I used the Curtis throttle pot box hooked to the factory throttle cable. Basically follow down to the end of the cable and mount your box to the frame (or a bracket if necessary) making sure when the throttle cable is fully extended and retracted that the full swing for the pot is used. The closer to the pot pivot the less throttle travel necessary. The Curtis has a spring built in, you can add another exterior spring if throttle does not return adequately. I cut off the lead terminator on the cable and and went to Home Depot and got this part from their hardware section that has a set screw for clamping the cable end and part of it is a pivot to go in the pot arm. I have had zero trouble with it in 1000 miles.
Cheers, Jeff On Jan 23, 2008 7:27 AM, SteveS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I kind of assumed I'd be using a handgrip-type throttle, like the > Magura. But I want to keep the brake lever and controls from my donor. I > can remove the present throttle grip and mechanism, but I don't know if > the cable exiting the Magura would clear the brake/control casting. One > of the cheaper 'scooter' hall-effects probably would, but they have such > a narrow range of motion. And in both cases, the throttle grip is pushed > out further due to the added mechanism, which may make it hard to grab > the brake..... > > I'm thinking it may be simplest to use a standard pot box bolted down on > the frame under the tank and linking it to the stock throttle. > > So - what did you all do? > > BTW, this is on my BMW conversion (yet unnamed - I'm not very clever). > So far I have the motor coupling and cover completed and hope to weld up > the motor and battery mounts this weekend. Test batteries are shipping > and I'm trying to decide between the 300 and 400 Amp Alltrax. > > - SteveS > > >
