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Re: Tether Confusion!
« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2007, 01:27:24 pm »
YES!!!!!!
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Re: Tether Confusion!
« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2007, 01:53:05 pm »
Quote from: DANNY454 on February 04, 2007, 01:39:23 pm
do you have one on your mower?

Yeah...Do You...???

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Actually, everyone should have one of these on a modified mower, no matter what kind or style of rideing or racing you do ...

Heck, even the manufactures put them on the stock homeowners models...!!!! There has got to be a reason for that...

Then we go and disconnect all that handy hardware thinking we're indestructable and imortal and don't need simple safety features...

Ain't so...

From as simple as a seat shut off (leave seat>shuts off...DUH...) to a cheap Dennis Kirk $9 pull tether to a nice silicone caped race style for $30 or so we ALL should have some way of shutting down the motor when we leave contact with the mower...

Whether we need to shut the motor down because we laid it on it's side and it's no longer getting lubrication....or we fell off and it's still in gear running 30 mph towards the crowd... when we are not in control...we are not in control!!! and the mower should be shut down...

Get one...
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Re: Tether Confusion!
« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2007, 02:27:46 pm »
All you have to do is watch one race that someone unloads from their mower and there should be no doubt in your mind why we require them!!!!!!
GET ONE!   AND USE IT
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Re: Tether Confusion!
« Reply #18 on: February 04, 2007, 10:06:11 pm »
Quote from: DANNY454 on February 04, 2007, 01:39:23 pm
do you have one on your mower?

Nope, don't need one.









My mower is too busy looking like this all the time :lol:
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Re: Tether Confusion!
« Reply #19 on: February 04, 2007, 10:55:48 pm »
Is the type you racers are using?

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Re: Tether Confusion!
« Reply #20 on: February 04, 2007, 11:05:01 pm »
Quote from: MOWMAN RACER on February 04, 2007, 10:55:48 pm
Is the type you racers are using?

I like the tapered silicone cap shown there, but I don't use the bar clamp...they are also available in the push thru or dash mount design...

The actual "switch" it self are pretty basic and similar...biggest difference i've seen (or look for) is the cap or tether connector...


The cheaper plastic or vinal ones can get stiff and or tear at real "inoppertune" times where the silicone (snowmobile) ones seem a bit sturdier...
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Re: Tether Confusion!
« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2007, 11:07:27 am »
i use the fork style
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Re: Tether Confusion!
« Reply #22 on: February 10, 2007, 10:36:48 am »
Found this really nice one this morning.... DO I need to get a N.O. version or N.C. for a vanguard twin? Thanks!


"link" http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/product_catalog/Product.jsp?ovmkt=8FM037RKKF3ISMHR97Q57U0TMO&catId=3&leafCatId=31305&skuId=210300
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Re: Tether Confusion!
« Reply #23 on: February 10, 2007, 11:57:06 am »
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Re: Tether Confusion!
« Reply #24 on: February 10, 2007, 03:44:14 pm »
yeah it should work for yah
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Re: Tether Confusion!
« Reply #25 on: February 16, 2007, 03:38:11 pm »
ya i would go with a snowmobile tether. thats if u have the prongs on your ignition. if u do get a snowmobile one make sure u know what circut it is open or closed. i just had to put one on my arctic cat
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Re: Tether Confusion!
« Reply #26 on: February 16, 2007, 09:43:30 pm »
Wow... all this talk about tethers makes me want to go strangle myself with one :lol:  J/k - you can find them at a marine sales shop most anywhere - they use them on jet-skis.  Or go to your neighbor's house when they're not home and take theirs... they'll be surprised when they fall off and it keeps going... or when it flips upside down and the engine keeps running and blows up... see there is a purpose for tethers.  See what can happen without one?
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