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US spec 1977 CB400F throttle cable question

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Nurse Julie:
I can't help with your cable length at all as mine being a UK model has got the lower bars fitted. Sourcing the correct length cables is a nightmare at times. Sometime it is a case of just keep ordering different ones until you get the right length. As you say, even referenced to the same Honda part number, you can still end up with 3 or 4 sets that don't fit before you obtain the correct ones.

mattsz:

--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on January 05, 2019, 05:18:01 PM ---I can't help with your cable length at all as mine being a UK model has got the lower bars fitted. Sourcing the correct length cables is a nightmare at times. Sometime it is a case of just keep ordering different ones until you get the right length. As you say, even referenced to the same Honda part number, you can still end up with 3 or 4 sets that don't fit before you obtain the correct ones.

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Thanks Julie.  It seems odd that the information is so hard to come by.

4into1.com shows dimensions for most of their cable listings.  Their Motion Pro cables reference the specific Honda part number for the high-bar bikes.  Their no-name cables reference a different part number, but the descriptions say they fit the high-bar bikes.  The listing for the NOS cables I bought do both.  Yet all have different lengths, of cable, housing, and free play. Which is what you are saying, I guess!

Oh well - if only all the pieces were assembled, I could easily just try to fit them and see - as it is, I won't be able to do that and it could be many months before I find out that they may not work, but by then I'll be stuck with them...

Nurse Julie:
Yep, we have a draw full of new wrong cables but they will all get used eventually I have no doubt.

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