I’m taller, and my bike is shorter, It’s OK when I’m sitting, but even more noticeable when I’m standing hunched over.
Raised handlebars have been on my list for a while now. Finally got some 30mm risers from SW Mototech. They had matching silver but were backordered for weeks. So I got black and just used the OEM cap, its fine.
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That was easy, just 4 bolts!
Wait, my throttle has always been a little sticky since I got it but, now my engine revs when I turn, ALOT Oh and my wiring was pretty taught 😬 . I knew I either had to take the risers out, or re-cable to loosen things up.
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Am I doing it right?
I’m actually glad I did take the hassle of removing body work … and oil tank … and coolant reservoir..
Because when I was re-connecting the throttle cable after re-routing to free that precious 30mm, I noticed my throttle body had 2 spots for a cable.
I wired it in to the closest one since it seemed it would not possible reach the farther one. But when I was testing I noticed the cable wasn’t lined up. It was way off. The fixed cable mount was pointing right at the seemingly impossible connection.
So i disconnected and tried, I had to hold the throttle out by hand to get the ball in, but it fit. Even though it was farther, it was also a smaller circumference, so the cable could reach. I suspect someone working on the bike before me made the same mistake but never really looked at it fully rev’d to notice the alignment issue.
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The cable was much smoother now, and doesn’t rev when all-out in either direction. But since the throttle cable is on the inside, smaller circle, I have to think it means less twist in the handlebars will make more of a rotation on the throttle body. Might make technical riding trickier at low speeds.
I’ll have to sneak out this weekend and find out!