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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 08:08 PM
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Any tips on replacing throttle idle cables. More worried about removing gas tank. Any help appreciated
 
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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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I replaced mine without raising the tank. The toughest part was fishing the new cables which turned out to be relatively easy.

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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 09:32 PM
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No tank removal needed. Hardest part is installing cable ends on throttle grip carefully without kinking or damaging threaded steel cable. Over all, not as hard as it looks.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2007 | 11:05 PM
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On my 04 I had installed them without raising tank or removing outer fairing! Pretty easy to do.
 
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Old Sep 2, 2007 | 06:51 AM
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Yup, piece of cake, the only tool i used was some mechanical fingers to help fish the cables under the tank.
 
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