throttle ideas

[bwcracing]

ok so heres the story, a bad bike racing accident left me with a hand that i cant move my right wrist at all. I bought a argo but i am having a hard time driving it. i tried a atv thumb throttle and it was so bad after 10 min i barely made it home . i have a hard time pushing with my tumb.(not a wusey either so dont go there) I ride a 800x renegade and i ride a polaris 800 prox sled ,no problem on either one or my cust chopper .The narrow bars and seem to be the problem,nothing seems to work out.

I am a mechanic and can fabricate anything just wondering if anybody else has had to do anything like this.

cool toy need to get used to going slow

[Mike]

Welcome to the site. What model Argo do you have? It sounds like you have an older model with individual sticks for each side instead of the single handlebar steering? If so, and since you don't have problems on your polaris or bike, I would build some wider bars or extend the stock ones out so that you get the wider stance you are looking for. Since those work out for you, just model what you know will work. You may also want to angle the bars back towards the rider at a slight angle

[trevorakm1]

go get a bmx bike brake levers and install that for the throttle. You can then just use a couple of fingers to pull the throttle, works nice. I hated the twist grip and all the bouncing of the machine. I tried the thumb throttle and same thing really aches my thumb on these machines. The pull of the bike handle is very easy and easy to get good throttle control. I also drilled a hole in it so I can pin it open and go hands free, works well for if stuck and need to rock the machine or going in the water. Send me a pm and i"ll get some pics of mine for you and send via text or email. Have you riden with member Kezef, he was asking about my set up before for someone who had similar circumstances.

Trevor

[JoeMeg]

That's a good suggestion. I'm thinking the governor is causing the problem here

[ARGOJIM]

My Vanguard gets tiresome some with the pull on the spring, years ago I had a sled throttle set up on my Tecumseh and liked it ( would be like the Max throttle side ways instead of upright), it only required 2 finger pull. Another option would be a 1/4 turn twist throttle but that would be hard to crawl with.
If all else fails perhaps someone could fab you up a bell crank to change the amount of pull force needed.

[JohnF]

Swap the throttle to the other side.

[trevorakm1]

that's an idea also JohnF so obvious, when I got my argo the twist throttle was on the left and had to twist foward. The previous owner set it up like that and said it felt more natural as he was pushing the steering levers foward anyway. I just found the twist throttle easy to gas it just by hitting some bumps due to lack of suspension. I also changed the grips on the levers to a style that has a palm support incorporated into the grip to support the wrist. I had a mountain bike that came with these grips and they releived alot of pain in the outside edge of my palm as I was riding. The ones I got on the argo now I bought at EMS and they even come with little hooks at the end that keep your hand from slipping off the end of the grip.

[bwcracing]

maybe ill try th bmx style ,i was wondering how that would be while trying to steer . i tried the 1/4 turn throttle and that wasnt much fun at all.I was also thinking of making them wider and forward because my wrist doesnt move side to side either so it puts my arm at a funny angle driving it.i was thinking foot throttle for a boat may be a option as well.

[JoeMeg]

Here's an example,

[trevorakm1]

That's pretty much it Joe, thanks for posting that pic.

[bwcracing]

i got a different thumb throttle on it now so im off to the cottage to see if i can get in with it.And it is the govener i am fighting .when its not running its easy