Throttle housing

[EricNW]

I have searched on this site and can't find a good thread about a throttle housing with no buttons, just the the throttle housing.

I would really appreciate any help in finding this.

Thank you,
Eric

[crazy steve]

I don't think you'll have much luck finding a 'plain' throttle assembly off a street bike. They're available for Harleys, but those use 1" bars so you'd have a bunch of adapting to do. I've seen 'universal' units from JCW but quality may be suspect, but others may sell something similar. For cheap, try looking for an off-road application; a dirt bike or quad may yield up something that will fit our 7/8" bars. Or as a worst case, you could tig weld the holes closed on the stock piece, or use this stuff: shttp://www.muggyweld.com/tuff to fill the holes. Note that this can't be powdercoated as it's melting point is too low.

'78E original owner

[fredintoon]

I have searched on this site and can't find a good thread about a throttle housing with no buttons, just the the throttle housing. - - -

Hi Eric,
if what you need is a plain ol' 7/8" twistgrip, try looking for a site that sells British bike stuff. Be careful of dirtbike twistgrips, they tend to have large diameter cable spools for real quick throttle opening. You may not want this feature.

[EricNW]

Will this work?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/7-8-T...#ht_4173wt_939

[crazy steve]

Will this work?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/7-8-T...#ht_4173wt_939

You'll probably have to do some monkey-motion for the cable connection or replace the cable, but other than that, yeah....

'78E original owner

[EricNW]

What kind of "monkey-motion" are we talking about here? Just the way that it fits in the housing or what?

[Schming]

Hi EricNW, That one looks like it will work but You may want to ask the seller for your particular application. Only problem I see is the end of Your throttle cable may not exactly fit into the stay on the twist grip which probably can be easily modified to work. HTH

[EricNW]

so the housing fits and mates up to the cable great...except instead of the clip on the stock housing it came with a screw adjustment.

So now I'm trying to figure out how to fix the cable at the throttle housing end.

Any suggestions would be excellent.

[fredintoon]

so the housing fits and mates up to the cable great...except instead of the clip on the stock housing it came with a screw adjustment.
So now I'm trying to figure out how to fix the cable at the throttle housing end.
Any suggestions would be excellent.

Hi Eric,
I'm guessing you bought the twistgrip you posted the link to and you are trying to attach the stock XS11 throttle cable to it?
The cable inner fits the twistgrip barrel OK but the outer just sits there and there's nowhere to attach the keeper plate?
If yes & yes, more questions.
Does the end of the cable outer fit into the recess in the twistgrip's threaded adjuster?
If yes, fine; if no, drill the adjuster so it does.
Now, those generic twistgrips rely on the carbs' cable return spring to keep the cable tight.
You should be OK like that.

[EricNW]

Thank you for the great answer.
Considering I changed the bars do I need to potentially get a shorter cable so the it will hold tension?