Headed for home being pushed by BMW dual sport who is catching me on the straights and falling back in the curves. If he was pushing me in the curves I would have waved him past. On the straights I'm doing about 10 over the posted speed. Don't need nor want another speeding award.
I didn't want him in front of me slowing me down in the curves.
I don't know if he knows the road so on the deceptive bends I give him the caution hand sign.
I stand up on the pegs for the first dip/bump otherwise it's a tooth jarrer. He of course boings across it with his 13 feet of suspension travel.
On we go and here comes another dip/bump.
Up on the pegs once more and OH BUGGER the right grip slide off the handlebar snapping the throttle closed.
So I'm up on my feet with a firm grip on the left bar and trying not to make any move that will deflect form the straight and narrow.
I do have a little right hand control because the wiring for the heated grip is till connected to the bike.
I drop the grip and slowly reseat myself. Of course twisting the bar does bugger all for throttle control .
I wave the bike behind by me. I'm in fifth so the engine braking isn't too bad. I'm also on a little down slope.
As I'm slowing I retrieve the grip and slide it back on the bar. Nope it wont control the throttle.
Now I can see the 2 pieces, the grip and the bar clamp aren't "meshing together".
I'm still slowing down.
OK so turn the grip back ad forth and yep everything meshes together.
Now all I have to do is keep a slight lateral pressure to the left so the meshing stays meshed.
Ha! Easier said than done. Too much pressure and I start to counter steer a little.
Not enough pressure and in a right bend the grip tends to slide down and out becoming unmeshed with the resultant snapping closed of the throttle.
Not what one wants when making a sharp right turn from a standstill at a junction.
Nor when moving off at a stoplight with vehicles close behind.
Made it home and now my right shoulder feels like I've done 3 hours of Charles Atlas exercise.
