• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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1978 WR250 throttle cable

T

Tom in NH

Husqvarna
A Class
Greetings all, I'm just putting the finishing touches on a 1978 WR250, and ran into trouble with the throttle cable. Stock had an outer housing measuring 40 3/8". I initially bought a new one on ebay, NOS aftermarket, correct outer, inner too short by 1/4"- not enough slack to get a good idle. So I bought a Motion Pro 10-0000, which is cataloged for the old beast- outer housing was 34 5/8", and it won't reach the carb at full LH steering lock. Anyone have luck with any particular vendor? Did Motion Pro send one that was packaged incorrectly? Any help is appreciated!

Tom G.
 
I use Venhill cables. You need to tell them what throttle and carb you are using. Mine has been perfect. Just make sure the routing is correct.
My 78 390WR will be exactly the same as yours (Mikuni).
 
Thanks for the input, I'll look them up. My bike is pretty much original, whirlpool throttle, stock bars, and Mikuni, so a stock spec cable should be fine.
 
Whirlpool placed just above the brake perch, cable going outside the RH fork tube, under the bottom of the tank on the RH side of the frame below the coil, down to the carb. Until I get a fresh cable, I modified my first cable (ebay) by carefully removing 3/8" of outer housing- works fine now. When I bought the bike (semi-basket), the original cable was still there, although seized, and I matched the outer housing length with the ebay cable- same length.
 
i think the reason you are having the problem at left hand lock is the cable routed outside of the RH fork leg...i have always had mine run inside that fork tube..
 
Frankly, I had the longer of the two cables inside the tube, and it was fine either way. The only way the short cable would reach is if it ran straight from the throttle to the carb, past the RH side of the tank- clearly unacceptable.
 
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