cable routeing
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I am just now putting my bike together after being apart for a verrrrrrrrrrrrry long time of being apart. I know the maintenance manual says that the thottle and idle cables are routed between the forks, however pictures I have of the bike before taking apart the cables were routed outside of the forks. Does it make any difference where the cables are routed???? chime in as to where your cables are routed............
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The drag bars on my project bike left me with throttle cables that were too long. So I rerouted mine around the frame neck and behind the forks vs. replacing them. The cables now enter from the left side vs. the right as originally routed. I think it looks better (cleaning up the view), the throttle works just fine and I saved $$$$.
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The drag bars on my project bike left me with throttle cables that were too long. So I rerouted mine around the frame neck and behind the forks vs. replacing them. The cables now enter from the left side vs. the right as originally routed. I think it looks better (cleaning up the view), the throttle works just fine and I saved $$$$.
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