250-500cc Throttle Cable Routing...

Thought I had a sticky throttle cable for a year now. made some wild rides on ridges etc in the middle of nowhere if you know what I mean :S

Anyway, I had cleaned the cable, snapped back fine, cut rubber off grips and made sure it wasn't the bark busters interfering ....problem still occurred.

After a mate was tuning my carby last night and I was about to wheel it out, i full locked right and the throttle cable snagged and rev'ed the bike up hard... This is what had been happening. The bloody universal 'safety' pad could/will make the throttle cable snag.

Is this the normal routing?! Seems in the workshop manual that it is... My solution will be to get a fat cable tie and pull the throttle and clutch cable towards the centre of the frame (through the hole in the frame) to keep them either side of the tank breather and out of the way. Seems fine when moving left or right. What do you think, gents?

my cable is nowhere near that length
is it oem (stock)?
your clutch cable takes a wierd route too

I thought the same thing, shouldn't the cables be in front of the bars?

well, I concur on both counts here ! But my workshop manual shows the same routing.

Both OEM according to ordered part numbers from my local distro...

my throttle cable has that routing but it is WAY shorter, maybe try it in front behind the number plate
and my clutch goes behind the number plate

that routing looks just like my 300 from the factory,don't know if yours should be the same or not.

pulled them together with some cable ties and works fine. Thanks for all your help.

However, if you don't hear from me again, the cable tie snapped and so did my spine ;-) Probably a better way to route them behind, but will do so when i inevitably replace my bars soon, but this weekend....we ride

excellent idea, so am I

To me that just doesn't look right. My bike has the clutch cable in front of the bars then between the steering head & the right fork tube. The throttle is between the steering head & the left fork tube. I may take a pic when I get home. I guess that depends on who puts the bars on at each dealer when new.

mine the same as dirtdames & im in AUS!

I had the same problem after full right lock. I fed the cable through the riser box behind the bars, never had a problem since.

aslong as it dosent hook up or snag its fine, i run mine infront tof the bars and under the barclamp crossing over under the handlebar, is that makes sense.

I think I just inoculated! Some mad scenery ! what a ride that would be

It's fine by the way. Thanks for the feedback. No spinals. Just husky madness. God damn I hope KTM dont run these guys into the ground.