H-D Throttle Cable adjustment.

[scumdog]

O.K. somebody is going to say "dontchaknow?" but I would like to adjust the throttle cable on my T-Sport (sprot?) as it has too much play to comfortably 'blip' when changing down a gear.

The ends at the carb seem to have no adjustment (unlike older bikes I've had) and that seems to be where the 'excess' cable is.

Anybody done this on my type of bike before??

[Shadows]

A quick bit of Googling found this...

From the manual;
1."Turn the cable adjusters and jam nuts as short as they will go.Both cables should have zero adjustment at the start of procedure"
2.Point front wheel straight ahead
a.turn the throttle grip wide open and hold it there.
b.turn the throttle cable adjuster,lengthening the sleeve,until the throttle cam just touches the cam stop.
c.tighten the adjuster jam nut and release the throttle
3.turn the front wheel full right.
4.Turn the idle cable adjuster,lengthening the sleeve until the cable housing just touches the spring in the cable support sleeve.
*side note the throttle cable is the one farthest from you and the idle cable is closest to you when sitting on bike
check adjustment;
a.work throttle to be sure the cable returns to idle position when released.
b.if cable does not return to idle,turn idle adjuster,shortening the sleeve until correct adjustment is reached.tighten jam nut

http://pashnit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2715

[scumdog]

Good shit Shadmiester!

I've a day off tomorrow and will give the above a shot, it will be nice to not have all that play in the throttle!!