if you're cruising along long flat stretches and such, maybe look into a throttle lock.  It would allow her to take her hand off for a bit and shake it out.

Vista Cruise...I like that idea.

The wingerline bar - do you know if it sticks out far enough to protect the pedals / pegs?  That looks pretty good, although I don't know if my wife would use highway pegs (even if I did add them) because she likes the floorboards so much.

By the way, I don't know much about the Patriot Guard.  My handle goes way back to the early days of Internet billboards.  I called myself PGMAN because I was such a fanatic proponent of Honda's Programmed Gas Management fuel-injection system (PGM-FI).  I know - that is the LAMEST thing anyone has ever heard  .  It's true - I am a total nerd.  See, I used to help a friend restore Honda cars (back when they only made three models).  He would buy cars with minor to moderate body damage or mechanical issues (but clean titles) fix them up and re-sell them.  There was a waiting list for his cars because they were clean as new, often with fresh paint and they were always mechanically sound.  I was barely old enough to drive, but I started helping him because I enjoyed working on cars so much.  Anyway, the premium Honda fuel-injection system was somewhat unique and, in my opinion, technically superior to most of the others on the market.  I won't go into the agonizing technical details that led me to form that opinion.  Suffice to say that the others (from GM, Ford, Chrysler and even the other Japanese brands) generally used the same basic feedback architecture to manage fuel mixture - PGM-FI had some interesting (and brilliant) twists.  I was such a fan, that I called myself pgMan the first time I joined a discussion board.  I guess it stuck.  Oddly enough, I don't own a single Honda vehicle anymore - go figure.

vtail wrote on 05/28/08 at 12:07:29:


Hey Vtail this looks great! I found it available online but there are 2 listed. One for 7/8" clamp and one for 1 " clamp. Do you have a clue which one I should get?

At that price I think it would make my long trip very manageable.

You'd have to trim the rubber insert and move your brakehandle a little inwards.  Adjust it so it holds throttle when you set it, but you can still override it, in other words turn the thottle either way without taking the friction off Before buying online (incl freight) check with your MC dealer on cost. I found it similar priced and if you'd bought the wrong or a bad one, with your dealer you can return it instantly

I replaced my stock grips with some cheap foam type that you can get on the internet or local m/c store.  I needed to replace my stock one's and wasn't ready to invest in good ones yet, so I bought those as temporary ones.  But they are much more comfortable than the stock grips were, larger in diameter, less vibration, more grab/friction meant I was gripping less with them.

These are exactly like the ones I bought...cheap to try:



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