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my throttle thumb gets very sore after a short time of riding my 670 h.o. anyone have any suggestions on how to solve this? my safari 377's throttle is easy to push and i have no problem riding it all day.
What makes the throttle hard to pull is the springs in the carb. Your safari more than likely has smaller carbs and probably weaker springs.my throttle thumb gets very sore after a short time of riding my 670 h.o. anyone have any suggestions on how to solve this? my safari 377's throttle is easy to push and i have no problem riding it all day.[/b]
My thumb still pops from my first day ever on a snowmobile. I learned from the pros not to actually use your thumb but get the space between your thumb and finger on there and basically just use that corner of your palm to push the throttle. So you're actually pushing with your arm more than squeezing with just your thumb and it's a lot easier on your joints.[/b]
Also when you use your palm you can grip the bar better and use your all your fingers to actually do the lever squeezing instead of just the poor ol thumb.thats what I do.[/b]
where did you find that throttle ez?My EFI is extremely easy to pull, but the wife always had a problem with the sx700.
I bought her something called 'throttle-ez' which was an auxiliary finger throttle that would allow 3/4 throttle with her index finger or normal thumb throttle operation. I didn't particularly care for it, but she thought it was great.[/b]
Thats kinda funny you mentioned that.. I was out the other day and my thumb was killing me after just a half hour. When i was moving my hand around to reduce the the stress off my thumb i ended up in the same position you mentioned..Wow what a DifferenceMy thumb still pops from my first day ever on a snowmobile. I learned from the pros not to actually use your thumb but get the space between your thumb and finger on there and basically just use that corner of your palm to push the throttle. So you're actually pushing with your arm more than squeezing with just your thumb and it's a lot easier on your joints.[/b]