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Offline Badger 5

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Custom Cables
« on: February 22, 2012, 10:24:13 AM »
I'm looking to start making custom cables for my race bike. Anyone have experience with this or any tips?
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Re: Custom Cables
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2012, 09:58:47 PM »
Badger, sorry I can't help but I would love to know. Or at least how to modify stock cables reliably. My push/pull throttle cables are way too long for the clip-ons on my CB400F.

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Re: Custom Cables
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2012, 11:55:24 PM »

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Re: Custom Cables
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2012, 12:57:13 AM »
you are never to old, to act like a kid... be safe
funny thing,chasing someone down hill on a bike 30 years older than theirs..
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Re: Custom Cables
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2012, 04:10:00 AM »
I just buy bulk conduit and most important, really soft, fine weaved (if that's the term, where each strand has even finner sub strands) Stainless Steel cable inner cable. galvanized steel sucks and breaks from my experience.
My shop sells me also the little screw type ferrules for both  throttle tube and carb bell crank as well as threaded adjusters etc.
Tips?
If your plan this right, the pull cable should never be used as the throttle stop at WOT, the throttle tube should have its own stopper.
Use a dremel cutting disc to cut inner and outer

What are you planning to race BTW?


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Re: Custom Cables
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2012, 08:40:11 AM »
http://www.venhillusa.com/Universal-Cable-Kits/Venhill-Universal-Motorcycle-Dual-Throttle-Cable-Kit-p698.html

been three threads this week on custom cables..

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My search skilz must be off because nothing very good came up when I searched the topic. Thanks for the links and info.

turboguzzi- I race a CB160
76 CB550K
75 CB200T
68 CL160 (AHRMA R78)
07 Triumph Bonneville Black
75 XS650