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Mar 12, 2016 | 05:47 PM

afloridapi

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2016 Harley Ultra Limited

My throttle is sticking. Not all the time but intermittently. Any ideas. New bike.

Mar 12, 2016 | 05:54 PM

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Loosen the clam shell and bar clamp and wiggle the whole assembly (switches and all) to the right a smidgen.

Mar 12, 2016 | 07:00 PM

Vernal

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Originally Posted by lp

Loosen the clam shell and bar clamp and wiggle the whole assembly (switches and all) to the right a smidgen.

Smidgen

Mar 13, 2016 | 08:06 AM

GTK

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A smidgen is 1mm

Mar 13, 2016 | 08:20 AM

Iceman24

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Did you by any chance do any mods to the grips, or controls on that side...??

Mar 13, 2016 | 09:09 AM

Vernal

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A smidgen is 1mm

Now I'm confused I thought a smidgen was a 0.001" and a Skosh was 1mm???

Mar 13, 2016 | 09:55 AM

afloridapi

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No I didn't do any mods. I will try the suggestion and loosen and move right.

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Mar 13, 2016 | 10:37 AM

ZenGlide

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Take it to the dealer and have them fix it. Its a new bike, make it their responsibility in case it sticks on you and cause you to lay it down.

This. It might be inconvenient to take it back to the dealer, but you could be setting yourself up for bigger problems if you don't involve them. It may be something as simple as freeing up the control as suggested, but you're giving them a valid reason for denying any responsibility if you do it yourself. By taking it back to them, you are also documenting the issue in case something else happens later on.