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Quick action throttle......l

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Hi all :wave: (I'm new, and have to presume there is an "all", not just one crusty moderater, waiting for someone to happen along and post...) :rolleyes:

Brief bio; I have three bikes, XT600e 2003, CBR1000rr4, RM125. During this past winter all three have been stripped and various acts performed on them.......

The RM is up and running :congrats:

The Blade is work in progress, I really have bitten off a big morsel with this one, the list of mods is far too long to list, and the big headache atm is fitting a BSB superbike radiator, sans fan, and all the subsequent trickery with hoses, and fitting......(plenty of pressure as the TT is just four weeks away)

The XT is my fun bike, the bike I was going to keep stock, was always going to be ready to jump on, take a pillion, potter up the fields, scoot to the pub,.......You get the drift. Somehow I've managed to start work improving it :banghead: I've fitted fat bars, and was about to fit a quick action throttle, when I found that it is a pile of :bullshit: Motion-Pro, it doesn't like the OE cables and it doesn't like the Wirtz Fat bars.......

And so the question is; Is there an easy fit QA throttle for the XT?

I love the XT, but it is as powerful as yesterdays teabag. It needs a QA throttle like I need beer on a Friday night :guinness:

I did a search, as all newbies must, but I failed, so can someone help me please :pleasesir:
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Re: Quick action throttle......l

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the scouser wrote:not just one crusty moderater, waiting for someone to happen along and post
"Crusty Moderator" :lol:

Shane he`s talking to you mate. :rtfi:

"Hey hey hey, calm down eh eh"

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Cant help you with QA throttle, try some wrist exercises at night time. :tosser:

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Scouser - welcome to the site. Never heard of a quick-action throttle for the XT but if it's just the fat bars that are making life difficult why not go for thinner ones? As for the cables, can't Motion Pro provide cables?

Like you say, it's not very powerful, although as an ex 600e owner and current 2KF owner I have to say the 2KF has a snappier response. Kicking it to start it once you've left the pub looks much better too, and after a couple of drinks you have to concentrate, which isn't a bad thing.

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You're right, it can't be done...............I bought all the kit, but it is no way any good for the XT..........The Motion Pro cables, which are a must with the Motion-Pro throttle, are too short, end of. Can't even use the fat bars with the stock throttle, as the XT has old style thin bars................ I went to a lot of trouble trying to get those bars to fit, all to no avail........... :banghead:

Thanks anyway :thanks:
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Hi Scouser

Make your own cables or get someone to do it for you.

The barrels or nipples are soldered onto the cables, I use a blow torch, plumbers solder & flux, job done smile:

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It's the outers that are too short, but you're right. This far in, I have to press on :nod: I'll look at getting a complete set made up :)
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Hi, people mod their stock throttle, to work as a quick action one.

This shold work on youre bike aswell: http://www.r1-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=272134
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Hi - just in case you haven't sorted this yet:

http://www.gixerboyz.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21637

If you have access to a lathe they are easy enough to make out of some nylon, they do make the throttle action heavier.
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