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Been kind of a rainy week here.
When I got on my bike to ride this morning the throttle wanted to stick open. I had to manually rotate to closed. Any thoughts on what I should look at and how to repair?
Bob _Budesky
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Biker, I had the same problem & found that the the whole throttle unit had moved & was causing it to stick. Loosen up the unit & re-align it with the mark on the handlebar.
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Also probably wouldn't hurt to shoot a bit of PB Blaster or WD40 on the center return spring between the carb bodies, on the carb throttle shaft.
Michael D. Rodriguez
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Have you put any spacers on your handle bars? After I put Jim's spacers on and a day of rideing in Death Valley my throttle did the same thing. I rerouted the cables so they did not have such a sharp bend in them. They've been fine since.
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Dan is probably right. They seem to just stick sometimes, by loosening and retighten the right side grip assembly usually cures it.
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Thanks for all your help.
I have already tried some WD-40 when I got back this morning. Now I'll try to realign the throttle unit.
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Realigned the throttle unit and it works like a dream. Now I've gotta go riding.
Thanks guys.
Bob _Budesky
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What is probably causing the throttle to stick is the cap in the end of the bar. Make sure there's a gap between the grip and that cap. (By moving the control up the bar a little). The torque for the 2 bolts is 15 nm.
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The exact thing happened to my bike, thought about using it as a 'cruise control' but then found the right grip had shifted and was loose.. Readjusted and tightened been great ever since.
Warren
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My bike did the same after washing one day....i cypher'd out moving the control up a bit ... Worked like a dream
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Quote:
whole throttle unit had moved & was causing it to stick. Loosen up the unit & re-align
Ditto...had the same issue when I swapped bars..
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