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Just orders a motion pro twist out of rocky mountain 40 bucks, , i have 30mm mikuni carbs will i need an idle kit with the twist throttle or not and will everything work good with my aftermarket carbs??

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be very careful and alert with the twist throttle till you get used to it!!!!!it can be tricky.if you have aftermarket carbs and your tors is already removed you should'nt need an idle kit.

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I put on a twist right after I bought mine, and it worked great until the mods started bringing bigger power. I got the 'deathgrip' a few times and almost had some problems. Put the thumber back on, but it gave me such a bad carpal tunnel-type thing in my forearm that I had to put the twist back on. Just gonna have to be careful in the off-camber stuff I guess.

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I put on a twist right after I bought mine, and it worked great until the mods started bringing bigger power. I got the 'deathgrip' a few times and almost had some problems. Put the thumber back on, but it gave me such a bad carpal tunnel-type thing in my forearm that I had to put the twist back on. Just gonna have to be careful in the off-camber stuff I guess.

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are you talking about arm-pump?

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are you talking about arm-pump?

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i think he is. im up in the air on a twister. but i think that for now, a good thumb setup with a well oiled cable is hard to beat on a quad. but i have seen thumbs on a bike, and thats shit im not tryin anytime soon. :bolt:

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i think he is.  im up in the air on a twister.  but i think that for now, a good thumb setup with a well oiled cable is hard to beat on a quad.  but i have seen thumbs on a bike, and thats shit im not tryin anytime soon.  :bolt:

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S :cheers: ome like twist,some like thumb.If you ride your shee like i do,i would be dead by now with a twist.Twist is nicer for holding on in the ruts.Thumb is nicer when you have to let off when climbing steep a$$ hills,or a staight up and down wheelie.

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are you talking about arm-pump?

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Nope, it was from trail riding with the buds at Glamis. We were going out for like 3 or 4 hr. trail rides a couple times a day when we were there for vacation. I like to hillshoot, but the buds like the 'follow the leader' crap and after a couple of days of zapping on and off the throttle to stay in the band while with the group, my thumb just started to give up. I could feel the tendon for my thumb muscles creaking and binding and my forearm swelled up. Hurt like a bitch, made riding agony. :cry: Switched back to the twist and it was like heaven.

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I hate twist cause I learned on thumb and I take every little bump in my wrists so when i go over a bump when i'm on a twist throttle I goose it and almost eat shit. Thats why i don't have a bike :blink:

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I hate twist cause I learned on thumb and I take every little bump in my wrists so when i go over a bump when i'm on a twist throttle I goose it and almost eat shit. Thats why i don't have a bike :blink:

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Seems like it's not bad on a bike because the bike follows You, rather than the terrain. A quad is always going to follow the angle of the terrain, and the rider has to hang on; he is often holding his body out to one side or the other from the footpegs and handgrips, resulting in throttle bind as he hangs on. I have not noticed it so much with wide open terrain, but in the off camber tree chutes I love so much, it can be a problem especially when the paddles grip hard and it launches. When the slot is only 4 ft. wide with trees or a dropoff on either side, it can get a little hairy.

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Seems like it's not bad on a bike because the bike follows You, rather than the terrain. A quad is always going to follow the angle of the terrain, and the rider has to hang on; he is often holding his body out to one side or the other from the footpegs and handgrips, resulting in throttle bind as he hangs on.

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exactly. couldnt have put it better myself.

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