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Re: self closing throttle
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 8:41 am
by Timbo
Eden just curious to know when you last changed that cable....happened to me on the way back from France in a well lit and busy Slough High Street. It wasn't raining and several people helped out...
Re: self closing throttle
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 10:19 am
by eden
Timbo wrote:Eden just curious to know when you last changed that cable....happened to me on the way back from France in a well lit and busy Slough High Street. It wasn't raining and several people helped out...
f@@k knows tbh. I know I recabled the GP not long ago so may have just got confused with the stress of it all lol
Re: self closing throttle
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 10:35 am
by Swat
Happened to me on way to Whitby - only cable I didn't change during winter bike refresh. (sod's law) & of course the outer came away from its stop under headset so spare wheel off to get horncast off etc.. etc.. (Thankfully daylight but bloody freezing at 8am !) Gave the S type a damn good thrashing over the moors as punishment for it's insolence
Re: self closing throttle
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 10:39 am
by Swat
As for the original question - I'm in the 'resistance' camp - Don't like the idea of being pitched over the handlebars cos the throttle snaps shut as you stick your right arm out to indicate (I'm old skool took test in '79 I still do quite a bit of arm indicating)
Re: self closing throttle
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 10:50 am
by coaster
MIne also self closed on the way to Davos a couple of years ago when the throttle snapped. Easy fix in warm sunshine beside a German Autobahn but I didn't do the nipple up tight enough in the headset with the result that as soon as we encountered hills (Black Forest) the cable pulled through so that I was only getting 1/3rd throttle
This was only really noticeable on the hills and became chronic on the ride up the mountain to Davos, flat out in 2nd at 25mph
Naturally I didn't connect this with the change of throttle cable but assumed it to be altitude/jetting related
I didn't find the problem until 2 weeks after I got back to the UK
Amazing to find that my Avanti was still capable of over 60mph on the flat with only 1/3rd throttle.
Re the original question, I use an elastic band to stop the throttle closing as even with indicators it is still often necessary to use your right hand for additional signalling/acknowledging other road users.
Re: self closing throttle
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 1:13 pm
by diesel
coaster wrote:Re the original question, I use an elastic band to stop the throttle closing.
How do you do that?
Re: self closing throttle
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 2:36 pm
by jonzo172
Swat wrote:Happened to me on way to Whitby - only cable I didn't change during winter bike refresh. (sod's law) & of course the outer came away from its stop under headset so spare wheel off to get horncast off etc.. etc.. (Thankfully daylight but bloody freezing at 8am !) Gave the S type a damn good thrashing over the moors as punishment for it's insolence
I carry an old bike spoke with a hooked end to help pull the outer back into its stop... generally just a good little gizmo that takes up no room to carry.
Also good for threading internal gear cables on road "push" bikes too.
Re: self closing throttle
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 8:44 pm
by coaster
diesel wrote:coaster wrote:Re the original question, I use an elastic band to stop the throttle closing.
Just wind it around in the gap between the grip and the housing, they last a few months usually before disintegrating.
How do you do that?
Re: self closing throttle
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 9:04 pm
by eden
Swat wrote:As for the original question - I'm in the 'resistance' camp - Don't like the idea of being pitched over the handlebars cos the throttle snaps shut as you stick your right arm out to indicate (I'm old skool took test in '79 I still do quite a bit of arm indicating)
to avoid this situation if I need to take my right hand off the bars I pull the clutch with my left hand which stops you "being pitched over the handlebars"
Re: self closing throttle
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 2:06 pm
by Snails
Minority wrote:
My "home brew" version
Can anyone help me with a picture of their set up with the spanish spring? Or describe how it should fit?
The images that Adam mentions in the post before this are long gone.
