UK Buell Enthusiasts Group :: Left-hand throttle conversion

I think I must have got lost, this place looks kind of familiar, I'm sure I've been here before ... a long, long time ago!

Does anyone have any experience of converting to a left handed throttle? Twist or thumb. I've posted on NABD, but their site isn't exactly buzzing, so I thought I'd ask here.

greasemonkey wrote:

hurled abuse

Nah, those aren't made with left-hand throttles.

Motorrad wrote:

greasemonkey wrote:

hurled abuse

Nah, those aren't made with left-hand throttles.

I think you'll find it was an option on the Excalibur Brooklands ....

Try ringing the head office number at Manchester, and leave a message for Rick Hulse.

Dunno if youve managed to resolve this yet, but you could try a twistgrip from a jap bike - my xt 600 had a push pull arrangement using 2 cables. if you swapped it to the left side the throttle close cable would become the open cable and vise versa.

Jim C

Author:	Fat Crip [ 30 Mar 2012 10:57 ]
Post subject:	Left-hand throttle conversion
I think I must have got lost, this place looks kind of familiar, I'm sure I've been here before ... a long, long time ago! Does anyone have any experience of converting to a left handed throttle? Twist or thumb. I've posted on NABD, but their site isn't exactly buzzing, so I thought I'd ask here.

Author:	kevmean [ 30 Mar 2012 15:21 ]
Post subject:	Re: Left-hand throttle conversion
Fat Crip wrote: I think I must have got lost, this place looks kind of familiar, I'm sure I've been here before ... a long, long time ago! Does anyone have any experience of converting to a left handed throttle? Twist or thumb. I've posted on NABD, but their site isn't exactly buzzing, so I thought I'd ask here. Nope but i have seen it done on CB200 hondas on the wall of death of all places ..... I've always assumed this was to match the throttles on their old Indians, so have often wondered whether some vintage bikes came laft throttle equiped as standard .

Author:	daywalker [ 30 Mar 2012 15:23 ]
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Nope just Indians I think. So that coppers could shoot their pistols as they rode them. Don't know what left handers did though.

Author:	Motorrad [ 30 Mar 2012 16:17 ]
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greasemonkey wrote: hurled abuse Nah, those aren't made with left-hand throttles.

Author:	chris(madrid) [ 30 Mar 2012 16:30 ]
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Thought of maybe trying a L/H switch assembly with a choke lever?

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Author:	Digger [ 30 Mar 2012 16:45 ]
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Motorrad wrote: greasemonkey wrote: hurled abuse Nah, those aren't made with left-hand throttles. I think you'll find it was an option on the Excalibur Brooklands ....

Author:	Adam [ 30 Mar 2012 17:49 ]
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Digger wrote: Motorrad wrote: greasemonkey wrote: hurled abuse Nah, those aren't made with left-hand throttles. I think you'll find it was an option on the Excalibur Brooklands ....

Author:	mojomick [ 30 Mar 2012 21:07 ]
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A decent engineering shop should be able to knock one up for you without too much trouble, Eric. It's only a mirror image of a standard one.

Author:	Gee Tee [ 30 Mar 2012 23:54 ]
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I think you can flip some throttles up the other way for use on the L/H bar, and they still pull open towards you. It's just a matter of picking the right twistgrip assembly to use in the first place. I repped for NABD for over six years 1999-2006, and had several mates with left or right side bar control swaps. Try ringing the head office number at Manchester, and leave a message for Rick Hulse.

Author:	Fat Crip [ 31 Mar 2012 03:16 ]
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Gee Tee wrote: Try ringing the head office number at Manchester, and leave a message for Rick Hulse. Thanks, I'll do that. I've posted on the NABD board, and got reposes from someone called AdeN, but it's not exactly lively over there!

Author:	jimC [ 05 May 2012 06:06 ]
Post subject:	Re: Left-hand throttle conversion
Dunno if youve managed to resolve this yet, but you could try a twistgrip from a jap bike - my xt 600 had a push pull arrangement using 2 cables. if you swapped it to the left side the throttle close cable would become the open cable and vise versa. Jim C

Author:	rik [ 05 May 2012 07:50 ]
Post subject:	Re: Left-hand throttle conversion
jimC wrote: Dunno if youve managed to resolve this yet, but you could try a twistgrip from a jap bike - my xt 600 had a push pull arrangement using 2 cables. if you swapped it to the left side the throttle close cable would become the open cable and vise versa. Jim C ...why has no one thought of that before?...

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