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Old 21-03-10, 18:18
stevia13 stevia13 is offline
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Renthal bar - throttle cables - aarghh!!

Got a renthal bar to replace OEM - BUT, throttle cable is just too short as Renthal is slightly higher and wider than OEM.
Easy enough I thought - just change throttle cables for ones about 1.5 inches longer.
BUT - easier said than done. My Yamaha dealer cant help; his best effort was to order cables from the TEnere, but turns out they are exactly same length as those fitted to the XT660R (2009

Q: does ANYONE know where I can get longer throttle cables made up, OR supplied off the shelf.

The bike has been off the road for way too long waiting for this to get sorted, and I am cracking up !!!

Thanks - in anticipation.
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Old 21-03-10, 18:56
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Dunno on the XT660R, but on many bikes you can reroute the throttle cable and get a few cm more.

Another alternative is to mount the throttle assembly upside down.

have fun,

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Old 21-03-10, 19:06
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Thanks - but dont want to reroute cable as original route is optimal; so, original question still applies...
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Old 21-03-10, 22:22
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which model?
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Old 21-03-10, 22:35
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Venhill can make you up any cables you like - just tell them which bike (throttle/carb/efi nipples) it's for, and they can do it... they might even know of something off-the-shelf that fits, but is a bit longer...

Personally if it's just a couple of inches you need, routing the throttle cables behind the yokes instead of in front is usually more than enough... if it's good enough for KTM etc.

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Old 07-06-10, 16:16
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You can Re-route the cables. I changed to the renthal high bars, just needed to un-clip a few ties and re-route. Some of the cables need to come up behind the bars instead of in front.
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