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 Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? 
#21851535 - 06/24/15 05:16 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Dirt bikes have a grip that you twist for a throttle.
Snowmobiles have a lever of sorts you squeeze with your thumb?
How come that's the norm?
I'm gunna buy a snowmobile and install a twist grip throttle cuz it's way more cool.
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 Re: Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? [Re: Zombi3]
#21851598 - 06/24/15 05:32 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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That way when your learning you get to pop the clutch into a huge wheelie that knocks you off the bike.
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Re: Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? [Re: DensePlacebo]
#21851641 - 06/24/15 05:39 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Oh is it because snowmobiles don't have gears to shift?
They would still be way cooler without the thumb throttle.
So would four wheelers.
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Re: Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? [Re: Zombi3]
#21851670 - 06/24/15 05:45 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Re: Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? [Re: Malcolm_Xtasy]
#21851742 - 06/24/15 06:01 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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four wheelers have them too so I doubt it has anything to do with having gears
I honestly don't know, I've wondered it too. Perhaps as a way to prevent whiskey throttle since there are more people who don't know what they are doing inclined to get on a four wheeler/snowmobile than a motorcycle.
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Re: Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? [Re: DensePlacebo]
#21851787 - 06/24/15 06:11 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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You mean they hold the throttle and shift, thus knocking them off?
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Re: Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? [Re: Zombi3]
#21851805 - 06/24/15 06:15 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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You can probably get it converted for a good amount of money. Jetskis too have a thumb throttle; ATVs is also usually thumb throttle, but the banshees and race types are converted to twist
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Re: Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? [Re: theRAPeutic]
#21851846 - 06/24/15 06:22 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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The four wheeler I rode a long time ago had a switch like lever you described.
Ever since I was a kid I wanted a dirt bike for both street and off roading adventures.
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Re: Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? [Re: ChinChiller]
#21851858 - 06/24/15 06:25 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Errolscool said:
You mean they hold the throttle and shift, thus knocking them off?
meaning you twist the throttle and the accelleration throws you back and you hang on twisting the throttle wide open
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Re: Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? [Re: luvdemboomers]
#21851896 - 06/24/15 06:32 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Ohh, nevermind.
They just aren't gentle to begin with and then pull the throttle even harder as they hold on.
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Re: Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? [Re: Zombi3]
#21853036 - 06/24/15 11:06 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Zombi3 said:
Dirt bikes have a grip that you twist for a throttle.
new riders panic and get hurt because unlike a motorcycle they dont simply fall
over, a panicked rider may open the throttle more while with the thumb throttle
most will release the thumb to get a better grip on the bars when they see the
inevitable crash coming
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Re: Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? [Re: Prisoner#1]
#21853130 - 06/24/15 11:23 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Too lazy to look it up but how do thumb throttles work? On a twist handle you have a push and pull cable. if it's a button wouldn't that make it an electrical and mechanical interface so you'd have to do a lot of work there. You can totally do it yourself don't take it to some guy
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Re: Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? [Re: Black_Sunset]
#21854477 - 06/25/15 10:21 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Its the same premise as the tiwst throttle, just inverted.
You push the cable up with your thumb.
Edited by ChinChiller (06/25/15 10:23 AM)
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Re: Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? [Re: ChinChiller]
#21862209 - 06/27/15 12:07 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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oh i see now
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Re: Why dirt bike vs snowmobile throttle? [Re: Zombi3]
#21862318 - 06/27/15 12:50 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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I like the thumb throttle.
Ive driven a dirt bike, and when you are on a rough trail, i have to hold onto the grips tight to not fall off. Well, this causes a revving up and down from my tight grip on the throttle. Its annoying and hard to control the throttle AND ride on rough roads.
Snowmobiles can have similar rough riding on bumpy snow trails, so thats likely why it has a thumb throttle.
I will admit grip throttle does feel cooler, but it sucks for rough riding.
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