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Advice appreciated
florence:
Mine has the friction screw, which I do not use I must add. I do not have the second cable fitted. Maybe I should. I will say though that it has never stuck.
K2-K6:
I'd agree with alot of the comments and would add:-
Stickier grips let you almost rest your hand onto it to hold in the right place and make a big difference to the effort you have to use. Seems like a small step but has significant effects.
The twin cables, I've not experienced a stuck thottle on these carbs but nor would I like to and not be able to close it. I'd also have great difficulty in trying to explain to a vehicle engineer why I had removed it if it came to that. Don't underestimate the insurance angle it's important.
The adjustment of the cables is critcal in avoiding un-wanted binding in as much as the manual usually states how much slack to have at the twist grip, this is to avoid one cable fighting against the other as the steering is moved as they follow slightly different paths.
florence:
are the insurance people really that interested in what is fitted to machines as old as this if the item in question is not related to any incident which may occur? Do insurance companies know what should have been fitted to a machine nearly forty years ago? If it is not a MOT item does it really matter?
hairygit:
Sadly insurance companies will use ANY excuse to get out of paying a claim. Supposing a car pulls out in front of you, as happened to UK Pete recently, and after several weeks of your bike being off the road, the third parties insurance assessor decides to inspect your bike closely. The one throttle cable you have fitted may well have stiffened up through lack of use, but YOU would not be able to prove that is was okay at the time of the accident, and he/she would then claim your stiff throttle contributed to the accident, as you could have stopped sooner if it hadn't been, and you'd be looking at considerably less compensation for your injuries, as the condition of your bike contributed to it :( Sounds over the top I know, but with personal injury claims costing insurers many millions every year, they WILL try and wriggle out of it, and a lot of assessors ARE bike specialists, even the aftermarket pipe you forgot to tell them about can cause serious problems ??? and if they find you have fitted little extras like engine bars, or a twin disc conversion, they need to be told about them, basically, ANY deviation from standard spec can cause problems if you don't tell them about it :'(
LesterPiglet:
Bloody odd that adding safety gear can affect your claim. Insurance companies. ::)
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