Joined
·
307 Posts
my first 600 mile service is coming up soon and the dealer said he will take out the play in my throttle if i want, it doesn't bother me that much but just wondering how many on here have done it and is it worth it
Wrong pal.....A loose throttle cable will make the bike more jerkier than people say it already is. I tighten my cable so that there's no play. It's not necessary to turn the handlebars lock to lock to make sure the throttle is free. Only Harley Davidson, non fly-by-wire, bikes need that. But most Harleys don't even use cables anymore, they are remote control.
Like Fog Ducker said, learn the basic simple stuff and you'll save yourself a lot of unnecessary headaches.
do all my own servicing and mods on our scramblers gas gas and rm but when it comes to fiddling about with my zuk that i go flying about the roads on at shall we say brisk pace >Takes about 24 seconds to adjust your throttle cable. Learn how to do it and you don't need to rely on the dealer. It really is very simple. As others have stated, always turn your bars lock to lock
after adjusting, to make sure that you haven't set things too tight.
Take a closer look at the Suzuki... It has throttle cables which attach directly to the main throttle bodies.A loose throttle cable will make the bike more jerkier than people say it already is. I tighten my cable so that there's no play. It's not necessary to turn the handlebars lock to lock to make sure the throttle is free. Only Harley Davidson, non fly-by-wire, bikes need that. But most Harleys don't even use cables anymore, they are remote control.
Like Fog Ducker said, learn the basic simple stuff and you'll save yourself a lot of unnecessary headaches.
I agree tonyt.I really can't see how by taking all the slack out of the throttle cable will cure the abrupt throttle problem !!!!