[Fot] Those bare metal Triumph accelerators

[Don Elliott]

The story I always heard was that most race drivers back in the 50s used to 
wear moccasins made out of fine kid glove leather so they could really get a 
feel of that pedal.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marx Christian tr4-racing" <chris at tr4-racing.de>
To: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Those bare metal Triumph accelerators


> hmmmm thought about that too but dropped that idea speedly after a short
> test.
> The troublesome thing is "going on throttle". With much grip on the pedal
> surface the pedal don't slip smoothly along the shoe anymore which makes 
> the
> ride very rough and dangerous when accelerating out of a corner.
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>
>
> At 12:01 PM 8/11/2007, jim hearn wrote:
>    >Has anybody successfully addressed those bare metal Triumph 
> accelerators?
> I
>    >was thinking of gluing on to the face of the accelerator some rubber 
> or
>    >maybe some abrasive cloth.  I thought I would see if anyone had come 
> up
> with
>    >a good match here.  Jim in Sacramento
>
>
>    Not a Triumph accelerator, but my Formula Ford has a small piece
>    of the stuff they put on skateboard decks.  Works well to give you
>    some grip.  One piece costs about $25, as I recall, but will last you
>    a lifetime.
>
>
>
>    R. John Lye
>
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