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Can someone explain why this happened on my SG? A few weeks ago, I noticed while idling at a stoplight, everytime I turned the handle bars to the right, the engine would idle up to about 5000rpm. When I turned the bars back to center, the idle would drop back to 1100rpm. If I turned the bars to the left, idle would remain at 1100rpm. Now I thought there might be a kink or a snag in the cable (new cable), so I removed the cable and rerouted it so I was certain of no sharp bends or kinks. Ran the bike and the same thing happened again. When I originally installed the new cable, this problem did not exist. It only started after removing the carbs to replace the needle seats. Perplexed by this problem, I noticed very, very minimal slack in the cable, so I adjusted the cable at the throttle end to take out the slack. To my surprise, the problem vanished. Can anyone rationalize why the minimal slack in the new cable would cause the bike to idle up, only when turning the bars to the right? Is there something obvious I am missing here?
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Randall B. -
Sure, cause the outer part was shorter (if I understand this correctly), the cable could tighten between the grip and the carbs and the effect was the same as opening the throttle...
And maybe I am completely off here..
(JP: Maybe I can bluff around the xs stuff press)
LPIf it doesn't have an engine, it's not a sport, it's only a game.
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Cable routing, more than cable slack, can cause this. You must have done the same thing that I did the first time I changed the throttle cable... didn't pay attention to where the original cable was routed.
I know, it doesn't make sense but I rerouted mine and no more revving when turning the bars over hard.
Brian
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