Patent ID: 8640808

Claim:
A motor-driven cycle comprising an engine controlled by a throttle that is operated away from idle position by a throttle control to accelerate the engine, the throttle comprising a throttle body, a throttle shaft which is biased toward idle position about a throttle shaft axis, and a throttle lever on the exterior of the throttle body for turning the throttle shaft about the throttle shaft axis against the bias on the throttle shaft to accelerate the engine, wherein the throttle control comprises a foot pedal cable which connects a foot-operated accelerator pedal to the throttle lever and which, when an operator's foot depresses the accelerator pedal to accelerate the engine, pulls the foot pedal cable to cause the throttle shaft to turn away from idle position, and a hand throttle cable which connects a hand-operated throttle controller to the throttle lever and which, when an operator's hand operates the hand-operated throttle controller to accelerate the engine, pulls the hand throttle cable to cause the throttle shaft to turn away from idle position, and in which the accelerator pedal and the hand-operated throttle controller interact such that operation of the hand-operated throttle controller to accelerate the engine imparts no corresponding motion to the accelerator pedal but operation of the accelerator pedal to accelerate the engine imparts corresponding motion to the hand-operated throttle controller.