In my case - I was at a stop light - and as I was opening the throttle to
take off - it opened about 25% and snapped. It was my pulling on the
throttle that did it - combined with lack of maintenance and neglect. I
replaced both throttle cables and haven't had an issue since.
I don't know if I'd say it was a common thing - but it does
happen.
-Joey
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]>wrote:
> ... Huh. I never thought about that. Are cable snaps any sort of
> common thing, though?
>
> Does make sense, I suppose. I want to say on a gut level that they'd
> be less likely to snap without the constant tension of a return spring
> pulling on the cable, but I dunno. :D
>
> -Kurt
>
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Kurt,
> > Having had a throttle cable break on me - while riding - I was
> > able to get myself to a safe situation by holding the throttle in its
> > current position - if you think about it - a return spring would only
> allow
> > idle and if it breaks while in motion, that could cause more problems
> than
> > it solves.
> > In my case, I was able to hold the engine at about 25%
> throttle -
> > and I got out of the intersection, safely. Had it snapped and gone to
> idle -
> > there was a good chance I would have gotten creamed.
> > -Joey
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> So I have to ask... why the push-pull cables instead of return
> >> springs? Just a case of "the way it's always been" in action?
> >>
> >> Just curious, thanks!
> >>
> >> -Kurt
> >>
> >> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Kim Paddock <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> > Those are push-pulls you know...you may have to remove them to measure
> >> > correctly.
> >> >
> >> > ________________________________
> >> > From: Minnesota Blue <[email protected]>
> >> > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]>
> >> > Sent: Sat, August 14, 2010 3:59:07 PM
> >> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Throttle Cable Length
> >> >
> >> > Anyone know the stock length of the throttle cables on an 83 650? I
> >> > want to get some that are a little bit longer for handle bar risers,
> >> > but don't need a bunch of extra cable.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!
> >> >
> >> > MN Blue
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