In a moment of madness, I bought a 74 Jet, 25 years after I last had a scooter.
It's been sitting for a lot of years and I'm planning on getting back into running order. (eventually)
All the rubber items have perished and I"m ordering replacements. I was looking the cables and got a bit of a surprise. I'm sure they used to be about a quid each but now I see I could spend $60 on a set of SIP Torsion free cables.
Most of the teflon coated cable sets seem to be coming in around the $36 - $39 mark.
Any reason to spend the extra ?
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Toddy
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I use the Mb ones in mine the aircraft grade cables not cheap like you say but are smooth in use as for lasting they have been in @12 months and done a fair few miles , all good so far , the scooter restorations friction free ones are good as well and a bit cheaper
As my Dad used to say "Each to their own lad"
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EddieStone
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Either buy cheap ones and keep them well lubricated with light oil such as 3 in 1, or buy the lined ones. My personal opinion is that cables are cables and back in the day people travelled thousands of miles using basic cables. You're more likely to have a spare if you by the cheap ones!
Whatever you do, don't lubricate the lined ones with oil (I'm guessing you can use silicon spray?) - the oil makes the linings swell which makes them harder to use. Or at least it did on the ones I had. And don't try pulling a frayed cable through either - it can jam on the lining and pull the whole lot out. As I found out.
The important thing is the casing rather than the inner - make sure it's formed from square section wire, rather round section section wire which is more or less a spring.
Personally, I buy the cheap ones and keep them lubricated. Li sets are longer than GP sets. Or they should be.
Whatever you do, don't lubricate the lined ones with oil (I'm guessing you can use silicon spray?) - the oil makes the linings swell which makes them harder to use. Or at least it did on the ones I had. And don't try pulling a frayed cable through either - it can jam on the lining and pull the whole lot out. As I found out.
The important thing is the casing rather than the inner - make sure it's formed from square section wire, rather round section section wire which is more or less a spring.
Personally, I buy the cheap ones and keep them lubricated. Li sets are longer than GP sets. Or they should be.