if you ride a lot of woods i suggest getting a thumb throttle, i used to have a twist, and its pretty hard to keep a steady throttle in the woods...i almost hit a couple of trees. But if you ride open land, or not too bumpy rocky places a twist should be ok. As far as MX goes, im not really sure, never raced b4.

 

hate to ask this again, but are twists harder to do wheelies with on a manual clutch quad? The other replys just didnt help. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

I think there both easy to do wheelies with. It just takes practice.

 

[QUOTE=Puttnutt24;1761487]This is a great question, you'll probebly get alot of responce. I have always installed twist throttles on my quads but I'll tell you this, I've gotten myself in quite a bit of trouble with them. If i'm going all out and get in a position where i'm holding on for dear life, a few times I've found it real hard to get off the gas and man, big prob's. I'm just starting a build on a new Raptor and this time I'll stick to the thumb. My suggestion would be in Dunes and Open Country riding, twists are great, but in MX/woods/trail riding, I'd suggest sticking with the twist. But heck, my belief has alway been I'm better at riding a motorcycle then i am a snowmobile, so we'll see how long the thumb throttle accually stay's on, Later


Anytime your stuck in a situation where your sliding back from acceleration or stuck on the throttle before falling back or hitting something or even coming too fast up too a jump or a Sharp turn quickly pull in the clutch and try too hit the rear brakes try not too slam on them which would result in sliding into whatever was in front of you another way would be shifting 1 or 2 gears up which would in a sense bog down your motor but in a case where you have alot of power upgrades shifting at all may not be a good idea because if what the motor is capable of... Another smart way too quickly slow down would be too downshift quickly which will not only save your breaks but also slow you down faster than them

 

I don't really feel this is Yamaha specific... But I think it all depends on the machine and how it's going to be ridden, but of course personal preference and comfort is going to trump everything.

To throw another option in the mix, what about a lever throttle, as in a brake lever style actuated throttle.

As mentioned, not a Yamaha by any means, but have have this old Argo 6x6. They come factory with a twist style throttle. Sure it works, but after about 10-15 minutes of riding, it would leave both mine and my wife's wrist hurting. It was difficult to regulate throttle and operate the machine, since the hand levers are the braking and steering system of the machine, and you have to maintain a pretty solid grip in order to control it. My first thought was adapt a thumb throttle lever to it. But it still didn't feel right for some reason. What I ended up installing was a mountain bike brake lever to actuate the throttle. Since there's no brake levers on these machines (pulling back on the actual handlebar is the brake; it steers like a skid-steer, pull back on the right stick and it turns right, pulling on the left stick it turns left, pull on them both and it stops), it was pretty easy and strait forward to do, but on a normal ATV I'm not sure how this would be a viable option. But for this machine, it made all the difference in the world. SUPER smooth and easy to operate and regulate the throttle position, can keep a firm grip on the handlebar while actuating the throttle with just a single finger.