YTStrider
Wannabie Member
I was going to my crossfit workout this morning and as I got on the freeway on-ramp, I gave the bike some gas and the throttle tube just spun around on the bars. Definitely freaked me out at first, the first thought that came to mind was blown engine. Then I realized I was idling just fine, it was the cable!
So on the side of the freeway I opened up my throttle tube and found out I broke the pull cable. So I removed it from the throttle tube and the carbs, then removed the push cable, swapped it over (not exactly a direct fit, it wasn't bolted down at any point) and it got me home!
Luckily, I did actually happen to catch it on video!
So that'll be up in a few days (I'll post it up here!).
I was a bit disappointed with the biker community around me though. I was on the side for around an hour (swapping cables on a sizzling bike slows you down a tad) and I must've been passed by DOZENS of bikers, some 2-up, a few small groups of 2 or 3, the rest were single riders. And out of them all, 1 guy stopped and gave me his number and offered me a tow if I couldn't limp home. Great guy!
But as a rider, I stop for literally everyone. Cars, bikes, whatever. I have helped someone deal with a blowout that landed them on the sidewalk, changed their tire (girl didn't know how) and sent her on her way. I've pushed a couple cars that were blown or overheated and that's probably it.
But seeing how few bikers or cars even tried to help was a bit embarrassing. I expected better out of my area! We are the only lane-splitting legal state in the country, the most bike friendly place in the US and 1 out of say 30 or 40 bikes could be bothered to see if a fellow rider was okay.
So on the side of the freeway I opened up my throttle tube and found out I broke the pull cable. So I removed it from the throttle tube and the carbs, then removed the push cable, swapped it over (not exactly a direct fit, it wasn't bolted down at any point) and it got me home!
Luckily, I did actually happen to catch it on video!
So that'll be up in a few days (I'll post it up here!).
I was a bit disappointed with the biker community around me though. I was on the side for around an hour (swapping cables on a sizzling bike slows you down a tad) and I must've been passed by DOZENS of bikers, some 2-up, a few small groups of 2 or 3, the rest were single riders. And out of them all, 1 guy stopped and gave me his number and offered me a tow if I couldn't limp home. Great guy!
But as a rider, I stop for literally everyone. Cars, bikes, whatever. I have helped someone deal with a blowout that landed them on the sidewalk, changed their tire (girl didn't know how) and sent her on her way. I've pushed a couple cars that were blown or overheated and that's probably it.
But seeing how few bikers or cars even tried to help was a bit embarrassing. I expected better out of my area! We are the only lane-splitting legal state in the country, the most bike friendly place in the US and 1 out of say 30 or 40 bikes could be bothered to see if a fellow rider was okay.
