Scooter adaptation By revowend (Read 581 times)

[revowend]

Hi there.  Newbie here so forgive me if this has already been asked and answered.

I'm quite strongly left-handed.  Put another way, my right hand doesn't work as well as my left and it makes throttle operation less comfortable than it would be if the throttle were on the left.  Braking isn't bad (although its maybe a bit more of a stretch than it ideally should be.)  

Is there a way of easily switching the throttle controls over to the left hand without having to roll in reverse?

My scooter is a 2014 Roketa 250 type 54.


Thanks 

[Guitarman]

Try this;

Lefties

I'm a leftie also but I just started off with a right handed T and got used to it.

[cyborg]

Easy peasy baby!!! Get a trigger one from a snowmobile or you could easily convert it to a peddle like a car without much trouble

[jct842]

I wouldn't do it, your right hand just might learn. On the other hand it would comfuse the crap out of a kid if he tries to steal your ride!

If you do go with a snowmobile throttle you are still going to have to contend with all the other controls, electrical and brakes etc. Most of the handle bar mounts contain mirror and brakes. brakes can not be mounted upside down but hoses could be reversed. Almost every one else that is left handed learns quickly to use the controls. If you do not give your right hand a chance and use the left for every thing you can it could be hard.

Guitars and a few other stringed instruments can be set up for left handed but most musical instruments can not. In an emergency a professional who used to have a show in branson that is left handed but plays right handed needed to borrow a guitar and I lent him my martin. I asked afterwards after finding he was he was a lefty and he said that was the reason, no one else in his band could play his if he had a lefty and he would not have been able to use anyone elses. That was the best my guitar ever sounded and since I couldn't make it sound that good I sold it!

ever see a left handed piano?

[richardv]

Why not use a foot throttle? A snowmobile paddle with an extension used by the foot.

[revowend]

Thank you all for your contributions. I'll look into all of these. I've been riding scooters off and on since 1978 and I've always just dealt with it. But I suspect I'll be using this bike more, over longer distances, at faster speeds and on the freeway, and I want to have as much control as possible. Plus- I'm not as young and indestructible as I used to be! The snowmobile solutions offered might be the way to go. I've never been on a snow mobile so have no knowledge of how they operate.

Thanks all!

[richardv]

revowend, I to was born a southpaw but, growing up on a farm and Catholic grade school taught me to be almost ambidextrous. At 13 I broke my right wrist and have some restrictions to movement similar to carpal tunnel damage.
The snowmobile drive system is very much like that of the scooters except driving a track instead of a wheel. The throttle is a lever (paddle) on the right gripe in place of a twist gripe. Something like the foot throttle of a car but for your thumb. I sold mine 12 years ago so no pictures. The thumb throttle is easier to use with mittened hands.
It would be easy to modify one for the foot. A short extension and extra spring for control (your foot is stronger and has less feel for control). A go-cart throttle should work as well, without modifications.

[revowend]

Sept 16, 2014 8:44:26 GMT -6 richardv said:

revowend, I to was born a southpaw but, growing up on a farm and Catholic grade school taught me to be almost ambidextrous. At 13 I broke my right wrist and have some restrictions to movement similar to carpal tunnel damage.
The snowmobile drive system is very much like that of the scooters except driving a track instead of a wheel. The throttle is a lever (paddle) on the right gripe in place of a twist gripe. Something like the foot throttle of a car but for your thumb. I sold mine 12 years ago so no pictures. The thumb throttle is easier to use with mittened hands.
It would be easy to modify one for the foot. A short extension and extra spring for control (your foot is stronger and has less feel for control). A go-cart throttle should work as well, without modifications.

Thanks richardv.  The snowmobile paddle sounds like it might be the way to go.  I'd rather avoid a foot throttle because I like the idea of having both feet available from a standstill.  I can see possible difficulties in accelerating from zero with a foot throttle.

[colt44]

                The first police bikes had left hand throttles so the officer could use his strong hand to fire his pistol with better accuracy. I'm a lefty and am used to the right throttle  but learned to fly a stick air craft with my right hand, all in what you get used to. You have the advandage in a running gun fight, keep it.