Almost invisible throttle lock for under $5 00
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- My first UA-cam video.
Parts list:
2, 24 Gauge Gaskets 1 1/8" ID ($0.46 ea)
1, 18 Gauge Gasket 1 1/8" ID ($0.47 ea)
2, 0.005" Brass Gaskets 1 1/18" ID ($0.36 ea)
1, chunk of metal to use as a lever. if you don't have any scrap metal hanging around use a quarter. It will be about the right thickness and length.
Epoxy Glue or JB weld
Double sided tape
Black paint marker to paint the edges of the gaskets black
Spray paint to paint the lever
Masking tape to cover the rings while painting
Sandpaper to clean up excess glue
If you don't have power tools such as bench grinder and/or a Dremel a good old fashion hacksaw and file will do the job, they will just take a little longer.
I had to make my own brass gaskets they suck to make, but help to keep the overall size down so are worth it in the end. So if you can't find brass gaskets ask if they have sheets of brass.
I found the gaskets by going to Bolt and fastener stores in the industrial sections.
Good luck and I hope this video help you make your own throttle lock for less than $5.00.
I did forget to mention to install you will have to remove your grip. There are plenty of videos showing how to remove and install your grips.
There was a commercially available product very similar to this in the late 70's / early 80's. I have been searching for it for quite a while with no luck and was planning to make my own. Its nice to see creative people sharing their ideas with the masses. Thank you.
Do a search for NEP Throttle Lock. I am pretty sure that is what you are looking for. I have had one on my 83 Honda CB1100F for 35 years now and it still works flawlessly. There are 3 models depending on your throttle cable setup.
I will look for that too thanks. Had a great one on my cx500. Used friction too but kind of different.
very simple and genius.Thumbs up man,thank you for sharing ! Greetings from Greece
wow! don't know what u do for a living, but judging from this wonderful vid, u can do just about anything, be good at it and make alot of money and people happy! keep up the great work!!
Great idea. I used some thick plastic from a garbage can, made 2 washers. Made an indent into the inside washer, but not all the way through like this one. Then screwed a small bolt from an electrical switch to make the protrusion. Still had to use another small piece like the gold one to act as antifriction against the grip. Works like a charm.
Thank you,Sir......well explained.
That's the simplest system I've seen, brilliant
I have pretty much the same thing only I used plastic washer, so it slide smoother. It works great especially on long trips.
I love the sound of the thunder. Coming from Africa living in the UK now, I really miss those tropical storms.
Great video, think I will give it a go.
I've made this for my mt09 tracer and used it for alot of km and i loved it thank you for sharing this design.
Nice to hear, I love others are able to use this. Hopefully the OEMs find this and put it on their bikes. It would cost them pennies to add.
Great video, brother! Thank you for sharing this awesome creation with us. I just ordered one of those expensive throttle locks that is being delivered this evening... And I'm already regretting it! I'd rather build your version instead.
Appreciate it once again!
Followed your instructions as directed,worked perfect, but the glue I used only held up for two minutes testing it.now i will use the right stuff(epoxy)
like i should have done in the first place, other than that, it works Great, thank you sir
Glad you are using the idea. Hope it works for you with the epoxy
Followed instructions and use this whenever I'm on the highway..works just like in your video....thank you so much !
Glad the video helped. Here's to many long hours of hi-way cruising.
Dang wish I could find the washers I can't find any at lowes
So basically you've made a custom friction plate design that works whenever the thumb actuated lever section moves past over the notch which causes friction locking action with the rubber grip flange. Excellent use of simple mechanics! Thanks for the share! I'm sure many will find this very useful and practical. I might make my own as well. Have a great day!
J'en ai fait un, c'est super. Merci pour l'astuce 😉👏👏👏
Muy buena idea. Me ahorraste 140 dólares. Aparte luce mejor que los que venden. Gracias amigo!! Saludos from 🇲🇽
Чувак, ты гений! Спасибо за идею! Обнял!
Thank you. Videos make things much clearer than just photos. You did a great job.
Simple, cheap and small. It's a brilliant solution for those who wish to have a throttle lock. I wish I'd seen this video before I installed the heated grips :-(
Thanks for posting this video. It's great.
