Instant cruise control
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Instant cruise control
The other night I was winding my way home through heavy traffic. A car had pulled out of a side road but could go no further and was blocking my way forward. I slowed to a crawl and waited for it to move forward. When it did, I plotted my course round the back of it but it didn't move as far as I expected.
As I passed at about 20mph there was a stomach-churning sound of crunching plastic and my bars were thrust to the right. However nothing else happened so I carried on riding. In truth I felt a bit stupid. But the bike felt fine and I stopped a couple of minutes later, expecting to find ruined fairing, or wheel, or mudguard. But there was nothing. All I noticed was that the bar-end was angled slightly backward.
Now, if I rotate it to a particular position, it interferes with the throttle grip and I have cruise control!
I imagine the bar-end must have destroyed the car's light cluster or something. A lucky escape, in part due to good old Honda build quality!
As I passed at about 20mph there was a stomach-churning sound of crunching plastic and my bars were thrust to the right. However nothing else happened so I carried on riding. In truth I felt a bit stupid. But the bike felt fine and I stopped a couple of minutes later, expecting to find ruined fairing, or wheel, or mudguard. But there was nothing. All I noticed was that the bar-end was angled slightly backward.
Now, if I rotate it to a particular position, it interferes with the throttle grip and I have cruise control!
I imagine the bar-end must have destroyed the car's light cluster or something. A lucky escape, in part due to good old Honda build quality!
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