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Teds new project a CB500 K1 mostly version 0.5 circa 1972.
Oddjob:
I'd leave the top routing alone but route the cables around the other side of the headstock and through the coil opening Ted. See how that feels. The tighter the bends the worse the throttle feels.
Laverdaroo:
I was on about air box lids Ken so shove yer bolts
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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Johnny4428 on October 25, 2023, 01:59:00 PM ---Ted I had mine below the tank mounts on the 550 but they were having a tendency to hook around the lower corner of the fuel tank when manouvering. Definately I would say above the tank mounts can’t drop from there.
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Presumably Johnny both your throttle cables were not routed between the forks but to the right side of the frame?
I think that what Ken is suggesting. Do you have any tips regarding the clutch cable route?
At the moment though not connected at the engine end, mine goes from the handlebar lever down the hole in the instrument bracket, crossing to the right side of the frame then crossing to the left side of the frame through the gap at the rear above the coils. Finally dropping down between intakes 1 & 2 so the cable reaches the hole on the left side engine cover.
Bryanj:
Clutch sounds right from memory Ted, big thing is as straight as possible up from casing adjuster
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Do you know the correct length of a UK clutch cable Bryan as I suspect mine is for US bars?
The only way I can find to route mine without loads of 'spare cable' is by routing it not through the hole in the instrument bracket but as it was when I originally rode the bike - the cable passes over the speedo going down to the right side of the frame between the forks. This route does mean the clutch cable passes high over the speedo clock. See below photo as it was.
.clutch cable by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr
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