Throttle Cable Replacement

[olekzap_imp]

Comparing the pics of the two bikes, your cables are under tension, while Ferret's has a smooth bend and some slack. Stock cables on a stock bike are designed to have slack when turned full to either side. Is it possible the original owner had another accessory on it that caused the cables to be misrouted?


I also noticed in your first posts on the forum, you were having an issue with erratic idle, which a too-tight throttle cable can cause.

There doesn't seem to be excess tension in the cables but I guess the previous owner could have changed something. Throttle freeplay is within spec. It's hard to tell exactly from the pictures but it does appear that his have a little more slack. Previous owner could have changed them and used the wrong length and maybe inferior quality cables in general since the rubber outer coating is very brittle.