twist grip

All of which is forgotten when you turn the twist grip.

Even from a distance, it was clear that age had not yet taken a good twisting grip on him.

Five cables in total were moved by the throttle twist grip.

The actual working model, however, did not have the twist grip, belt drive, or brakes.

He pulled up on the collective's twist grip with his left hand, heard the sound of the rotors slowing.

Power was transmitted through a three-speed transmission operated by a twist grip.

Later bikes had the more typical Amal twist grip with the cable entering from below.

This crook lost his gun under The Shadow's twisting grip, and it was well for him he did.

Their twists gripped the mind and souls of those who looked hard at the tapestry, making them part of its fabric.

The roadster can be distinguished from the racers by the presence of twist grip linkages.

Indian claimed in their advertisements, also for their 1904 models, to have invented the twist grip.

A three-speed hub gear operated by a twist grip on the right handlebar.

She would not break under Unwyrm's twisting grip.

The Nagus always thought of it as ducking and weaving to avoid a twisting grip on the ears.

The first use of the twist grip throttle control was on the Roper steam velocipede of 1867-69.

Quick blows; hard, twisting grips.

The hand she'd raised was being held between her shoulder blades in a twisting grip while the other was pinioned between their torsos.

Traditional scooters still have manual gear-changing by a twist grip on the left hand side of the handlebar, with a co-rotated clutch lever.

Give the bike a handful of twist grip in a low gear and it decides it's at an urban speed so the valves muffle the decibels.

The twist grip on early machines (as appear on factory literature) was manufactured by Amal with the cable entering parallel to the handlebars.

The next thing he heard was a series of clicks as the bones were shattering in his right wrist, in the twisting grip of the white man.

The aircraft used a mouth-controlled throttle, as both hands were used on the tip rudder twist grips which were retained from the Fledge.

Acceleration is controlled by a motorbike style twist grip throttle on the right handlebar, while the left handlebar boasts separate reverse and emergency brake buttons.

The Grifter featured a 3-speed Sturmey Archer hub gear controlled by a handlebar-mounted twist grip.

The Hatchet Man For two weeks, Berasategui's hatchet forehand with its twisted grip had been the bane of every opponent.