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Mtnseeker1
03-30-2012, 12:44 AM
OK I'm a total noob that is trying hard but?
I ran into a thing that just messed with my head about a year ago.
It seemed pretty simple and I thought it would be a easy fix.

So one day I was doing a bolt check on my Honda and I thought I should tighten my throttle cables a bit as they seemed a bit loose right?
Well for about 3 months I had noticed that when I turn my handle bars all the way to the right my motor stopped.
So through this time I worked on the cables, Throttle and to no avail.
This is something that has that has screwing with me for some time and the more I messed with it the worse it got.
Well today I was checking my valve clearances and noticed what might just be my problem. I was messing with my throttle cables from one point to another with no avail right?

And just by accident I noticed that the cable running to the cam decompression had some tight drag on it when the handle bars were turned to the right.
Now this was Hours later that I noticed this while I had adjusted the valves and just about everything under the moon before I noticed what was really going on.
I was closed minded and could not see the light for day as I was pissed off big time.

In short pay attention to the little things when you get stressed.OR better still THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.

What I was sure was a throttle problem was just the other way around.

fourtycal
03-30-2012, 01:44 PM
All you had to do was ask :naughty:

I had that happen with my 2002 XR400 right out of the box, cable too tight. And a year later the sucker was sticking open on it's own :roll:.

Mtnseeker1
03-30-2012, 04:26 PM
Ok now that I have sobered up a pinch It was because I pushed the perch out to far to keep free play under the brush wacker gaurd.:ne_nau:
Works like a champ now:)
And yes I should have just asked.