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element137:
Thanks for the comments - Does sound like it is just a blanking screw - It was only once I got both the longer screws out holding the body together that I realised I probably didn't need to extract it at all  - all the screws were really badly chewed - I suspect from non JIS screwdriver being used in the past - I had to cut a slot across this little one - and when i finally got it out and saw how short it was assumed it had snapped off - but there was nothing left in the housing - so I expect its just a blank and is not long enough to reach into the throttle tube - as an aside - fitted new throttle cables (after the 'pull' cable snapped ) - and the difference in how the throttle is working is massive - the old cable must have been causing massive drag before it let go and snapped the nipple off ! - a real eye opener as to how much influence the cables have on the feel of the bike -

Athame57:

--- Quote from: TrickyMicky on May 18, 2021, 07:49:38 AM ---Just a random thought, millions of years ago I owned a CB750,

--- End quote ---
Imagine a large fossil of a SOHC in the science museum in centuries to come! ;D 

SteveD CB500K0:
Is that special millennial "chocolate" edition?

JezzaPeach:
I used to use it touring on the continent etc back in the day.
I think I may have had to drill out a plug in the hole, can’t recall, and may have bought the screw and spring.
On my current bike it had the screw and spring and a metal or hard plastic piece inside, not quite reaching the throttle tube, so I used another piece of hard plastic from a cycle light bracket cut to fit and works fine. Agree it can be handy to control tickover warming up.

JezzaPeach:
Many many thanks Oddjob, much appreciated. PM me re price by all means. I won’t do it yet as I’ve done the cables, throttle pipe, etc, and had to solder the switch contact which fell off, so I won’t disturb it unnecessarily! but may keep one for next time it’s apart.

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