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Title: Easy Busted Cable Fix
Post by: johnny on September 14, 2011, 11:15:45 PM

i carry generic cable ends and a length of aircraft cable one size smaller diameter than the oem cable... 1/16 diameter usa...

when i had a cable break... i slid the smaller diameter cable through the existing cable jacket... then affixed the cable ends and adjusted it all up...

i used it that way until i could swap out the old oem with a new oem... about a year later n it was still good...

the whole deal is less than $5 usa and easier to pack than a spare oem...

here is what the cable ends look like... available at hardware stores n autoparts stores...

round at the top lever... hex at the bottom lever...

(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/michylyn/RideTales/PICT0001.jpg)

can be loaned out to any moto broke down beside the road... can save your day... can make you a hero...

johnny

Title: Re: Easy Busted Cable Fix
Post by: CubPilot on September 15, 2011, 05:00:08 AM

Now THAT is a great idea!!!

Title: Re: Easy Busted Cable Fix
Post by: ibexonabike on September 15, 2011, 08:47:43 AM

I second that motion, awesome idea. Thanks J.W.W., aka Jo, aka B.Mc.B.F. (that's Bullet McBleedy Face, for the un-discerning).

Title: Re: Easy Busted Cable Fix
Post by: frodef on September 15, 2011, 03:48:28 PM

Good idea! I suppose it maps to something like this (http://www.biltema.no/no/Bil---Mc/MC/Reservedeler/Reparasjonssett-vaier/) for us scandinavians.

Title: Re: Easy Busted Cable Fix
Post by: frankenduck on September 15, 2011, 05:30:14 PM

What's your plan when the hand lever end of the cable breaks?  (which does happen)

Carrying a spare throttle and clutch cable in the bottom of the tail cowl takes up very little room.

Title: Re: Easy Busted Cable Fix
Post by: Chaos on September 15, 2011, 05:36:03 PM

another trick, stash your spare right next to the functioning clutch cable.  When the one you're using breaks on the road, just swap in the one next to it.  2 minutes and up and running again. 

Title: Re: Easy Busted Cable Fix
Post by: ibexonabike on September 15, 2011, 05:51:46 PM

Quote from: Chaos on September 15, 2011, 05:36:03 PM

another trick, stash your spare right next to the functioning clutch cable.  When the one you're using breaks on the road, just swap in the one next to it.  2 minutes and up and running again. 

Just be sure to cap both ends with some of that handy dandy silicone tape to keep the road grimme/rain out.