Hopefully some of you can give me some advice. I almost have my bike back together. I basically just need to hook up the throttle and front brake. I went to hook up the throttle cables today and they were REALLY tight, like I had to almost stretch them to hook them up. I got it all hooked up (by loosening the adjusters all the way) and it was so tight still that the cable wrapped around the throttle sleeve kept it from returning to idle position on it's own when I turned it. This was with a 1125 throttle sleeve I bought on ebay to replace my cracked one. I then tried with the original sleeve and exact same results.
I didn't change anything in the ways of cable to throttle location or distance or anything, and didn't change any cable adjusters (except after it wouldn't reach). The only thing I can think of is that the cables have "shrunk" from sitting loose for a few months. Either that or it's routed incorrectly.
Any thoughts? If I can get this figured out I can be riding very soon...
I know they're not hooked up in these pics but I am holding them the way they were routed when hooked up. Is this correct?
I didn't change anything in the ways of cable to throttle location or distance or anything, and didn't change any cable adjusters (except after it wouldn't reach). The only thing I can think of is that the cables have "shrunk" from sitting loose for a few months. Either that or it's routed incorrectly.
Any thoughts? If I can get this figured out I can be riding very soon...
I know they're not hooked up in these pics but I am holding them the way they were routed when hooked up. Is this correct?


