Did your throttle ever snap??

Afrosticks

Yesterday..in the middle of overtaking someone...my ****ing throttle snapped.
The bastard.

I think i pulled too hard, too quick..on the throttle , and it made a clicking noise..and then the bike came to a slow halt...as i was on the right side of the road overtaking...

wtf like????????????????????
did this ever happen to anyone??
very dangerous indeed...it was

murphaph

Never happened to me but it can happen like any cable I suppose! I once had a cage die on me in similar circumstances and that was unnverving enough, the bike would cause brown pants syndrome I reckon.

s10

i was driving from limerick to dublin, nearer to limerick,
late on a sunday , throttled out of a roundabout when it snapped
on a ar125
only way to get it home was to wrap the cable around my finger and pull
took about an hour to get through dublin due to light changes and cutting out , was ment to be in dublin around 10-11 didnt get home till 3am
all the garages were shut ,never forget it .

Esel

Did you not get any prior warning? For example, stiff/sticking throttle etc. Unless the swage on either end of the throttle failed, I would have thought you would have noticed something before the cable snapped.

Afrosticks

yeah you are right come to think of it..
for the last few weeks...when i pull the throttle back...it stays back all stiff...even if i take my hand away.
And if i touch it forward ..it would be grand again.
Damn i sometimes surprise myself with my stupidity.

thanks for your replies heads

The Doktor

ever oil the cable?

Afrosticks

nope.
don't see how i could either

tell

What bike do you ride? My throttle cable goes under the tank - hard to get to.

babybundy

hasn't happened to but it did happen to a buddy and he just fixed it and when his clutch cable snapped

Esel

Afrosticks wrote:

nope.
don't see how i could either

tell

Open the handlebar assembly. Remove the cable from the throttle mechanism. Slowly drip oil in to the cable sleeve, working the cable up and down manually to help the oil enter the sleeve. Use a light oil (3-in-1 or similar). Don't forget you have to use enough oil for it to penetrate the full length of the cable. Reassemble everything. It's all fairly straightforward.

If you don't feel up to doing this, ask for it to be done when getting your next service.

You should do the same with the clutch cable on a regular basis..

TBH, you should have a spare throttle cable and clutch cable in your 'spares kit'. You do have a 'spares kit', don't you?

Afrosticks

Not one with spare throttle cables..no.
I drive a honda shadow 600 by the way.

I didn't know about any of this stuff..and i've been driving for 3 years
All this info is very much appreciated. thanks.

i'm the type that when something goes wrong..i just get it serviced..as i'm not an expert. But i will have a look now..as i didn't realise any of this.
The bike has been grand all along...but now all these problems are popping up.
I will definitely look into getting a spare cable aswell as a new one..and a clutch cable too.

Goddamnit..i knew i should have got that Jeep instead.
Ok..ok..i didn't mean that

babybundy

just remember you'll get charged for driving over the traffic in the jeep less charges for driving around on a bike

ANTO D10 DUB

Afrosticks wrote:

nope.
don't see how i could either

tell

there's a handy tool for this , work's like a grease gun .
i picked one up in mountjoy motorcycles ,the hydralic one is what i have
http://shop.wemoto.com/index.dyn?type=tool&flag=19

Afrosticks

savage
thanks for the link Anto..quite handy