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Johnwebley:
I have fitted both cables over the last 8 years

First the pull open

Obviously a couple of months ago, the closing cable,

I think both are Slinky from Wemoto

And fit and work OK



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beardylondon:
Thanks for the recommendation

Skoti:

--- Quote from: beardylondon on November 18, 2024, 08:06:08 PM ---ah ok makes sense!

I see genuine opening cable from DS are £35!  ouch

Anyone know if the pattern ones are ok?

I couldn’t see a closing cable on DS are they the same or different?

dirt cheap set on ebay, cant be any good?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186193128690?

--- End quote ---

I bought cheapo cables like that and they started to fray at the carb ends after about 1500 miles. Waste of cash.

I replaced them with DS aftermarket ones which have now done over 20,000 miles and still ok, bonus is they also have nice chrome fittings at the handle bar switch end.

beardylondon:
Thanks, I’m going to go for these, made in UK, by Slinky cables

https://www.wemoto.com/parts/ac3638

https://www.wemoto.com/parts/ac3783

K2-K6:
I lubricate cables with silicone oil, these throttle and anything else of this type, with good results.

As Ted notes, using silicone grease for the twistgrip mechanical surface is effective too.

I know it's slippery, but don't think that contributes much in the way of effort needed within the cables, it's much more that it excludes water/moisture etc over longer period to avoid and effectively eliminate corrosion.

I've not experienced any downside of doing this in affected materials as its virtually inert to those used in the cables.

Characteristics of moisture effect are white powder deposited from zinc coated cables, ultimately rust if the zinc sacrificing plate is eaten away more.

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