Karoo Rider
Race Dog
- Joined
- Sep 1, 2012
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- Ladismith WC
- Bike
- Honda CRF-1100L Africa Twin
Hi all
A friend of mine (paraplegic) has bought a new car and is looking for a throttle (with cable, not ride-by-wire) to use in converting the car to his needs. He's not going to sell his old car so that throttle unit (built by his dad back then) will remain in place. I will try to get a picture.
Some background: to my knowledge the throttle is twisted and its cable pulls on a metal shaft connected down to the accelerator pedal, moving it in and out. For braking the throttle is obviously closed, and then the whole unit is pushed down/forward to activate another shaft running to the brake pedal. (There's no brake lever as on a bike). The connection to the pedals are done in such a way that it can still be used in the normal fashion by someone else if needed.
Much appreciated.
Thanks
A friend of mine (paraplegic) has bought a new car and is looking for a throttle (with cable, not ride-by-wire) to use in converting the car to his needs. He's not going to sell his old car so that throttle unit (built by his dad back then) will remain in place. I will try to get a picture.
Some background: to my knowledge the throttle is twisted and its cable pulls on a metal shaft connected down to the accelerator pedal, moving it in and out. For braking the throttle is obviously closed, and then the whole unit is pushed down/forward to activate another shaft running to the brake pedal. (There's no brake lever as on a bike). The connection to the pedals are done in such a way that it can still be used in the normal fashion by someone else if needed.
Much appreciated.
Thanks
