Hello Gents,
Well I waited in anticipation for FedEx to arrive with my cruise. Arrived at noon and I began my endeavor.
I was impressed with Murph's speed in shipping.
Snarf, dude; you were so right! Putting that loop cable on was a complete nightmare. Had to run to the store and get a 4 foot needle nose. I read in the destructions that one may have to open up the linkage mount area with a screw driver if the two cables bind. Keeping this in mind, I finally went ghetto on it and opened it up/spread it apart. Put the loop cable on the left side of the throttle cable barrel. Squeezed it together and it worked...sort of.
So as I'm checking for any binding as I wrench the throttle, I hear a snap. I broke my throttle. The barrel on the throttle end broke the plastic retainer thing-a-ma-giggy.
So on to the net I go and 25.00 or so later (and $16 shipping WTF!) I will have a "GRIP-ASSY,THROTTLE" here in about two weeks. I went double ghetto and did a temp repair so I can still ride.
Oh, did I mention that I dropped one of the two "bead cable" connectors; and haven't seen it since. Thus, I had to add a bracket to the bracket that holds the cruise cable in place to move it further back, thus no bead cable needed.
I then took on the wiring which was a breeze except I should have put the 10 pin connecter on the canister prior to mounting it to my bike. So off it came, then back on.
As I am putting my bike back together, I can hear the rumble of thunder to the west. So I hurry. I realty want to test it. Right as I put my seat on the sirens sound with a Sever T-Storm Warning and it starts to pour.
Outback, I really should have shipped you my bike!!!
So here I sit waiting for the rain to stop and it's 4am.
FYI, I ordered the "GRIP-ASSY,THROTTLE" from babbittsonline.com. I already sent them a message telling them they're nuts to charge that much for shipping. I sell online too and shipping should be about $5.
Thanks for letting me vent guys. My next message will hopefully be one filled with joy after testing out the cruise.
The pic? I like zip-ties. I named my bike porcupine.
Best regards, Frank
P.S. In no way did alcohol have anything to do with my mistakes