In the process of chanign out my stock bars. The switch assemblies are basically hanging, well sitting on towels on the front of bike. I had read the warning somewhere: Be careful when you pull off the brake side as the little plastic shoe that is part of the throttle friction mechanism will fall out. Of course, after I pulled everything offf. I was very careful though, making sure I didn;t see anything flying, like ferrules form the throttle whcih ended up not being a problem at all.

Question is what and where is this throttle friction mechanism? Just want to make sure it's there when I re-install. Not even sure what the bike will do if it's missing. So how would I know?

 

Ahhh, Must be taqlking about the throttle friction adjusting screw...

 

On top of the throttle friction screw there is a small black plastic cresent moon shaped piece. It goes on cresent down like if it were a bowl it would dump out. If you don't reinstall it the screw has a sharp point that cuts into you throttle handel. It can fall down into the controls and be hard to see. Good luck.

 

Mine fell out before I had a chance to see it installed... I assumed it installed cresent side up on the adjuster screw. Glad this was asked.

I'm thinking about doing away with it because I never use it...

 

If you want to "do away with it", the best way is to just leave everything alone inside.
Take the thumb wheel/screw and spring out and replace it with a short (really short) pan head screw that has the same thread size.
You can use a little black paint (or polish a stainless steel screw head if your switch housings are chromed) and put it in place of the thumb wheel/screw.
If your careful and are willing to take the housing apart. You can very carefully use a bigger drill to countersink the hole and use a flat topped countersunk screw head in there so its flush with the outer surface of the housing.
That's not something I recomend you try unless your VERY careful. The housing is not very thick and its all too easy to go too far with the drill. You also need tothoroughly clean out the shavings or they may start to causeproblems with the throttle and electrical switches.

 

I'm just not ballsy enough to have at it with a drill, although that would be the cleanest way. I'm in the process of replacing mine with chrome right now. I'm just not a big fan of the tensioner I guess... I can think of times when riding that it must've tightened a little on me. I wouldn't notice until decel.

 

Then I suggest you go to the local Ace Hardware store. They have a bunchof chrome nuts, bolts, and screws. Usually in a locked set of cabinets in the same section as the regular hardware. Take the lower part of the housing with you and see if they have a screw that will fit the hole.
If you can't find one the right length just get one that's a bit longer and use a saw, file, or grinder to shorten it. Be careful if you use a grinder. Using one of themtoo hard, or too long without frequent dips in water to cool it and the metal is likely tooverheat and "blue" the chrome on you.

 

I don´t know if this is the case, but when I changed my bar, the position of the cables matters (bellow the housing). Release the screws of the housing and slide the grip out and try to move the cables from the left side to the front. Sometimes the position that they stay crank the throttle.

 

I took mine out because it wouldn't stay in the bottom of the switch housing. Left the tensioning screw in place. Throttle works fine.

 

Before you shorten it, put a nut on the screw if there is enough room. That way after it is shortened, you can remove the nut and it will fix the threads at the cut end.