I am with both of you guys. Never even thought of putting anything on the gas
pedal. I grew up driving a 55 VW that had a roller for a gas pedal. Kind of
like a skate wheel on a stick. Worked great, just keep your heel planted on the
floor and push.
Dean
>From: Robert Lang <lang@isis.mit.edu>
>Date: 2007/08/13 Mon AM 10:18:38 CDT
>To: Henry Frye <henry@henryfrye.com>
>Cc: fot@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Fot] Those bare metal Triumph accelerators
>On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Henry Frye wrote:
>
>> I am in complete agreement with Bob. I have never had problems finding
>> the accelerator.
>>
>> The plate that acts as my scattershield encroaches a wee bit on my pedal
>> area. No problems, as I needed to bend the accel pedal arm a bit towards
>> the brake pedal for better heel and toe. But the pedal area is so small
>> all I do when transitioning from the brake to gas is move my foot to the
>> right and mash it. The scattershield plate limits my foot from moving
>> too far right. I like being able to slide my shoe on the pedal, if you
>> didn't hit it to your liking you can adjust without relieving any
>> pressure.
>>
>> Sounds like we are in the minority, Bob...
>
>Ya, either that or we're not very "fast"
>
>=:-)
>
>rml
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