Sand in the Throttle Grip - SOLUTION !

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Feb 19, 2009 | 01:56 AM

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002197rp

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Originally Posted by Nobrakes

Sounded like one of those pucker moments, 002. Glad you didn't get seriously hurt. +1 to what Woz said, clutch and kill switch. Always turn your bike off with the kill switch, that way it will eventually become ingrained in your brain and you will hit it out of habit and not even have to think about it.

Hey West OZ & NoBrakes, Thanks for the suggestion. I'll quote the germain comment from my original statement, "Using my 1st gear selection, and with adequate throttle, I rapidly launched into a "hill climb mode" ... While trying to keep from hitting the four other parked bikes, (that were parked on the narrow trail), I released the throttle grip hoping to return the engine to an idle condition. However the engine did not return to an idle! Instead, it continued to run at about 4,000 rpm's in 1st gear ..... and straight into a three foot tall manzanita bush!". All of this happened in such a flash, probably not 2 to 3 seconds,

if that long! There simply was no time to react sensibly.

By the by, I do always use the 'kill' switch for shutting her down though.

Any way, good to hear from the two of you, though and thanks for the response.

Happy trails!