hearnia
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| posted on 30/7/05 at 11:33 AM |
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R1 owners help
Hi,
Just wondering what to do about the throttle on my R1 powered MK Indy, its a 2000 model and has the push/pull throttle setup.
Do I just use either one of them for my throttle and forget the other completely?
Also where do I get the right throttle cable from?
Thanks in advance.
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smart51
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| posted on 30/7/05 at 02:11 PM |
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does the throttle linkage on the carbs have a spring to close it? then you only need one cable. I guess that the other closes the throttle faster
than the spring alone.
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Dillinger1977
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| posted on 30/7/05 at 02:21 PM |
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mine (2001) is the same, i was wondering what the 2nd one was for.
according to the manual, ones an accelerator and the other a decelerator cable (?). as smart51 says perhaps its to close it off quicker.. ?
-Rog
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Ferrino
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| posted on 30/7/05 at 04:05 PM |
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Yep, one is to open the throttle and one to close it. On a BEC, people just use the open one, and it's also a nice idea to put a little return
spring on the linkage thingy that the nipple hooks onto, tethered to something fixed on the carb body. I have one return spring on the throttle pedal
(to make it a bit beefier) and one on the throttle linkage.
As for throttle cables, I used a mountain bike brake cable inner & outer, after advice from the BEC mailing list - they are cheap-as-chips, and
teflon-lined for smoothness! Bought from wiggle.co.uk -> free delivery too!
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 30/7/05 at 05:39 PM |
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I think they put 2 cables on bikes for safety , you cant afford a sticking throttle with those things.........................
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hearnia
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| posted on 31/7/05 at 09:33 AM |
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Yeah I'd imagine it was for safety too, dont want the throttle sticking open.
Thanks for the advice.
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Oliver Jetson
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| posted on 31/7/05 at 09:43 PM |
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Ferrino - which cable did you buy off wiggle.co.uk? there's quite a few listed.
What do you have to do to the cable on the engine side? any particular nipple to be put on, i can't quite see how it attaches to the throttle
lever.
any pics?
Cheers,
Oli
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