing for the cam to fit.

I was going to measure the amount of the twist before I put it in, but I forgot. It does twist a lot less now, though. It has about the same amount of twist as my Ducati does.

did you have to glue the spacer on or is it just resting there? i'm going to try that on my k4, not so much for the fatser throttle but anything i can do to reduce the distance i have to turn the throttle to WFO is a good thing

I am so going to do this today! Great idea. I did the wire in the cam groove, but it didnt seem to do much.
thanks,jim

[MCRider]

SNIP
crap! 

 

Nice thing about the Commando Rapido is it hooks into the original switch gear, It sounds like Hondaman was installing it or something similar by sliding the switchgear in a little, drilling a new locating hole, then install the throttle. it looks like stock.

[turboguzzi]

Oh yeah, Takuro, does it have changeable pulleys?

 take that!