Genius! Liked and subscribed. Thanks for posting!
Looks great Chris - I'll have to try it out.
Guess China has cancelled this part of UA-cam ... Cause this would have been mass produced over there since you published this genius and simple design.
I love Magivering stuff... Nice!!!
Awesome, appreciate that you shared this.
That is quite a genius idea!
Clever mate!👍👍👍👍👍
This is awesome, thank you for making this video!
A+.great design.
very awesome idea! Thanks alot for sharing this!💥💯
With the normal clip on bar style, it will back off as soon as u grab the throttle to slow down or if u want to speed up its fine too. This doesnt seem as safe or as practicle for speeding up 2 pass semi trucks on the highway. with the big clip on style u can speed up going up a hill and then just back the throttle back down an its right where u had it.
Hey There. All this does is stop the automatic return of the throttle. So you can still move the throttle with it engaged. The amount of pressure that is put on the throttle is the same as if you held the throttle with one finger. You will only really notice you have it engaged while riding when you take your hand off the throttle and keep going at the same speed. I live near the foothills and have several hilly roads that constantly require throttle adjustments. I leave the throttle lock on the entire time I'm on the hwy and have zero issues. The only time throttle locks are an issue is in an accident and you loose control of the throttle because you are not on the bike. If the idea of the throttle not returning on its own feels like a safety issue I recommend not using them. For everyone else they are amazing for long rides as the reduce hand, and wrist fatigue.
It appears that you used adhesive or double sided tape to bond the notched plate to the throttle body in a fixed position. This is a key element for this to work well obviously. That is how the wedging/friction action works. Very clever!
Yes it's just double sided tape and some washers, with a tab. welded/JB welded on. Mine is still on my bike working great 5 years later.
@@ckutryk4594 Thanks for the quick response! I noticed you did mention this in the video. But I was immersed in the visuals of the video and my ears tuned it out! Haha! A picture paints a thousand words they say, so a video paints probably a hundred thousand words! But, it helps to listen closely! Thanks for confirming anyway! Enjoy your day!
Could you male a video of the installation please because i am still new in motorcycles and don't know the structure if the throttle handle
And by the way this is the best idea i have ever seen till now great work
That looks really good & simple. Thanks👍
this is awesome! thankyou!
Thanks for sharing, really like your idea, I will try it 👍
Thank you dear for your genuis idea
Great Idea! Thanks for sharing!
Attempted this and my spacing is way larger than this. But that wasn't the problem...how on earth do you cut out the center of the brass gaskets...
I used a utility knife to score the circle, then used sewing scissors to cut it out after punching a hole through.
took me a minute but it makes perfect sense. all you are doing is applying mechanical pressure to the grip, to encourage it to stay in its position. am i right?
Yes exactly right. Thats why you can still move the throttle even thought it is engaged.
great idea! I'll try making it in my workshop soon and possibly post a video.
Thank you for making this how to. Cheers🇨🇦
I hope it saves your wrist for years to come!
Good stuff man!
Bravo for idea and big bravo for sharing!!!!
I want to make the same one for my Honda CBF and I have one question please. I have 7/8" bar. On the left and right side of the throttle, under the ruber I have welded "plastic rings" with is 1.1811 inch in diameter. How to get gaskets with holes little bit bigger than the bar all the way to the left side? Those rings are in the way... Thank you and I hope that I was clear enough... My english is not that good.
On the side attached to the housing I would cut the notch large enough to go over the bar. I would then use 2 rings on the other side, cut them in half and put them on the bar so the cuts are at 90 degrees from each other and glue them together with a metal epoxy.
@@ckutryk4594 Thank you for the quick answer! I will do something... Cheers 🤘
you should get a patent on that real quick lol
great gizmo
I refuse to patent it, for the following reasons.
