Throttle Cable Trouble
La version française de cette histoire forte en cylindrée, en gomme brûlée et en V-Twins, est en cours de réalisation et sera en ligne le plus rapidement possible. En attendant, allez donc vous chercher une bière – ou même deux.
Check, lubricate and reassemble or replace outright – do the right thing.
Now, what’s a throttle cable anyway? In these days of throttle-by-wire, we’ll tell you all about it, ’cos the throttle isn’t controlled by electrical impulses but in a more classic way, that is to say: mechanically.
A vintage bike usually has a throttle cable, a thin steel wire living in a Bowden cable housing, telling the engine how much power the rider wants at any given moment in time. It opens the throttle butterfly, or the slide in a slide carb, letting more or less fuel/air mixture reach the engine. It’s a part that needs to be absolutely reliable, so a little tlc every now and then won’t hurt. If you’re on the road often, or your bike spends the night outdoors it’s a good idea to keep the cable regularly lubed. It’s supposed to glide smoothly in its housing.
Here’s our real life check list for disassembly, inspection, decision making and reassembly:
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