HELP! Mechanical issues a long way from home.

[Kiwi_Roy]

Crank the idle up on the dead carb, you should be able to limp along to where help is available.

(each carb on the California II has its own cable all the way from the twist grip)

[guzzista]

Another option  may be a bicyle derailleur cable inserted in the original throttle sleeve?

[GearheadGrrrl]

MG Cycle and Harpers list this cable as part number 29117520, anybody got one (on or off bike) they can measure to see if we can cross it to something available?

[Aaron D.]

Guess he got home!

[fotoguzzi]

Are you still stuck in Spearfish?
I feel for you but can't quite reach you.
There must be someone in that town who could bodge up a repair but how you find him, I dunno.

[Moto]

Fishing line! I wonder whether fishing line threaded through the cable housing might work. It's strong enough for a temporary fix. At the carb end it could be tied to the slide, since, as I recall, there are two holes at the top that would allow a loop to be formed. At the handlebar end the line might be led out of the cable housing and then just wrapped several turns around the throttle grip. Once the slack was taken up properly it could be secured, with a bend of some sort. It might be difficult to figure out exactly how to lead the line from the cable end around the throttle, or maybe not.

One big advantage would be not having to gin up some cable-end lugs to be held in the usual recesses. The second would be the cheapness and ready availability of the material.

Anyone ever do this? Would it work?

Moto

[pehayes]

Fishing line.  Good idea!  I have used fishing line for other, similar application.  The business end in the carb slide can be creatively melted and shaped with a very hot screwdriver tip so as to emulate the little soldered end fitting on a standard cable.  Will hold a long time.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

[John A]

Fishing line- very good idea- need an award for that one!!

[oldbike54]

 Great , a fishing thread  What "test" , what brand ? Just kidding , that is a good idea .... I think .

 Dusty

 

[Huzo]

Would have to work ! I once saw a guy catch a nice trout on an old throttle cable... No.. Really !!!

[rodekyll]

I don't know what kind of fish they have around there.  Might not have heavy enough fishing line.  You'd need about 60# monofilament to get it through the sheath.  Have you ever tried to push a string from the back end?  30# multifilament would work if you could get it through, and it's limper than mono so it willl knot better to make ends. But the challenge wlll be getting something through the sheath.

In SD, weedeater line might be easier to find in a suitable gauge for getting down the sheath.  Ends can be brass crimp beads if you don't have any luck making knots.

[John A]

You could just wrap it around the twist grip and run it thru the carb to the slide, tie it off, routing it outside of the cable. wont be good but might beat walking. maybe run a wire thru the slide so you can tie it off externally to that.

[Moto]

I don't know what kind of fish they have around there.  Might not have heavy enough fishing line.  You'd need about 60# monofilament to get it through the sheath.  Have you ever tried to push a string from the back end?  30# multifilament would work if you could get it through, and it's limper than mono so it willl knot better to make ends. But the challenge wlll be getting something through the sheath.

In SD, weedeater line might be easier to find in a suitable gauge for getting down the sheath.  Ends can be brass crimp beads if you don't have any luck making knots.

I had thought about the issue of getting the line through the housing, but forgot to mention it. I think you could just tape it to the existing cable and use that to draw it through the housing. It's possible the clearance would be too small. If so, one could thin the end of the cable by cutting out some strands, and then tape.

Another trick is to bend back one or two strands to hook the line before taping.

[rodekyll]

You must have some skinny tape.   

Any rumors of the op?

[oldbike54]

You must have some skinny tape.   

Any rumors of the op?

 Rumor is he went fishing in the Fourche River 

 Dusty

[Arizona Wayne]

I dunno..........this is starting to sound like a fish story to me.............

[Hymes Inc.]

Haven't seen a post from Kevin lately. Did the problem get taken care of?

[KiwiKev]

Haven't seen a post from Kevin lately. Did the problem get taken care of?

He bought some nylon line and got pee'd off trying to fit it, he decided to
Go Fishing instead [emoji23]


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[Kiwi_Roy]

We'll have to try and lure him back then snag him with some down-rigger line.

[John A]

he probly drowned