1. Patenting something reduces the availability of the item.
2. I don't want to see it go the way of the infinitely variable wiper blades. Back in the 60's you could change the speed of your wiper blades on your car to match your speed and rainfall perfectly. The guy who came up with the idea pretty much just figured out how to hook up the wiper motor to a volume nob. He tried to sell the idea to the car manufactured they told him they wouldn't buy the idea, but started putting it in there cars anyways. He sued them for patent infringement. Now we have intermittent wipers because car manufacturers don't want to pay extra for shit that they can't charge extra for. I would rather see all bikes come with something like this as a standard feature, so that we as riders all benefit. I don't want to see this idea sued out of existence. If you think a manufacturer would pay even a 10 cent royalty, remember that GM refused to fix a design flaw in there ignition that would cost an extra 5 to 15 cents per $30,000 car. The government forced them to use the more expensive part so that people would stop dying.
ouch ok i see you thought this through lol in that case may i just say ,good little idea an may it benefit many
Well, if you don't patent it, someone else will and you have control over not suing the people.
Dude you should patent this and mass produce them after you find a way to make them more sturdy.
superb so simple easy to use and invisible likes u said
Great video sir. Plz make one video how to install it on bike.
Cool
Cool idea, and simple. I *really* like how it is barely visible. Good Job! It's not at all like the out of place, over-engineered, ugly contraption on my bike. Question... What's the purpose of the brass rings? And, considering it's purpose, are there alternative materials that could be used in it's place in case I can't find brass?
I am only using the brass as a lubricator on the right so the rings don't catch, and on the throttle body side I used the brass just to stop any wear on the throttle body, and be as thin as possible. I would assume that you could get away without the brass, heck it may be doing very little. Let me/us know if everything works great without it. I am sure it will be information everyone would appreciate.
Ah, I see. I'm wondering if something like a thin nylon washer, or maybe even plastic washer might work there? No matter, this is probably the coolest of all the DIY throttle locks I've seen!
I don't see why it wouldn't. Defactio in the comments below said he was going to try 3D printing one for his bike. I think his idea would be really good too.
Genius
Excellent
Thank you
Where did you find the 24 gauge gaskets? I'm in Alberta as well Thanks!
I picked them up at AES Industrial Supplies in Red Deer. You should be able to get them at Princess Auto, or most industrial supply companies.
This is a great video considering it is your first!
Great idea. Couple things. You keep saying throttle body. To me the throttle body is somewhere in a carburetor. :-)
It would be cool to see the actually install. Some of us learn engineering in process.
Also, what about thin nylon washers instead of brass??
If someone is worried about a patent, the video would suffice that you made it first. Thanks a lot for sharing.
I'll see what I can do about adding an install video this summer, I think the nylon would work great. I also think the idea of 3D printing a throttle lock would be nice to try out. I have no idea what types of plastic the printers use as I have never even seen a 3D printer. As long as the plastic isn't brittle it should work fine as the pressures being exerted on the throttle is the equivalent to one finger.
Thanks. I'll subscribe and if you post more install details, will watch.
I was looking at the Atlas throttle lock. It's bulkier. But what I noticed is that they use your same principle. I'm betting if you tore theirs apart, you would find a step-style catch like you have. ???
Of course, your $5.00 wins the cost race!
Wow! What a brilliant and simple idea. Thank you so much for sharing. Man, you are a genius. I have a Klr 650, what bike do you ride. I am going to make this over the next week. How difficult is it to remove the grip. I just installed them in Oct 2019. Thanks
Glad it helps. I have a Honda Stateline. My grips were easy to take off. Look for a UA-cam video to show you how to do it with your bike there are tons of people making those videos
GENIUS!!!
Do you have a place wear you sell these I would like to purchase one from you.
Sorry I am not making them, if you don't think you can make one please ask a handy person to make one for you.
This looks like a great idea, thanks. You are calling some of these parts gaskets, and maybe they are. But they look more like some sort of washers. Can you give a link to these products or say where exactly you bought them?
I went into town to the industrial business area and stopped in about 5 different shops before I found what I needed. I would suggest going to a place that specialises in fasteners, (Nuts & Bolts) this type of company www.acklandsgrainger.com, and explain what you need and they will be able to start you off in the right direction, or order something in.
I found the web page to the store. www.aesreddeer.com, I don't believe they are a franchise though.
I want to purchase and install this lock system in my bike.can you help me out please.i am from india,kolkata
Hey there, I don't make these for sale. If you show the video to someone who has a welder, they should be able to make one for you, or if anyone who reads this, if you can help him out, that would be great.
