Im not trying to be the smartest bloke here, but the hand throttle is for dealing with stalls or forced stops on steep uphill inclines, when you have to restart and it's too dangerous to take your foot off the brake to flick it over to the throttle. Even pressing the clutch in when in this predicament can be dangerous in case you lose the machine backward. Best suited to the torque of a diesel for this, but can be done with petrol. Hand throttle is not for driving with, and would be even harder to control when you're getting bounced around. I can't believe what im reading! Have you guys been out bush yet or bloody what!