Anyone try to change out the top attachments on the highly-common, straight-stick throttle controls?
I see that Seadoo, in 2011/12 changed they shift/throttle controls a bit and made them significantly more user-friendly. I particularly hate that all prior models were just long, straight sticks and don't fit a hand easily. We should be using our fingers and palms to grab the controls, not the V in between our thumb and fore-finger. the old stick design is just plain horrible.....clearly Seadoo felt the needed to change the design to be more improved and more normal for what a boater expects.
Here is the updated design (before, of course, they went to iST controls):
But, I am thinking a person could add to the old-style, existing sticks by unscrewing the existing cap things and then mount a car shift-knob perpendicularly to the stick (at the top, in place of the existing caps). Perhaps something like these all-aluminum shift knobs (about $8 each):
Seems like an easy mod that would actually be of some use and look decent too. Clearly Seadoo thought the mod was a good idea...they basically did the same thing....but even if their newer parts would fit the old sticks (they don't, btw), Seadoo's parts cost hundreds of $$$.
Anyone do something similar? I searched up and down this whole site and Google and could find nothing.
I see that Seadoo, in 2011/12 changed they shift/throttle controls a bit and made them significantly more user-friendly. I particularly hate that all prior models were just long, straight sticks and don't fit a hand easily. We should be using our fingers and palms to grab the controls, not the V in between our thumb and fore-finger. the old stick design is just plain horrible.....clearly Seadoo felt the needed to change the design to be more improved and more normal for what a boater expects.
Here is the updated design (before, of course, they went to iST controls):
But, I am thinking a person could add to the old-style, existing sticks by unscrewing the existing cap things and then mount a car shift-knob perpendicularly to the stick (at the top, in place of the existing caps). Perhaps something like these all-aluminum shift knobs (about $8 each):
Seems like an easy mod that would actually be of some use and look decent too. Clearly Seadoo thought the mod was a good idea...they basically did the same thing....but even if their newer parts would fit the old sticks (they don't, btw), Seadoo's parts cost hundreds of $$$.
Anyone do something similar? I searched up and down this whole site and Google and could find nothing.
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