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General Discussion / Throttle stuck resulting in crash
« on: September 27, 2011, 04:09:49 PM »
I've have a 2006 People 50 with about 4k mi. .
I've been riding motorcyles for over 40 years.
I accellerated from my drive and about 50 yards down the road as usual and approached a sweeping right hand turn so I closed the throttle. As usual. What didn't happen was the throttle didn't close. I was still accerating toward the turn. I was heading to an impact . I grabed the brakes and left skin and blood on the pavement but I didn't slam head on into anything. Better to be run over than to be run into. All this happened in about 3 seconds.
I asked the local shop if there were any service bulletins about this and the (DB) said that is what the red kill switch is for. Really? ... Really? (DB!)
Over the years I have never had this happen with any of the several bikes I've owned and now I can see the shortcomings of not having a clutch.
Question: Has anyone else experienced this kind of situation? I don't think I can feel comfortable with an open throttle in the future. Trust is hard to restore.
Update: After healing up, the scar tissue and hemotoma will take some time to clear, I opened up the carb. The slide had stuck open . A little tap and it dropped back in place. Since then I have had it stick open one other time not in a threatening situation this time. I will be trying some spray carb cleaner with the thought that there is some "varnishing" of the slide which may be causing it to stick. Next would be a carb overhaul. Riding and not accelerating with a full open throttle seems to work for now but not ideal. In town I prefer to ride the 3.5 hp scooter rather than my 90 hp road bike. 60 mph capability in first gear is not very useful with in town driving.
I've been riding motorcyles for over 40 years.
I accellerated from my drive and about 50 yards down the road as usual and approached a sweeping right hand turn so I closed the throttle. As usual. What didn't happen was the throttle didn't close. I was still accerating toward the turn. I was heading to an impact . I grabed the brakes and left skin and blood on the pavement but I didn't slam head on into anything. Better to be run over than to be run into. All this happened in about 3 seconds.
I asked the local shop if there were any service bulletins about this and the (DB) said that is what the red kill switch is for. Really? ... Really? (DB!)
Over the years I have never had this happen with any of the several bikes I've owned and now I can see the shortcomings of not having a clutch.
Question: Has anyone else experienced this kind of situation? I don't think I can feel comfortable with an open throttle in the future. Trust is hard to restore.
Update: After healing up, the scar tissue and hemotoma will take some time to clear, I opened up the carb. The slide had stuck open . A little tap and it dropped back in place. Since then I have had it stick open one other time not in a threatening situation this time. I will be trying some spray carb cleaner with the thought that there is some "varnishing" of the slide which may be causing it to stick. Next would be a carb overhaul. Riding and not accelerating with a full open throttle seems to work for now but not ideal. In town I prefer to ride the 3.5 hp scooter rather than my 90 hp road bike. 60 mph capability in first gear is not very useful with in town driving.