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Throttle cables - where ?

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Post by Beresford Mon 09 May 2016, 6:56 pm

Having broken a clutch cable on Sunday, now I'm getting a bit paranoid about what would happen if I was far from home and broke a throttle cable.
So can you wonderful peeps out there suggest the best source of replacements (mail order)
I did look up Wemoto who only list the slinky slide (or whatever they're called) but they have been rubbished on this forum. And the David Silver items are special order only and rather expensive.

Ideas ?
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Post by Mad_Taffy_500 Mon 09 May 2016, 9:04 pm

Try fowlers of Bristol as that's were I got mine from last month
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Post by Celt500 Mon 09 May 2016, 11:14 pm

Wemoto do have the Honda stuff if you have the part number. Scroll down a bit, on the right there's a box that says "Enter OEM part number".
Oh, probably the same price as David Silver though, so there is that.
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Post by Beresford Mon 09 May 2016, 11:40 pm

Yes. Honda, David Silver and Wemoto are all £22.64 for each cable. I did find an ebay listing from motorcycle-recycle (?) for the pair (new) for £17.90.
Worth a punt , do you think ? Or direct from Hong Kong for under a tenner the pair !
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Post by Guest Tue 10 May 2016, 7:39 am

If you nervous but don't yet need buy a cable repair kit  Most like the ones I see have a clutch and a throttle type inner with one end fitted and solderless nipples for the other end
Add a pair of pliers and you good to go
I carried a "set" fro years done several clutch cables and a single thottle cable on current CB500 at side of road 
We use a similar set up in the workshop to get stranded riders going while we get the right cable in !
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Post by eternally_troubled Tue 10 May 2016, 12:26 pm

On other bikes I've used those cable repair kits to good effect - they do take up less space than a whole load of cables taped together.
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Post by Beresford Wed 11 May 2016, 10:23 am

So who does the standby cable repair kits, please ? They sound like a good idea and no need to spend lots until absolutely necessary.
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Post by Guest Wed 11 May 2016, 11:44 am

Most pattern part wholesalers sell them I am trade so no idea on retail Oh looked Ebay  Lots !
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Post by Beresford Wed 11 May 2016, 12:06 pm

Thanks for that.
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Post by eternally_troubled Wed 11 May 2016, 12:44 pm

The key thing with the repair kits is to get one that has large enough cables and screw-on nipples/ends to enable it to replace the clutch cable.
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Post by Guest Wed 11 May 2016, 12:50 pm

The ones I sell do have a decent clutch cable replacement inner  to the extent I running one as a permanent on me FZ6 fazer as the standard cable is in my view not nice !

Just looked not got much in ordering :-))
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