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Originally Posted by Shortie771
Nice work, looks good. I really like that you have the option to use either the foot pedal or hand lever. I wonder if there is a way to do something similar, but allows you to lock the throttle position on the hand part. This way you wouldn't have to hold your hand there the whole time, you would just put it where you want and lock it. You would still be able to accelerate with your foor pedal and if you need to brake just unlock it and apply the brakes. I think this would be ideal for long highway trips.
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Basjoos hand throttle lever I believe used friction like a farm tractor throttle to hold it at the desired speed. There are however, many ways to do this as each vehicle will require a little different approach.
On the highway it's great. Even around town it's good.
You could use a gear shifter from a old 10 speed bike. They had friction levers that you could adjust the amount of tension to hold the bike in gear.
I may do that in the future. But for right now, I'm liking how easy and natural this feels. It takes very little effort to hold it at the desired speed.
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