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Originally Posted by RoadkillSTX
Although I guarantee no kit will exist. I do not see it even being remotely possible to steer with a twist throttle.
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Have you ever riden a dirt bike? Your statements surprize me. And the dude that said a dirt bike steers by leaning and not turning the handle bars has never riden trails. irresponsible typing dudes. must be younguns
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Of course I've ridden a dirt bike. And no you don't lean into turns on a dirtbike a lot of the time, you're right.
But I guarantee there is no conversion kit for a snowmobile. That's what I meant.
I had to 'remake' a twist grip on my mini-bike so that's where I'm coming from... Like I said, twist throttle's aren't exactly mechanical achievements... To add handlebar heaters to the equation you just have to make sure there is enough slack in the wires to ensure that you have full operation of the twist throttle. Put them in a box so it doesn't look bad with the extra wires hanging...
Here's an illustration...
You just have to get a throttle cable custom made to the right length and you are done. I didn't add the throttle cable insulation (or whatever the term would be for it) to the illustration but you can figure it out...
I previously said there was grease inside of the twist throttle to allow the movement. I'm not sure what exactly allows the movement. My guess is a bearing with grease, and this grease will not be low-temp grease meaning it will be hard to operate/freeze in cold conditions.
All that said, I still don't think it would be possible to steer a snowmachine with a twist throttle. The movement is just too awkward, it's nothing like the handlebar movement of a dirtbike IMHO. Instead of moving 1 tire with 10% of the vehicle weight on it, you're moving 2 ski's with 80% of the vehicle weight on them. Not to mention a dirtbike weighs between 60-150lbs compared to a snowmachine's 450-700lbs. Combine that with the fact that you lean you're body off of the snowmachine when turning, as opposed to remaining centered to the dirtbike and leaning the whole thing. Turning a dirtbike takes no effort... it takes alot of juice to get my ski's to turn from lock to lock while at a stand still... and then once you're moving you have to lean, which is hard enough to do with a static handlebar instead of one that twists. Try making a left hand turn without giving it more throttle... There is no way its possible with a twist set-up.
Please ignore the inaccuracies of the handlebar warmer... too hard to draw.
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