Stupid broken throttle.

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Well, my throttle went. The little white plastic tabs broke off and now the cable has nowhere to rest, so the throttle twists freely. Any ideas on this one guys? I was thinking of rigging something up with a cable ferrule.
 
The cable's not broken, though, the actual throttle plastic broke. I'm going to try to machine something up tomorrow in the shop.

Edit: Sorry, I misunderstood. My friend who owns bought the bike from me wants to keep it a twist throttle. Thanks for the suggestion though.
 
He should really try the half brake lever idea.

Only way that he could possibly keep twist throttle is to maybe talk to a small engine specialist, like a lawnmower shop. They can order lots of parts from lots of places.
 
I fabbed up a little bracket and attached it to the plastic housing. It works again, but for how long I don't know.
 
try posting in Buy/Sell/Trade.

someone
here may have some extra parts, for cheap. ;)

As you now know, these kit throttles are kinda delicate. Twist them gently!! :LOL:

I've made several throttle controls out of old-style (friction) thumbshifters.
 
You used a friction shift lever?!? How do you like it? Also, what's your method for attaching both ends of the cable?

I was gonna try using a ratcheting shifter and disabling the ratchet part so it'll spring back. But when I disabled the ratchet part & put the cable back in there to test how far it moved, it didn't move very far. Then I was gonna try it with the ratchet enabled so I could "click" the cable a greater distance, but I figured I'd kill myself if the throttle didn't spring back immediately. Prolly not the case tho, when moving less than 25mph & looking way in front of me.
 
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