TE/TC 2016 TE 300 throttle sticking

Hey boys,

just curious if anyone else experienced any issues with their throttle sticking...I was out on a mid week ride and had a few cases with the throttle sticking. I had limited tools but checked the throttle assembly and it wasn't physically sticking...checked the slide and all seemed ok, drained the carb bowl and kept riding.

Anyway, all was good for about 10kms than next minute I had a bad loop out at 70km/hr..throttle stuck again and spat me off the back, both me and bike cart wheeling down the bush. Pretty sore and out of action for a few weeks I think.

The weird thing is throttle cable does not feel like its sticking, the cable actuates smoothly and returns with no issue, it was routed correctly under the fuel tank...the slide had no marks so I don't think it was catching and hanging up, needle spring/guide all in place. You could not duplicate it.

All I can think of is a small fray on the cable itself that was catching every now and than...anyway I will be ordering a new cable as I don't want to be in that situation again...sacry as f##@k .

The bike only has 900kms on it too.

Do you have bar risers, my 15 ktm 300 did this, cable housing was stretched at carb upon further inspection, also mine could have happened when went in brush to avoid another rider- either way look under boot above carb and see if cable housing is stretched, motion pro offers longer cable. Mine only had 500 ish miles, and yes scary as F.

Hey Kam,
yeah I'm running a scotts sub mount setup but have had that set up from day one. Everything appears fine, checked under that rubber boot when it first stuck, looked all good.
I'll look for that motion pro throttle cable to be on the safe side anyway ..thanks for the input

Are you using a cable guide? https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/...eering-Stabilizer-Scotts-Submount-Cable-Guide

If not, your cable could get hung up intermittently.

Might check your needle.... My brother bought my 14' and its bent a needle and broke one...

Ive got a longer motion pro cable I'm installing. Once I pull the carb off the bike i'll check for a bent needle or damaged spring guide etc...I honestly don't think the cable was getting snagged , some riding was fire trails and it happened so no chance of any over hanging trees snagging it.

Im going to pull there cable from the plastic outer sheath to see if I find anything.

Might as well check everything involved from top to bottom and find it. That is scary business to say the least.

so I'm pretty sure i found the problem...my needle is pretty scratched up and there was some grit in the bottom of my fuel bowl after taking everything apart ... I always keep my filters clean so i'm guessing the grit got sucked up from the carb vent lines . I'm ordering a new NECJ needle and will re route my hoses into the air box.

Yes mine did that once, needle or slide some how got off line and stuck, crack throttle wide and it released

Wow, that is some pretty significant scratching! Thanks for sharing that photo; gives us all something to watch out for.

It also brings up a questions: Does anyone make filters for the ends of your carb vent lines?

Yeah heaps of mobs inc site sponsor 7602 Racing

Right! Heaps of mobs... I should have known! Thanks

hey, I just saw this, I usually hide out in the left kickers section but a husky die hard mate has a 2008 250 and two years ago, exactly same thing, shut down for a corner and she stuck on full, big cartwheel , dust, noise, $80,000 shoulder operation....he back riding but he could never find out why it stuck.

another friend who had a kato shop had a similar issue with a customers bike. it had stuck twice on the guy but they could never sort it so he left it at the shop and ol mate was riding it around every couple of days trying to get it to stick. it finally stuck and he froze it, took it back and stripped the carb and he found the needle had a slight knick from being forced over the top of the carb at some stage and it was catching on the nick on the needle jet lip every so often if the needle rotated to the right spot as the slide was released.

very hard to fix..

$80K shoulder op?!!! I'd want a solid gold or full titanium arm(terminator style )for that! No insurance I take it?

TAC paid, that's why you rego dirt bikes

his main tendons were all snapped and the last one holding it all together was cut to within a mm of tearing thru so took some serious table time to pull it all back together and they were able to find the retracted tendons and they were in good shape so they have knitted well and he is riding fast again (the pr*ck )

Shit must have bn an epic digger!!!

4th gear full noise over a berm and bail out..clip a tree on the first bounce with the shoulder and several more bounces with pike and twist to assist the ripping tearing stuff. the bike was unwell, broken mudguard, smashed bark busters, very bent bars, fork uppers out of round and 1 leg bent, rear sub frame bent, switchgear wiped, radiators bent shrouds smashed.

Fark!!!

to top it off, his young bloke borrowed the bike awhile ago and did his knee in 10 mins so its a cursed machine now