Kaoko Throttle Stabilizer Cruise Control for Select Kawasaki Motorcycle Models

08 KLR 650. Normally I’m not a fan of marketing emails, but this was just good timing: A few days before leaving for a multi-day trip I got an email from TwistedThrottle about these throttle locks and I took a chance and had one sent express so it would arrive before I left. I agree that these are *way* too expensive, but as long as I don’t have to buy another one (for this bike) for the next ten years or so, I’ll accept the cost. Installation was simple of course. It really was a lifesaver (although I had it locked on at one point, and I was stretching my arm and elbow, and, just as you would expect based on Murphy’s Law, a deer appeared *right* in front of me, so it almost became just the opposite of a lifesaver, but of course that would have been my fault for not being aware of everything at all times and not having both hands on the bars – Don’t Do What Donny Don’t Does…). Anyone who’s been on those long rides with your hand, fingers, elbow, and arm tingling and just wishing you could flex your fingers and shake some of that buzz out even for a minute or two (without having to pull over constantly) knows how valuable something like this could be – and for me it really was. To maintain a constant speed over hills, I did need to adjust it, but I fully expected that. It does take a little practice to get used to applying it and rolling it off, but that’s also expected (although at least for safety/emergency purposes, if not functionality in general, I agree with RKK). If I can replenish my savings account to the point where I can afford another one of these apparently gold-plated pieces of hardware, I will definitely get one for my other bike too.

The throttle lock came on time. It was simple to install. It works as expected.