Topic: Sticking Throttle

[seanxnj]

Ok so I am kind of new to this whole cafe racer world and i am trying to get acclimated. I have a 74 Honda cb550. Runs, in really good shape with 5500 miles on it. Last week i purchased clip ons from ebay and put them on, I got everything together but my throttle seems to be sticking up somewhere. I can pull it back, but not with the greatest of ease, and then the retract isn't pulling back fast at all. It takes a good 5 seconds for the throttle to settle, I was messing around with it, and it seems like when i move the cables on a different angle they work better. Some positions they won't move at all, ext. I have no idea what it could be, i am pretty mechanically savvy with cars so i didn't think i would have a huge problem with this bike,  But it is already driving me insane. Please help. Thanks in advance 

[TwoTired]

Cable routing/cable binding.

You have to route cables to maximize any bend radius.

Shorter/lower bars means you have excess length cables.  You either need to reroute to make the cables straighter, or get shorter cables.

[seanxnj]

 Like make it as straight of a line as possible to go to the carb?

[Klark Kent]

more sweeping gentle bends, no tight ones.

[seanxnj]

What about my control casing. That isn't clamping all the way tight. THere is a little gap between the top and bottom of it, I seen on here people dremelling something out of there but I'm not sure what i am cutting out.

[Klark Kent]

you would be cutting notches in the underside parts of the controls for the wire bundles to exit and pulling out the the small guide post, but only if the bars are not drilled to run the wires internally and accept the control stay post. 

drilling and wiring the bars is not really that bad and plenty of how to's can be found with a search of the forums "handlebar swap"  or "handle bar wiring"

good luck

[tunker2]

I had (have) somewhat of the same problem. I will try re-routing some cable now that I have seen this posting but a quick fix is to losen the adjustment nut by the grip. By doing this, it tightens the cable allowing for a snapier RETURN on the throttle. This is almost identical to how you can adjust cables on a bicycle. As far as the PULL goes, that probably needs re-routing of the cable, oiling the internal housing, or a new cable (depending on how old it is).

Anyway, I am fairly new to the CB's as well. But I found the adjustment a quick fix (for now anyway).

 

[TwoTired]

What about my control casing. That isn't clamping all the way tight. THere is a little gap between the top and bottom of it, I seen on here people dremelling something out of there but I'm not sure what i am cutting out.

There is supposed to be a gap.  Just not in front.  Only toward the rear.

If they don't run wires inside the bars like it was stock, then they hog out the bar control to allow the wires to exit.  Running wires inside the bars requires more skill.  Doing them on the outside is easy.