Bret Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I have a Helibars installed on my 2000, but have had some wrist issues/soreness that I think I could recifiy by adjusting the bars/sweep a bit. Problem is, I can only adjust them so far (not far enough) before the lower of the two throttle cables hits the tank on the right side. I could sure use that extra .5 of adjustment to spare my wrist a bit on longer rides. Does anyone know if the lower of the two cables is the push cable and if it's safe to remove it? I run only the pull cable on my CBR900RR and that works fine, but it's a carbureted. Not sure why a fuel injected bike requires both cables. Any easy answer there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Terry Posted January 30, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted January 30, 2018 Whether your bike is carbureted or FI, the throttle cables do exactly the same thing, namely rotating a shaft that opens the throttle butterfly. There is a return spring at the butterflies that will close them, so you could regard the pull-to-close cable as either unnecessary or a useful safety device if the return spring ever fails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Woodie Posted January 31, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted January 31, 2018 I put higher bars on my 6th Gen and found the throttle cables from a ST1100 are the same style but a few inches longer. I'm not sure if this helps as mine is a FI engine. hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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