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I recently bought a 1/5 Turn Throttle kit and installed it on Monday. If you go to brgracing.com you can buy the same kit. It consists of a spacer that you put on your throttle to make it the outer diameter of the barrel bigger. That way, when you turn the throttle there is less of a turn from closed throttle to wide open throttle (way less!!!!). If you check out the installation instructions on their website you'll be able to get a better visual of what I am talking about.
Installation was pretty straight forward. I messed up a bit and cut a little too far back on the cable. Its probably alright but I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to this stuff so I just bought a new cable to remodify. I would definitely suggest getting the tube cutting tool that they recommend and make sure your side cutters is sharp before installation. The tube cutting tool was only like $8 at the local hardware store and I'm sure i can find uses for it in the future. Fitment of the spacer wasn't perfect at first but I dremeled it down a tad and then it fit perfect. I wouldn't blame them because I tried it on a different thottle tube and it didn't fit the same as on my tiller tube so I guess manufacturing differences are to blame. I would suggest superglueing it to the throttle once you get fitment just right (test it in the throttle housing too). I had dragging issues until I superglued it so I know it helps. I also got a tip from gixxer.com to loosen the throttle cables at the actual throttle (by the throttle bodies) and then tighten the cables under the clipon to furthur reduce drag. I haven't tried this yet but I will this weekend. Overall I would guess it is about a 30 min job, it took a little longer for me because while I was perfecting this mod last night I also decided to adjust the TPS and download a new map (thanks Doc).
So how did it work? I imagine that is the question that everyone now wants to know. In a word, it was fantastic. I was, like you can imagine, a bit cautious at first. When you first rev it up in your garage you will definitely say holy shit
, it revs that fast. Anyone who has ridden or reved a 2003 gixxer 1000 knows just how fast the tach needle will jump. It revs so fast that at first you wonder how rideable it will be at anything but ten tenths pace. Well, I'm happy to report that around town it is as docile as you want it to be. Sure, it revs faster, but you just don't use as much throttle. It comes rather natural and I found I was riding 100% smoother with this throttle. It seemed to get rid of a lot of slop in my technique. I'll will have to admit that I was a little timid about trying to pop up the front end in first but that will come with some saddle time with the new throttle.
And now for the real part of the test, the highway. I wasn't able to spend a lot of time trying it out but I got enough seat time to evaluate it properly. As I said earlier, its fantastic. Imagine rolling down the road in third, giving a little wrist snap and getting full on throttle response. None of that time wasting wrap your arm around the bar twice nonsense but instant warp speed. Or if you want, instant half warp speed. Much like around town it was easy to go fast or slow and it was much smoother too. I ended concentrating on the fast stuff because I just couldn't get enough of it.
I would highly suggest getting this mod. I haven't really put a lot of miles on it but I know I'm going to love it. I also had a one of these on my ZX7 so I'm somewhat used to it if that helps my credibility at all. It is another cheap highly effective mod, much like TRE and TPS. If you have any questions about something I missed in this write up just ask.
Installation was pretty straight forward. I messed up a bit and cut a little too far back on the cable. Its probably alright but I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to this stuff so I just bought a new cable to remodify. I would definitely suggest getting the tube cutting tool that they recommend and make sure your side cutters is sharp before installation. The tube cutting tool was only like $8 at the local hardware store and I'm sure i can find uses for it in the future. Fitment of the spacer wasn't perfect at first but I dremeled it down a tad and then it fit perfect. I wouldn't blame them because I tried it on a different thottle tube and it didn't fit the same as on my tiller tube so I guess manufacturing differences are to blame. I would suggest superglueing it to the throttle once you get fitment just right (test it in the throttle housing too). I had dragging issues until I superglued it so I know it helps. I also got a tip from gixxer.com to loosen the throttle cables at the actual throttle (by the throttle bodies) and then tighten the cables under the clipon to furthur reduce drag. I haven't tried this yet but I will this weekend. Overall I would guess it is about a 30 min job, it took a little longer for me because while I was perfecting this mod last night I also decided to adjust the TPS and download a new map (thanks Doc).
So how did it work? I imagine that is the question that everyone now wants to know. In a word, it was fantastic. I was, like you can imagine, a bit cautious at first. When you first rev it up in your garage you will definitely say holy shit
, it revs that fast. Anyone who has ridden or reved a 2003 gixxer 1000 knows just how fast the tach needle will jump. It revs so fast that at first you wonder how rideable it will be at anything but ten tenths pace. Well, I'm happy to report that around town it is as docile as you want it to be. Sure, it revs faster, but you just don't use as much throttle. It comes rather natural and I found I was riding 100% smoother with this throttle. It seemed to get rid of a lot of slop in my technique. I'll will have to admit that I was a little timid about trying to pop up the front end in first but that will come with some saddle time with the new throttle.And now for the real part of the test, the highway. I wasn't able to spend a lot of time trying it out but I got enough seat time to evaluate it properly. As I said earlier, its fantastic. Imagine rolling down the road in third, giving a little wrist snap and getting full on throttle response. None of that time wasting wrap your arm around the bar twice nonsense but instant warp speed. Or if you want, instant half warp speed. Much like around town it was easy to go fast or slow and it was much smoother too. I ended concentrating on the fast stuff because I just couldn't get enough of it.
I would highly suggest getting this mod. I haven't really put a lot of miles on it but I know I'm going to love it. I also had a one of these on my ZX7 so I'm somewhat used to it if that helps my credibility at all. It is another cheap highly effective mod, much like TRE and TPS. If you have any questions about something I missed in this write up just ask.
$25 shipped from BRG>> put mine on this weekend and it works great--no more looping your arm around the handle to reach WOT!
but it sounds like it took some tweaking.. 
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