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Throttle adjustment #187659 07/31/2007 11:34 AM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 123 Richmond, VA lctrc OP Adjunct
OP lctrc Adjunct Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 123 Richmond, VA	Could someone please explain the throttle cable adjustments? I'm not that mechanically dis-inclined, but I don't get it. If I screw them back (away from the handle) the throttle gets tight and doesn't want to move or spring back. If I screw them in (toward the handle) the throttle moves easily. Is there anything more to them? Thanks! Last edited by lctrc; 07/31/2007 11:35 AM. '05 SM, Bubs, Freak, 45/TBS/155, NGK Iridiums, Nology Wires & Coils, Progressive 440's & Fork Springs

Re: Throttle adjustment lctrc #187660 07/31/2007 11:51 AM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 6,432 Likes: 1 Alabama USA oldroadie Worn Saddle
oldroadie Worn Saddle Joined: May 2007 Posts: 6,432 Likes: 1 Alabama USA	Think of it as a send and return system, a cable for each direction open and closed and you want to get them set to work together. Allow about 1mm slack in the "on" cable and adjust the "off" cable to compliment the return action. BTW it's always a good idea to sit on the bike idling in neutral and turn the handlebars to the stops in each direction after making throttle cable adjusments to avoid unpleasant surprises. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)

Re: Throttle adjustment oldroadie #187661 07/31/2007 12:35 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,630 Likes: 7 Des Moines, Iowa, USA ladisney Monkey Butt
ladisney Monkey Butt Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,630 Likes: 7 Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Quote: BTW it's always a good idea to sit on the bike idling in neutral and turn the handlebars to the stops in each direction after making throttle cable adjusments to avoid unpleasant surprises. Back on my very first Honda I "Adjusted" the throttle. Later I was backing into a parking spot at school when I turned the bars to the stop and the engine went to WOT right there in front of the girl I was trying to impress. Startled me so bad I almost dropped the bike. Boy did I look cool that day We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.

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