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what happens if it gets wet I'm doubtful it will hold if water gets inbetween the washers. great idea though love it!
It works fine in the rain. I have ridden no hands on cold rain for over 200km going home in a spring storm.
@@ckutryk4594 good to know ill definitely using ur idea. thx
Could the brass shim/washer be made of some type of plastic or Teflon instead? (Couldn't find brass washer)
You could use anything that is slippery, I cut the brass out of a sheet. If I wasn't able to locate any brass my backup idea was to cut a washer out of a plastic jug.
Hi love the way you did this but I’m a girl that doesn’t have the common sense to build this, so would you make one of these to purchase?
Sorry, I can't build any right now. I'm dealing with health issues that keep me out of the shop. Show the video to a few friends, they may know someone who could give it a try.
@@ckutryk4594 Thanks I can do that! 🙏🏽 for you to get better!
how the washers stays its place when you turn it
When the entire assembly is installed it touches the housing and the handle. When you move the washer up you move the lever from being inline with the washer that you cut a chunk out of on top of that washer so you effectively increase the total number of washers that are between the housing and the handle. The throttle handle on bikes requires surprisingly little force to hold it in place. So just to be clear, when you move the lever you change the spacing the washers take up, by changing the number of washers stacked up from 3 to 4. the 4th is only about 3/4" but that little change is just enough pressure to stop the handle from returning on its own. You can still move the handle all you want, it will just be a little stiffer. I have found that while riding on the hwy I tend to leave it in gauged and just adjust the throttle when going up and down hills, rather then turning the thing down.
This is wonderful! Thanks.
What is the typical use of that brass plate? Or in what supply store could I find any brass sheet that thin?
You should be able to get it from any industrial supply shop, or even a farm equipment repair shop should be able to send you in the right direction. Good luck, and happy building.
It's called Shim Stock..
You can buy it in small sheets and rolls.
You can get it in Brass, Stainless Steel and Steel.
Look up "Precision Brand Shim Stock"..
They are one manufacturer of shim Stock.
Available from .001 to probably .050 thicknesses.
Places like Grainger, MSC, Bearing Supply houses, etc.. in the USA carry it!!!
Looks like Amazon and Walmart online have it!!
@@e.z.b.sevenone Thanks.
Seems kinda small. Like finding the switch with thick gloves...
I haven't had any issues moving it with ski-doo gloves on in the late fall up here in Alberta. The lever I use sticks out as far as the turn signal switch does, it's just thinner. If your gloves are too big for your hands (thumb doesn't go to the end) then I would say yes it would be harder to operate. You would also struggle with starting the bike, signaling, hitting the horn, or operating the bright light switch.
How do you install it?
Remove the throttle handle (the best thing to do is look up the best way to do that for your bike. It is usually with compressed air or with a screwdriver shoved up between the throttle and the rubber grip) then you take the double sided tape attach it to the the thin gasket you glued the C shaped gasket to it, then stick the other side to the throttle body, then slide the full ring with the tab attached, then any spacers/or at least one last 0.005 gasket to prevent and friction to the handle. re-glue the grip on the inside. I used plastic cement, shove the handle on let it set overnight.
great one but it quite dangerous while sudden adrenaline.. need to widen that liver aside or need a switch to control that liver ;xd
You can still twist the throttle while the lock is engaged. It just stops the auto return. While it's engaged I adjust my speed with my thumb and one finger. Don't really see any danger for any who doesn't panic and let go of the throttle to slow down during an emergency.
so far cool. what I am focusing it is how to automate that what u showed with a single click..
Is that a brass rat?
No It's a ring from work, same basic shape. Good eye. I never went to MIT.
Nice idea. My only quibble is that the activation lever is attached with epoxy, which might break off during activation -- and could lead to a stuck throttle. There are any number of ways to get around that issue. Seems like a cool project for someone with a solid printer.
The throttle at most would be stiff if the lever broke off you can always move the throttle. If you use a proper epoxy like JB Weld you will not be able to separate the two pieces without tools and wrecking the ring. Your other option is to weld them together or make it out of 1 piece.
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