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<p align="center"><font size="4"><b>Throttle Locks versus our Electronic Cruise
Control</b></font></p>
<p>There are a number of throttle locks on the market globally commonly called
'cruise controls' - but they are not. They cannot and do not attempt to compensate
for changes in speed! Consequently, if you have the throttle locked using any
of these products you will go faster downhill and slow down uphill - and the
change in speed is often very substantial. After I was injured in 1991 I used
a throttle lock on my bike for a short time, but it annoyed me so much that
I removed it. I found that while I did get momentary relief for my right hand,
more often than not my speed would change so much in a very short time - often
only seconds, that I had to turn off the throttle lock and manually compensate
to get my speed back where I wanted it to be.</p>
<p>That was the core reason we developed our fully electronic crusie controls
in the first place. We adapted an off the shelf car cruise for my VFR750 Honda,
which worked reasonably well for a month or two until I experienced a throttle
jam while doing an advanced rider training course on the Phillip Island GP circuit
at 210kph (130mph)!! That got rather interesting. That kit had the conventional
automotive 'bead chain' linkage to the throttle - and it caused the jam. I NEVER
want to experience anything like that aain and we make absolutely certain our
customers don't either, because we developed our 'cable interface unit' specifically
to ensure that throttle jams could not occur with our connection to the bike's
throttle.</p>
<p>The cable interface unit development was the critical factor in our starting a business in
1997 - without it we would not have taken that step. Rider safety is paramount
for us.</p>
<p>Recently we have heard of incidents here in Australia where insurance companies
argue that bikes are not insured if throttle locks are fitted. We find it strange
that there are no regulations relating to them, except here in the Australian
Capital Territory where they can be sold but dealers are not allowed to fit
them! How is that for strange logic? It was this vacuum in regulation and our
determination to provide the safest product possible that drove our development
of the cable interface unit.</p>
<p>After 50 years of cars being fitted with cruise controls, we assumed - and
our suppliers assured us - that automotive cruise controls were safe. In 1999
to our dismay that was proved wrong when high voltage electrical spikes caused
one of our adapted car cruise controls to fail in a dangerous state - the chip
locked up as it was opening throttle and the bike immediately pulled full throttle.
It took about 2 seconds and nothing the rider did would stop it! (Except turning
the bike off - which he didn't have the presence of mind to do in the emergency.)</p>
<p>That event drove us to devlop our own computer and software to ensure it could
never happen again. Moreover we developed our CruiseSafe product and retrofitted
the kits that had been sold </p>
<p>So if you value safety, performance, reliability and support - give our product
serious consideration. Yes it is expensive, but we spent $1.5 million developing
our own software and hardware which is the ONLY after market, EU-Type Approved
motorcycle cruise control in the world. Read the product reviews on the site
at the bottom of each product page. You will be convinced not by me, but by
our customers, that our cruise control is the best value accessory they have
ever purchased.</p>
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