How To Install A Kuryakyn Premier Affordable Throttle Assist
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A long motorcycle ride can be a very relaxing experience as your
body gets in tune with rhythms of the road and your thoughts and
worries wash away with the passing wind. However, unless you were
fortunate enough to purchase a motorcycle that came with an
electronic cruise control or throttle assist device things can go
south in a hurry when your throttle wrist and/or hand starts to
cramp up.
There are plenty of motorcycle
accessories that can make life on the road a much more pleasant
experience but adding some type of throttle control device can
often mean the difference between long stretches of throttle
twisting and hours of excruciating pain, cramping, or numbness.
Most people would love to have an electronic cruise control on
their motorcycle because of the ability to set the speed and then
maintain/regulate that speed in all types of situations, from
straight flat-land riding to inclines and declines. The problem
with electronic cruise control is that it can cost a lot of money,
take a lot of time to install, and is often year, make, and model
specific with a very limited fitment.
The biggest downfall with a manual throttle assist accessory is
that unlike an electronic cruise control system that monitors
speed/and or engine RPM to maintain the desired set speed at all
times, the manual type "locks" the throttle at a set position. This
means where you would normally let off the throttle in a downhill
situation to maintain your speed or slow down you would keep
accelerating. And in an incline situation, instead of adding more
throttle to cruise up the hill, with a throttle assist you'd most
likely lose speed and possibly lug the engine. There is an upside
though and that is, once set, most throttle assist devices can
manually be slightly rotated to slow down or speed up without
having to repeatedly turn the device on or off.
More good news about manual throttle assists devices is that they
can be very inexpensive and are much easier/doesn't take as long to
install. Also there are a lot more options to choose from for both
cruiser and touring motorcycles and several manufacturers even
offer universal fitment for a wide variety of motorcycles, which
means you could possibly transfer the device from one bike to
another if needed.
Kuryakyn offers several different
styles of throttle assist devices but the one that caught our
attention was the Premier Affordable Throttle Assist. Designed to
work on a wide array of motorcycles and can be fit to either
7/8-inch or 1-inch handlebars, the [mageProductLink sku="025-6218"
title=""]Premier Affordable Throttle Assist[/mageProductLink] can
be installed with basic hand tools in just a matter of minutes.
Best of all it doesn't require any irreversible modification be
made to the bike to be installed. Watch the video above to see just
how easy it is to install.