I cannot believe how many of the top pros are using thumb throttles.

I knew a vast majority of the woods guys were using them, but I was amazed to learn that almost ALL of the MX guys are using them too.

I wonder if the 4-strokes had something to do with it because it seems to have happened in recent years. I never saw a 250R racing MX with a thumb throttle. Or maybe it's the fact that the guys now are still young enough to have grown up with thumb throttles?

Guys winning national MX races with thumb throttles, and electric starters...... boy have things changed.

 

IMO a twist is easier to use on a two stroke atv than a thumper, especially one with a lot of torque. I think this has more to do with that change than anything else.

 

Travis Spader is the last pro I know of to use a twist. Every pro #1 (cept Spader) has used a thumb since I been attending the nationals (1996).
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Angela "finally" went back to a thumb throttle and got dramatic results in corner speed.

 

I think I read Chris Borich is using a twist in the XC races... As far as I know he's the only one in that group too...