Matt230 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Hi allLooking for a spare throttle cable to take to trackdays for my 1.8K series with roller barrel throttle bodies. Had a bit of trouble trying to work out what throttle cable will fit. Had a long conversation with Redline who were very helpful but were also not sure if the standard K series throttle cable will work. Does anyone know? Mine is a similar setup to a K series R400 so i would hope there could be a simple solutionRegards Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CycleSi Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Go to a local bike shop and buy a universal inner brake cable. It fits the roller barrel linkage perfectly - just chop off the end you don't need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECR Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Cutting cable without it fraying can sometimes be difficult. The same bike shop should also have a cable cutter which makes a much neater job. I bought one from Halfords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM25T Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Indeed. Bike shops have a hand held cable cutter with two opposing triangular notches in the blades that gives a clean cut. Side cutters or a hacksaw makes a frayed mess. If you used an over long inner cable, you could coil up the excess past the top of the pedal and tape or cable tie it. It will wind into a very small diameter coil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerobod - near CYYC Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 If you clean a small section of the cable where it is going to be cut and wick some lead solder in there the cable can be cut more easily and won’t fray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM25T Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Good tip. By the way ... R500 k-series from 2000 uses standard k-series throttle cable with CC Titan roller barrels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackenzie Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Agreed, my R400 with RBs uses a standard k series throttle cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt230 Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 That’s great. It aligns with what we were thinking that the standard cable should fit. Thank you I will have a look over the weekend to checkmatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vine Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Notes for my old 1.8K Supersport-R (with RBs) say that the cable is the standard one (Rover SBB10176).JV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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