What happens if you roll the throttle toward you?

What happens if you roll the throttle toward you?

• A. The motorcycle speeds up.
• B. The motorcycle slows down.
• C. The throttle locks.
• D. The engine stalls.

Answer: (A)

Opening the throttle by twisting the grip toward you opens the throttle, letting more air and fuel into the engine. That raises the engine’s RPM, increases power to the rear wheel, and the bike speeds up. It’s the normal way to accelerate from a stop or to increase speed while riding. If you need to slow down, you would roll the grip back toward you’s opposite action only indirectly—actually, you would close the throttle by releasing it or rolling it away from you, which lowers RPM and slows you down. The throttle itself won’t lock during normal operation, and stalling isn’t the result of simply twisting toward you; stalling happens if the engine can’t stay running when you don’t feed it enough air and fuel or you abruptly lose RPM without enough thrust to keep the engine running.

Opening the throttle by twisting the grip toward you opens the throttle, letting more air and fuel into the engine. That raises the engine’s RPM, increases power to the rear wheel, and the bike speeds up. It’s the normal way to accelerate from a stop or to increase speed while riding. If you need to slow down, you would roll the grip back toward you’s opposite action only indirectly—actually, you would close the throttle by releasing it or rolling it away from you, which lowers RPM and slows you down. The throttle itself won’t lock during normal operation, and stalling isn’t the result of simply twisting toward you; stalling happens if the engine can’t stay running when you don’t feed it enough air and fuel or you abruptly lose RPM without enough thrust to keep the engine running.